📅Guess The Year

What year did all these sports events happen?

800 points, clue locked

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100 points, clue locked

Guess The Year: Sports History Trivia Game

Test your sports history knowledge by guessing the year famous moments happened. Covers NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, UFC, college football, soccer, and more.

Six things happened across the sports world, all in the same year, and you have to figure out which year it was. Guess The Year opens with one clue and lets you climb from there.

Each clue is a different sport, so a World Cup memory can rescue you when the hockey clue means nothing. The earlier you nail it, the bigger the score.

How to play Guess The Year, a free daily sports trivia game

Reading the first sports moment clue

Read the first clue describing a famous sports moment.

Setting the year with single and double arrows

Set your year with the arrow buttons. Single arrows move 1 year, doubles jump 10.

Hitting guess when you're ready

Hit the guess button when you're ready to commit.

Unlocking the next clue on a wrong guess

A wrong guess automatically reveals the next clue, so every miss buys more information.

Revealing a clue early or giving up

You can also reveal the next clue voluntarily, or give up to see the answer.

Guess The Year rules for clues, scoring and the answer range

Six clues paying less with every reveal

There are 6 clues per puzzle. Solving on clue 1 scores 1,000 points, then 800, 600, 400, 200 and 100.

Dropping a tier on every wrong guess

Every wrong guess reveals the next clue and drops you a scoring tier.

Ending the run at zero after six misses

The run ends after 6 wrong guesses, or immediately if you give up, both scoring 0.

Answers between 1972 and 2026 daily

Answers range from 1972 to 2026, and a fresh puzzle arrives every day.

Guess The Year walkthrough: McGwire and the 1998 World Cup

A home run record and a home World Cup

Picture this: clue one says a first baseman shattered a 37-year-old single-season home run record. You're thinking late 90s, so you guess 1997. Wrong, and clue two reveals the host nation won the World Cup on home soil.

Landing on 1998 on the second clue

France at home, McGwire chasing Maris. That's 1998, and getting it on the second clue banks 800 points. Miss again and the year would still be gettable, just cheaper.

Guess The Year tips for narrowing the decade fast

Triangulating the decade across sports

Triangulate across sports. One clue narrows the decade, another pins the exact year.

Jumping ten years before fine tuning

Use the 10-year jump buttons to get in the neighborhood before fine-tuning.

Reading direction from a near miss guess

A near-miss guess isn't wasted. The clue it unlocks usually tells you which direction to move.

Anchoring on sure World Cup and Olympic years

Anchor on world events you're sure of, like World Cups and Olympics, which only land in certain years.

Guess The Year FAQ: clue count and answer range

Are all six clues really from the same year?

Yes. Every clue in a puzzle describes something from that one year, across the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, soccer, college sports and more.

What years can the answer be?

Anywhere from 1972 to 2026. The picker won't let you guess outside that range.

Should I guess early or reveal clues first?

Guess. A wrong guess reveals the next clue anyway, so a smart early swing costs the same as skipping and might land 1,000.

Is Guess The Year free to play?

Yes. Guess The Year is free to play on DoUKnowBall, right in your browser. No download and no signup needed.

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