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How do I play?

Each day there are six questions about numbers, with 25 seconds for each. There are three kinds:

• Closest wins: type a number.
• Pick one of two: tap the one the question asks for.
• Put in order: tap all three in the order the question gives.

For a number or an order, press Lock it in; for pick one of two, your tap is your answer. You see the answer and where it comes from straight away, then press Next.

How does scoring work?

Each question is worth up to 100 points, so a day is out of 600.

• Closest wins: points go in steps.
  • Within 10% of the answer: 100 (Spot on)
  • Within 25%: 75 (Very close)
  • Between half and double: 50
  • Between a third and three times: 25
  • Further out: 10
  • No answer: 0
• Pick one of two: right scores 100, wrong scores nothing.
• Put in order: all three in place scores 100, one in place scores 40.

What do Spot on and Very close mean?

Spot on means your guess was within 10% of the answer, either way, for the full 100 points. If the answer is 200, anything from 180 to 220 is spot on. Very close means within 25%, for 75 points. Each Spot on counts towards the Spot on badges on your profile. Games played before 15 November 2026 kept their old scores, when Spot on badges needed the exact number.

What happens if the time runs out?

When the timer runs out, a number you've typed still counts. With nothing entered, the question scores nothing. Want longer? Turn on More time before you start for 75 seconds a question. This device remembers the setting.

When does a new set come out?

At midnight where you are. Everyone gets the same six. Start a day's set before your own midnight; a game you're in the middle of counts until 12:00 UTC the next day, when the day has ended in every time zone. Then its answers go up in past answers.

Can I play today's set again?

Your first go is the one that counts. After you finish, Try today's six again for practice at the bottom of the score screen lets you play again. Practice scores aren't kept or sent.

Can I play an earlier day?

Yes, once that day has ended (12:00 UTC the next day). Find it under Earlier days at the bottom of your score screen, or in past answers, and play it as practice.

How do I play as myself on another phone, tablet or laptop?

1. On the device you play on now, open your profile.
2. Press Copy a link to play on your other devices.
3. Send the link to yourself only, by email or in a note.
4. Open it on the other device and say yes. It now plays as you, with your profile, badges and leagues. If someone already played on that device, it switches to you rather than adding their games to yours.

The streak and average on the score screen are kept by each device, so they can differ between devices.

Anyone with that link can play as you, so don't post it or send it to anyone else.

What if I clear my browser or get a new phone?

SeeHowMany knows you by a random code saved in your browser. Clearing the browser's data, or a private window, starts a new player, and there's no way to get the old one back without its link. Make the link from your profile before you switch, and keep it somewhere safe.

Why is there no sign-up?

So you can play in seconds and we hold as little about you as possible: no account, no password, no email unless you ask for news. The random code in your browser is all we need to keep your scores. More in our privacy notice.

How do I change my name or county?

Open your profile, change your name, country, or county or state, and press Save. Your name shows in every league you're in, and you can change it once a week.

Can I get news by email?

Yes. Open your profile and use News by email. We send a link to confirm first, then news and new countries about once a month. You can stop any time from your profile, or with the link in any of our emails.

How do I start a league?

1. Finish today's six.
2. On the score screen, press Start a league with friends.
3. Give the league a name, add your name for the table, and press Create league.
4. Send the link you get to your friends.

How do I join a league?

Open the link a friend sent you, add your name for the table and join. Your score from today goes in once you finish the day's six.

What do the league tables show?

All games today adds up each player's points from every game they played today (World and each country). Then each game has its own Today and This week (Monday to Sunday) tables. Equal scores go to whoever was nearer on their number guesses. Scores come in as each player finishes, and once you've played, you can open a player's row to see their guesses.

How do I leave or close a league?

Open the league and press Leave this league at the bottom. If you started it, you get Close this league for everyone instead, which takes it away for all its players.

Who can see my name and scores?

Anyone with a league's link sees each player's name, emoji, county or country and round-by-round scores. Members who have played that day can also see each other's guesses. There's no public table of everyone. A league holds up to 100 players, and you can be in up to 10.

What's the difference between World, Ireland, UK and USA?

Each has its own questions a day, except that Ireland, UK and USA share their sixth, a world question; your first guess at it counts in all three. World is for everyone; Ireland, UK and USA ask about that country. Play as many as you like: each keeps its own score, and a league's daily table adds them all up.

Where do the answers come from?

Each answer names its source under it: a statistics office, a space agency, a sport's rule book, a record keeper. Where no official page is open to us we use Wikipedia, and the fact line says so. Every question is checked twice against its source, the second time by a checker who can't see the first one's evidence. We use AI to help draft the questions and do both checks.

Why do some answers give a range?

When a source gives two figures for the same thing, we keep both. Any guess between them is spot on, and the 10% and 25% steps count from the nearer end.

I think an answer is wrong. What do I do?

Numbers change. Email hello@seehowmany.com with the day, the question and what you found, and we'll check it and fix it.