Prizelink
Prizelink is a free daily game about Nobel laureates. Guess the mystery laureate in eight tries. After each guess, every column (prize, year, birth year, age at the prize, continent, country and gender) shows whether you matched, were close, or were off, with an arrow for the numbers.
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How to play
Type a Nobel laureate and pick it from the list. The row that appears compares your guess with the mystery answer, one column at a time. Use the colors and arrows to rule things out, then guess again.
Questions
Where does the data come from?
From the Nobel Prize API, released under CC0, with how well known each person is judged from the number of Wikipedia language editions (Wikidata, CC0).
Which laureates can be the answer?
The 250 best-known individual laureates. Every individual laureate can be guessed, but organizations are not included.
What do the columns mean?
The prize field, the year awarded, the birth year, the age when awarded, the continent and country of birth (as the place is named today) and gender, as recorded by the Nobel Prize organization.
How do I read the colors?
Purple means that column matches the answer. Striped yellow means close: a number within range, or related. Gray means no match. An arrow on a number points toward the answer: up if the answer is higher, down if it is lower.
How many guesses do I get?
Eight on most days. After four wrong guesses a hint shows the first letter of the answer, and after six it also shows the length.
What are the weekday twists?
Each day has its own rule. Monday is standard. Tuesday reveals one fact about the answer. Wednesday gives ten guesses. Thursday hides one column in your first three guesses. Friday turns the arrows off. Saturday gives only six guesses. Sunday is hard mode: every guess must be a possible answer given your clues.
When does a new puzzle appear?
At midnight in your time zone, and everyone sees the same answer on the same date.
Do I need an account?
No. Streaks and results are kept in your browser. Signing in with an email link keeps them on every device.
Laureate data: Nobel Prize API (CC0) and Wikidata (CC0).
Tips for Prizelink
- Start with a physics or literature laureate from the early 1900s to learn the era quickly.
- The age at the prize is usually between 50 and 80, so the arrow helps most on the extremes.
- Country is the birth country as it is named today.