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AniGuessr at a glance
AniGuessr is a free daily anime quiz launched in April 2023 by two enthusiasts, Nuktorn and Miki. Every day offers one round of each mode: name the show from random screenshots, recognise character portraits, place an opening or an ending, or narrow the answer through Anidle clues. A fresh set arrives at midnight, and the previous day stays playable without changing your stats. No account is needed.
How to play AniGuessr
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Five cards, one daily set
AniGuessr opens on a grid of five cards, one for each daily mode, and the whole set runs in a browser tab without an install. Pick the screenshots card to work from random frames, choose the characters card for portraits, or take the opening and ending cards for music clips; the fifth card is Anidle, a deduction round built from clues your earlier guesses reveal. Every mode is free, and every answer box expects one of the suggested titles from the dropdown rather than free text typed from scratch. Each board grades a different kind of knowledge.
Five modes on one page
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Read the screenshot clues
The screenshots mode shows random frames from one hidden show and asks for its title. The rulebook puts the ceiling at ten thousand points per round, and each clue you ask for takes two thousand five hundred off that total, so an early clue is a real decision rather than a free hint. Spend the first pass reading the art style, the colour palette and any background detail that dates the production, then use the suggestion box to lock a title. A clue bought late costs the same as one bought when lost, so confident players hold them back.
Ten thousand points, priced hints
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Score portraits and clips
The characters card presents four portraits from four different shows in a single round, scored at two thousand points per correct character and five hundred more for the matching anime title; an empty answer is allowed when a name will not come. The opening and ending cards play short clips that are cropped and blurred so titles and credits cannot simply be read off the screen, and each of those rounds tops out at five thousand points with a video clue costing half of it. Across all three cards the drill is the same: pick a suggested title and submit.
Partial answers still earn points
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Deduce with Anidle tags
Anidle starts with one opening guess and then grades the properties of every title you try. Green means the hidden show shares that tag and the tag belongs to the most popular group, yellow means the tag is shared but secondary, and red means no overlap at all; arrows beside the release year and the MyAnimeList score tell you which way to move. A blurred cover unlocks after twelve guesses, a synopsis after eighteen, and a popular character name after twenty-two, while skipping ahead to the next clue is possible after three guesses at a cost in points. Each mode can be played once per day with a new set at midnight, and the previous day remains open as a replay that leaves your stats alone.
Clues unlock as guesses add up
AniGuessr tips and strategy
Open with a catalogue anchor
The suggestion box is a constraint, not a convenience, and AniGuessr only accepts a title it already knows. When a screenshot gives you nothing, spend the first move on a widely tagged show with a distinctive studio look; the point of that move is not to be right but to see which properties the board echoes back. A mainstream anchor tends to share era, genre and format with a large part of the catalogue, so it narrows the field faster than a clever obscure guess.
Price every clue before buying
The screenshots rulebook charges a flat deduction per clue, which means the cost is identical near the answer or completely lost. That flat price is the whole strategy: a clue bought late, when only two candidates remain, converts almost directly into points saved, while the same clue bought at the opening move mostly replaces reading you could have done for free. AniGuessr also unlocks clues by guess count in Anidle, so there is a second currency to watch there.
Read tags as sets
Green, yellow and red are set-membership statements, not a temperature scale. A green tag says the hidden title shares a top-tier tag with your guess, a yellow tag says the overlap is real but secondary, and a red tag says the field is absent on both sides. AniGuessr adds arrows on release year and score so the numeric columns behave like a comparison rather than a match test. Read a row sideways, then pick a title that flips one red field while keeping the greens.
Date the frame before naming
Screenshots carry more production history than plot. Cell shading, line weight, the grain of the background painting and the aspect of the frame all place a show in a decade before a single character is identified, and AniGuessr draws its frames from across that whole history. Once the era is bracketed, a remembered face or colour scheme becomes a much smaller search. Reading the frame first leaves one or two candidates instead of a dozen.
Bank the anime title
A characters round scores the portrait name and the source show separately, and an empty answer is explicitly allowed. That split matters more than it looks: recognising the series without remembering the character still earns points, and typing nothing into the name field does not invalidate the rest of the board. AniGuessr rewards partial knowledge here in a way the screenshot mode does not, so work through all four portraits and collect every source title you can before worrying about a single stubborn name.
Practise in replay boards
The previous day stays playable freely, the replay archive is date-based, and replay scores are stored only in the local browser rather than on the account. AniGuessr therefore gives you a consequence-free board for trying an unfamiliar mode, learning what a yellow tag looks like, or hearing how an ending is cropped before the video clue is bought. Unlimited Anidle hard mode offers the same kind of drilling for the deduction card. Bring that habit back to the daily set, where a streak is on the line.
AniGuessr vs other daily games
Daily Tens
Lists vs. five boardsDaily Tens asks for every entry in one ranked top-ten list and counts wrong guesses against a small allowance, so the pressure sits on recall of a single ordered set. AniGuessr splits the same daily energy across five different boards, each with its own scoring rule, and asks for recognition rather than list completion. Clearing one ordered set suits some players; switching senses between a frame, a face and a clip suits others. Both publish one set a day, but only AniGuessr lets you choose which kind of memory to spend.
Spotle Movies
Attribute grids vs. tagsSpotle Movies grades eight fixed attributes of a guessed film, so every move feeds the same table and the deduction is explicitly numerical. AniGuessr grades five unrelated inputs, and the closest thing to that table is Anidle, where green and yellow tags work as set membership instead of distance. Spotle Movies rewards reading a single feedback grid deeply; AniGuessr rewards knowing which feedback language a card speaks before you even submit. One clean loop suits the film game; a set that changes shape between cards suits the anime quiz.
JJSDLE
Letters vs. recognitionJJSDLE runs the same fandom-recognition idea through the Jujutsu Shenanigans roster, with five boards covering stats, emoji, movesets and combo audio. AniGuessr keeps its boards anime-wide, naming shows and characters across screenshots and clips; JJSDLE narrows everything to one fighting game and its fighters. The deduction loop feels identical - guess, read feedback, narrow - but the knowledge base is broad anime versus deep roster lore. Fans of one almost always enjoy the other once they have the fandom for it.
AniGuessr FAQ
How do I play AniGuessr in my browser?
Open aniguessr.com and pick one of the five cards on the home grid: screenshots, characters, opening, ending or Anidle. Study the frame, portrait or clip, then start typing and choose a suggested title from the dropdown before you submit. The daily set is free and needs no account.
What modes do I get each day?
The official games endpoint lists five modes. Screenshots ask you to name an anime from random frames, characters asks for four portraits and their shows, the opening and ending cards use cropped and blurred clips, and Anidle asks you to deduce the anime of the day from clues revealed by earlier guesses. Each mode is scored separately and can be played once per day.
Do clues reduce my score?
Yes. The official rulebook caps a screenshots round at ten thousand points and deducts two thousand five hundred for every clue used; an opening or ending round tops out at five thousand points and its video clue costs half. Anidle unlocks clues as guesses accumulate, and skipping ahead to the next clue costs points too.
Can I replay a day I missed?
The About page says games from the previous day can still be played freely without affecting your stats, and the site keeps a date-based replay archive. Replay scores are saved locally in your browser only and never touch your account. An unlimited Anidle hard mode is also linked from the home grid when one deduction round is not enough practice.
Do I need an account or an app?
No. The daily set is free in any browser without signing in. An optional account adds a playerboard, saved stats and perks such as a streak saver, and there is an official Android app for players who prefer a phone. Optional support purchases help keep the server running; none of them is required to open a daily card.
Who makes the game and what does it cost?
The official About page names two anime enthusiasts, Nuktorn and Miki, one writing the code and one handling the content. It describes AniGuessr as launched in April 2023 because other anime quizzes felt too easy or too long. The game is free, and the team asks for optional coffee purchases to support the server.
AniGuessr update notes
2026-11-12
Verified on 2026-11-08 against the official AniGuessr site and its first-party WordPress CMS endpoints, which publish the five modes, the per-mode rulebooks, the scoring thresholds, the Anidle tag colours and the clue unlock counts, plus the official About page for the April 2023 launch, the midnight reset and free pricing. Client chunks supplied unlimited Anidle and local-only replay scores. The exact launch day and reset timezone are not published, so those fields keep only the precision the source supports.
Five daily modes: screenshots, characters, opening, ending and Anidle.
Each mode can be played once per day with a new set at 00:00.
Screenshots rounds cap at ten thousand points with a priced clue.
Anidle grades green, yellow and red tags.
The daily is free; replay scores stay in the local browser only.
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