Guide
How to play
Each game gives you five prompts a day. Guess the year it happened. The closer you are, the more points you get, up to 100 a question and 500 a day.
Three games, every day
Everyone gets the same prompts on the same day. New puzzles start at midnight your local time.
Make your guess
- Read the prompt. It finishes the sentence “The last time…” or “The first time…”
- Drag the slider to get close. In Last Time it runs from 1950 to today. In History and First Time it covers 100 million years, so it moves faster the further back you go.
- Fine-tune with the + and − buttons, or type the year. Use the AD and BC buttons for years before the common era.
- Tap Lock it in. You get one guess per prompt.
- You have 20 seconds per prompt on the daily games, so answer from what you know. When time runs out, the year you have showing is locked in. Practice rounds aren’t timed.
How scoring works
An exact guess scores 100. Every answer gets a cushion of 15 years, plus 30% of how long ago it was. Miss by that full cushion and you score 50. Miss by more and the points keep shrinking, but a far-off guess still earns a little.
This means being 20 years off on something from the 1960s costs about the same as being a few hundred years off on something from ancient Greece.
| Prompt | Answer | Guess | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| A new episode of Friends aired (Last Time) | 2004 | 2006 | 90 |
| A human walked on the Moon (History) | 1972 | 1969 | 90 |
| A sitting U.S. president was assassinated | 1963 | 1983 | 63 |
| The Colossus of Rhodes stood | 226 BC | 442 AD | 51 |
| A Tyrannosaurus rex was alive | 66 million yrs ago | 65 million yrs ago | 94 |
Each question gets a color on your share card:
Answers marked ≈ are approximate. Historians date some events within a range, so we use the most widely accepted year.
Rankings, streaks and sharing
- When you finish a daily game you’ll see what percent of today’s players you beat and where you ranked.
- Only your first try at each day’s puzzle counts. Practice rounds don’t affect your stats or ranking.
- Your streak grows each day in a row you finish a game. Each game keeps its own streak.
- Tap Copy result to share your score and color grid without spoiling the answers.
Your stats are saved in your browser. Clearing your browser data or switching devices starts them fresh.
Frequently asked questions
What is Last Time Daily?
Last Time Daily is a free daily date guessing game. Each day there are three games, Last Time, History and First Time, with five prompts each. You guess the year something happened and score up to 100 points per prompt.
Is Last Time Daily free?
Yes. All three daily games are free to play in your browser, with no account or download.
When does the new puzzle come out?
New puzzles start at midnight in your local time zone. Everyone gets the same prompts on the same day.
How is Last Time Daily scored?
An exact guess scores 100. Each answer gets a cushion of 15 years plus 30% of how long ago it was. Miss by that full cushion and you score 50, and the points keep shrinking from there.
Is there a time limit?
Yes. Each prompt in the daily games has a 20-second timer, so you answer from memory instead of looking it up. When time runs out, the year you have showing is locked in. Practice rounds are untimed.
Can I play Last Time Daily on my phone?
Yes. It works in any modern browser on phones, tablets and computers. You can also add it to your home screen.
Can I play previous days?
Practice rounds use prompts from past days, so you can keep playing after you finish today's games.