Question 1

What is Magnitudle?

Accepted Answer

Magnitudle is a family of estimation games designed to build intuition for numbers, physical scale and weight.

Question 2

How does scoring work across Magnitudle?

Accepted Answer

Each estimate earns between 0 and 100 points based on proportional accuracy. Equivalent overestimates and underestimates receive the same score, while each game uses a curve suited to its challenge.

Question 3

Why did the scoring change?

Accepted Answer

Player data showed that Daily Question was too generous for distant guesses, Size It Up favoured some underestimates, and Weigh It Up was tougher than intended. The new curves make scoring fairer and more consistent.

Question 4

Will my old scores change?

Accepted Answer

No. Previous results, personal bests and statistics remain unchanged. Updated scoring applies only to newly activated games.

Question 5

Do archived puzzles use the latest scoring rules?

Accepted Answer

Archived puzzles use the scoring rules that were active when they were first published. This keeps historical results consistent and ensures your previous scores remain unchanged.

Question 6

When do new games become available?

Accepted Answer

Daily games become available at midnight in the player's game timezone. Weekly 1K begins each Monday and Survival begins each Wednesday.

Question 7

Do I need an account to play?

Accepted Answer

No. Magnitudle can be played as a guest, while an account preserves progress across devices.

Question 8

What happens to progress I made as a guest?

Accepted Answer

Guest progress is stored in the current browser and can be transferred into an account when the player signs in or creates one.

Question 9

How can I see how my score compares to other players?

Accepted Answer

After completing an official game, players see a grouped results graph and their rank alongside the total number of players who completed that puzzle. Rankings can change, and tied scores share the same rank.

Question 10

How does Daily Question work?

Accepted Answer

Daily Question gives players one real-world question and one submitted guess each day, followed by the answer, score and explanation.

Question 11

How is my Daily Question score calculated?

Accepted Answer

Daily Question uses multiplicative error. An exact or near-exact guess earns 100 points, 2 times away earns 80, 10 times away earns 42, and equivalent high and low guesses score equally. Official results also show the player's rank out of the total player population.

Question 12

Can I play previous Daily Questions?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Previous Daily Questions are available in the Archive as practice and do not affect official streaks, statistics, leaderboards or badges.

Question 13

How do Daily streaks work?

Accepted Answer

A Daily streak increases when the current Daily Question is submitted on consecutive game days. Archive practice does not affect it.

Question 14

How does Size It Up work?

Accepted Answer

Size It Up is a five-round visual estimation game where players resize a target beside a reference object. Each round is worth 100 points, for 500 overall.

Question 15

What are the Regular, Pop Culture and Geography versions?

Accepted Answer

Regular uses real-world subjects, Pop Culture uses fictional subjects, and Geography uses places and geographic features. All use the same five-round format.

Question 16

Does Size It Up penalise guesses that are too big?

Accepted Answer

No. A guess twice the correct size receives the same score as a guess half the correct size because both have the same multiplicative error. Official results compare the total only with the same Size It Up variant and puzzle.

Question 17

How does Weigh It Up work?

Accepted Answer

Weigh It Up asks how many of one object would balance another. Its three daily comparisons are worth up to 300 points in total.

Question 18

Why does Weigh It Up score differently from Size It Up?

Accepted Answer

Weigh It Up gives more credit for finding the general scale, while Size It Up places more emphasis on precise dimensions. Both score equivalent overestimates and underestimates equally, and official results compare the daily total with that puzzle's players.

Question 19

How does Weekly 1K work?

Accepted Answer

Weekly 1K is a ten-round themed challenge mixing Question, Size It Up and Weigh It Up rounds, with 1,000 points available overall.

Question 20

When does a new Weekly 1K begin?

Accepted Answer

A new Weekly 1K begins every Monday in the player's game timezone. Previous weeks remain available in the Archive.

Question 21

Does Weekly 1K use the standalone games' scoring?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Weekly 1K uses the corresponding Daily Question, Size It Up or Weigh It Up scoring for each round. Official results compare the total only with players of the same Weekly challenge.

Question 22

How does Survival work?

Accepted Answer

Survival is a weekly challenge beginning each Wednesday. Players start with 10 life, have 15 seconds per question, and lose life according to magnitude error.

Question 23

How many Survival attempts do I get?

Accepted Answer

Players receive one official attempt per weekly Survival challenge.

Question 24

How are Survival results and ranks calculated?

Accepted Answer

Survival results count questions completed. The grouped graph compares totals within the same weekly challenge, and rank is one plus the number of players who completed more questions. Ties share a rank and remaining life is not a tie-breaker.

Frequently asked questions

Overall

Daily Question

Size It Up

Weigh It Up

Weekly 1K

Survival

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