Tipoff
Tipoff is a free daily sports-photo game where everyone sees three shared historic sports photos and must pin the stadium, pick the year, and identify the player, coach, or team; the puzzle resets nightly at midnight Eastern Time.
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Tipoff gives players three identical famous sports photographs each day and asks three questions per photo: where it was taken, when it occurred, and who is pictured. Points are awarded for proximity on the map, closeness of the year, and correct identification of the person or team. Photos span many sports and eras and include source credits after each round.
Play is browser-based without downloads and includes a daily leaderboard plus an archive for past puzzles. Each photo is worth up to 1,000 points apportioned across the three tasks. There is also an unlimited practice mode called Real Ball Knowers for players who want to drill older or more obscure images.
How to play Tipoff
- Open the daily Tipoff and view the first photo.
- Drop a pin on the map to indicate the stadium or location for the photo.
- Slide the year control to your best estimate of when the photo was taken.
- Type the name of the player, coach, or team shown in the picture and submit your answer.
Tips for Tipoff
- Prioritize getting the stadium close on the map because location can be worth up to 400 points and larger proximity differences change scores significantly.
- Use era-specific visual clues like uniforms, equipment styles, advertising, or venue architecture to narrow the year before sliding the year control.
- When the person is not widely known, enter the team name instead, since naming the team also counts for the who-in-the-shot portion.
- If you want to practice beyond daily puzzles, use Real Ball Knowers to encounter older or deeper-cut photos without daily limits.
Tipoff FAQ
What is Tipoff?
Tipoff is a daily browser game that delivers three identical famous sports photos every day and asks players to guess where each photo was taken, what year it occurred, and who appears in the image. The game combines map-based location guessing with historical dating and identification of players, coaches, or teams across many sports and eras.
How does scoring work?
Each photo is worth up to 1,000 points split into three parts: 400 points for location, 400 points for the year, and 200 points for identifying the person or team. Exact stadium pinning earns the full location points, placing the pin anywhere in the correct country still scores at least 150 points, and closer year guesses receive higher year scores.
When does a new puzzle come out?
A new Daily Tipoff becomes available every night at midnight Eastern Time. Playing daily lets you build a streak and compare fresh scores with friends and the global leaderboard each day the puzzle updates.
Which sports are in it?
Tipoff features a wide range of sports including basketball, football, baseball, soccer, tennis, boxing, hockey, golf, track and field, motorsports, and the Olympics, with content drawn from college, professional, and international competition and photographs dating from the 1890s to the present.
Is it like Wordle or GeoGuessr?
Tipoff borrows elements from both games: like Wordle there is a single shared daily puzzle and a score to compare, and like GeoGuessr it requires dropping a pin on a map to indicate location, but all images are curated famous sports moments rather than random street views or word-guessing puzzles.
Can I play with friends?
Yes, you can play Tipoff with friends by creating a free account, starting a group, and sending an invite link so everyone’s daily scores appear together for comparison. The site also maintains a global leaderboard for broader competition.
Is Tipoff free?
Yes, Tipoff is free to play in a web browser on phones and computers with nothing to download and no payment required to access the daily puzzles and archive. The site provides photo credits and sources after each round.
Can I play past days?
Yes, Tipoff maintains an archive of every past Daily Tipoff so you can view and play earlier puzzles, and the Real Ball Knowers mode offers unlimited practice with older or more obscure photos for extra challenge.
