How WotsThat Works & How Points Are Scored

Got a bizarre close-up, a weird angle, or an object nobody could identify? Upload it. The harder it is to guess, the more points you rack up for every failed attempt.

Browse mystery images and type what you think you're looking at. Get it right fast and you'll climb the Speed Solver board. Our matching is smart — typos and close answers count.

Points for stumping people. Points for solving. The Leaderboards page shows the last completed calendar month — this month's activity is hidden until the 1st, when the new standings lock in. Hall of Fame keeps every month's top five immortalised, and the Overall Points winner each month gets the WotsThat book, free.

Guess correctly and bank points based on speed.

• Under 5 seconds20 pts
• Under 10 seconds15 pts
• 10 seconds or more10 pts

Every wrong guess on a challenge you uploaded pays you out.

• Per wrong guess on your upload+1 pt

Share a challenge. When someone you sent it to completes it, you score.

• First completion per unique viewer+5 pts

Give up and we'll tell you what it was — but it goes down as a non-solve on your profile. No points either way.

• Give up0 pts
• Wrong guess0 pts