LangWhich

LangWhich asks one question five times: which language is this? Each day the game takes one everyday word, such as elephant, fire, star or mother, and shows it in five different languages, one per round, each in its own script. Under each one you get five languages to choose from. The pool covers 25 widely spoken languages, among them Chinese, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, Swahili, French and Italian.

The challenge is the same for everyone on a given date and changes at midnight by your own clock. On 22 October 2026 the word was elephant, in Gujarati, Urdu, Tamil, French and Bengali. Because the five rounds share one meaning, the puzzle is less about vocabulary and more about telling scripts and spelling patterns apart: Gujarati from Hindi, Tamil from Telugu, Urdu from Arabic. The daily words follow a fixed list, so neighbouring days often share some of the same versions, and the list comes round again after a year.

You have 30 seconds in all for the five rounds. Each correct answer is worth 15 points and the time you have left adds a bonus of up to 25, for a maximum of 100. You can click the answers or press the number keys 1 to 5. At the end the game shows your score, a button to share it, and your best scores, which are kept only in your browser.

It suits anyone curious about writing systems and world languages, and it is short enough to play over a coffee. There is no account and no ads, and it plays the same on a phone as on a desktop.