Listed (Mind Loft)
Put eight real things in order by a real number, in five submits.
Every day: One list of eight real things a day, the same for every player, to rank by one measured quantity in five submits, with a daily leaderboard. Topics rotate between trivia, history and geography; Sundays add a ninth item. New puzzle: Midnight US Eastern Time.
Listed is a free daily ranking puzzle from Mind Loft. Each day it shuffles eight real things, such as provinces or films, and asks you to put them in order by one measurable quantity. Five submits, with green for a correct row and amber for one place off.
About Listed (Mind Loft)
Listed is a ranking puzzle on Mind Loft, a free site of daily browser games. Each day it hands every player the same eight items and one quantity to sort them by: area, a box office figure, a founding year, a depth. The list starts shuffled, and you move rows up and down until you think the order is right.
You get five submits. After each one, every row is graded. A green row is exactly right: it locks in place and shows its real figure. An amber row is one place away from where it belongs, and a grey row is further off. That middle colour is what turns it from a quiz into a deduction puzzle, because knowing a row is one slot out narrows its home to two places. A full ranking right on the first submit scores a perfect 10.
The topics rotate through the week between trivia, history and geography. Every answer key is a published number from a named source rather than an opinion or a poll, so there is only one correct order. On the day we looked, the board asked for Canadian provinces and territories ranked by area.
A new list arrives at midnight US Eastern Time, and the Sunday Edition adds a ninth item. Past lists stay in the archive. It suits players who like Factle or Top Billing style ranking games but want the grading to give more away after each try.
How to play Listed (Mind Loft)
- Open mindloftdaily.com/listed and press Start to reveal the day's eight items and the quantity to rank them by.
- Use the up and down arrows to put the items in order from largest to smallest.
- Press Submit to grade the order: green rows are right and lock in, amber rows are one place off, grey rows are further away.
- Move the amber and grey rows using what the colours tell you and submit again, up to five times.
- Get every row green to finish; your score and time go on the daily leaderboard.
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Tips
- Place the items you are surest of at the ends first: the biggest and the smallest are usually easier to judge than the middle.
- An amber row has only two possible homes, one above and one below; check which of the two is still free.
- When a green row locks, its revealed figure gives you a yardstick for the rows around it.
- There is a Hint button, but saving submits by reasoning from the colours usually gets a better score.
Questions
What do the colours mean in Listed?
Green means the row is in exactly the right place and it locks with its real figure shown. Amber means it is one place away. Grey means it is two or more places off.
What kind of lists does Listed use?
Trivia, history and geography lists that rotate through the week, each ranked by a published figure such as area, a year or a record.
Is Listed free?
Yes. Listed runs in the browser on mindloftdaily.com at no cost. There is no app and no account to make; entering a display name only puts your result on the daily leaderboard.
When does a new Listed come out?
Every day at midnight US Eastern Time, with the same list for every player. Sundays bring the Sunday Edition, with a ninth item on the list.
Can I play old Listed lists?
Yes. Mind Loft keeps past days in its puzzle archive, together with each day's standings.
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