Picle (playpicle.com)
Tap squares to uncover the day's hidden picture and name it with as few as you can.
Every day: One hidden picture a day behind a grid of black tiles, the same for every player, with its category shown; a separate timed PicleTime picture and a PicleKids picture also change daily, and past days stay playable in the archive. New puzzle: Midnight, your local time.
Picle hides a picture behind a grid of black squares and tells you only its category, such as Food or Thing. You tap squares to uncover parts of it and type a guess when you think you know it; the fewer squares you open, the better your score. There is a new picture every day, a timed variant called PicleTime and a PicleKids mode, with an archive of past days.
About Picle (playpicle.com)
Picle is a free web game built around one hidden photograph a day. The picture sits under a grid of black tiles, and the only clue at the start is a category label like FOOD or THING. Your score is the number of squares you needed before you named it.
In the main game you choose which squares to open. Each tap shows a little more of the image, and you can type a guess at any point. A wrong guess costs you 20 extra squares, opened at random, and then you carry on; Give up shows the answer. The example on the site is a blue mailbox, recognisable long before the whole grid is gone if you open the right tiles first.
PicleTime turns this into a race. The timer starts when you tap the guess box, squares open on their own as the seconds pass, and you can guess as often as you like, so the score is your time and number of guesses. PicleKids is a third daily picture aimed at younger players. The archive page lets you pick a mode and any past date and play it.
Picle suits players of picture-reveal games like PicBits or It's a Mystery who want a quick daily round. A free account saves your results and puts you on the daily leaderboard, but you can play without one.
How to play Picle (playpicle.com)
- Open Picle and read the day's category under the grid.
- Tap a black square to uncover that part of the picture.
- Keep opening squares where the picture is most likely to give itself away.
- Type your guess and press Guess; a wrong answer opens 20 more squares at random.
- Name the picture with as few squares as you can, then share your result or try PicleTime.
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Tips
- Start in the middle of the grid, where the subject of a photo usually sits.
- Use the category: a FOOD picture often shows texture and colour from a few tiles.
- Guess only when you are fairly sure, since a miss costs 20 squares.
- In PicleTime, guess as soon as you have an idea: wrong guesses cost no squares there, only time.
Questions
Is Picle the same as The Times' Picle?
No. The Times has a different photo game with the same name, where you place an archive photo on a map and in a year. Picle at playpicle.com is a hidden-picture guessing game.
Is Picle free?
Yes. An optional free account saves your scores and enters you on the daily leaderboard.
What happens if I guess wrong?
In the main game, 20 extra squares are revealed at random as a penalty and you can keep playing.
Can I play past puzzles?
Yes. The archive lets you pick Picle, PicleTime or PicleKids and any earlier day.
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