Weighsies

About Weighsies

Weighsies puts something heavy on one pan of a two-pan scale and asks how many of a smaller thing it takes to balance it. A day's set is five weigh-ins, numbered from No. 1 in late September 2026, and the same for every player. On 7 October, for example, the set ran from an emperor penguin and a European badger as warm-ups, through a pig and a manatee, to an African elephant as the heavyweight.

Each weigh-in names the thing on the scale and the counterweight, with a note on what is meant: an adult penguin, a 16 lb bowling ball, the heaviest allowed. You type a number on the keypad and press Weigh, and the scale shows the real weights. There is one guess per weigh-in, so there are no hints to narrow it down. Each guess is scored as a percentage accuracy, and the day's result is your average across the five, about three minutes of play.

When you finish, the game shows your result against everyone else who played, today's leaderboards under a name you pick, your streak and a collection of the things you have weighed. A result card can be shared as a link or saved as a picture, and a countdown shows when the next five arrive at midnight UTC. Weights can be shown in pounds or kilograms.

Outside the daily set there are side modes: Which is heavier?, Balance it, Make it level, and a practice mode with new weigh-ins. Every weight comes from Wikipedia. The game is free with Google ads beside it, asks before turning on optional analytics, and needs no account. Its page says it is made by one person.

It suits players who like estimation games such as Weightle or Tilt and want a few quick guesses a day about how heavy things are.

How to play Weighsies

1. Open weighsies.dev and press Play today.
2. Read what is on the scale and what you are counting, such as how many bowling balls balance an emperor penguin.
3. Choose lb or kg if you want to think in a particular unit.
4. Type your number on the keypad and press Weigh; you only get one guess.
5. See the real weights and your accuracy, then press Next for the following weigh-in.
6. After the fifth, check your average accuracy, the leaderboards and share your result card.

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Tips

• Work it out in weight first: estimate the heavy thing in pounds or kilograms, then divide by the counterweight given under the question.
• Read the small print under the question; it says which version is meant, such as an adult animal or a 16 lb bowling ball.
• Switch between lb and kg to the unit you know better before you guess.
• The set gets heavier through the day, from warm-up to heavyweight, so expect much larger counts at the end.
• Practice mode gives new weigh-ins without touching your daily score.

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