Wordess Word Game

Ravel

Ravel is the ultimate name guessing game that tests your memory and deduction skills. Can you guess the country name in 7 tries?
Ravel is a contronym, a word that has two meanings that are the opposite of each other. Confusingly enough, ravel can mean both 'tangle' and 'untangle'. With this game, you are trying to unravel the mystery name but you may also end up tangling it further.

❝ A lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.❞ — Jane Austen said that.


Ravel is a challenging puzzle game. Pick a topic and we'll randomly pick a mystery name from that topic. Your goal is to correctly guess the name in 7 tries. Each guess reveals some match clues. Guess using match clues until you unravel the mystery name.

Test your knowledge, memory and deduction skills with this uniquely challenging brain game.


Ravel can be played on many topics, ranging from science to sports to geography to history to popular culture and more. Test your memory on a familiar topics.

Guess and match a top rated movie or a marvel superhero or a world country or a baseball team or even a programming language. Solve unsolved Ravel Puzzles or take World Landmarks Trivia. Play daily or anytime. Plenty more topics to guess and match.


How to play

  • Make your first guess
  • Check the revealed match clues
  • Use deductions and eliminations to refine your next guess
  • Repeat (until correct name is identified)

Clues

  • A green letter is correct letter
  • A blue letter is alphabetically lower than the actual letter
  • A red letter is alphabetically higher than the actual letter
  • An egg with a letter means you didn't heed the previous clues about this letter
  • A green equal sign means this attribute matched
  • A red not-equal sign means this attribute didn't match

Ravel Samples

Check out these sample Ravel gameplays for inspiration or see the Live Replays of recent gameplays and then jump into action.

Guess the Country - sample play
Guess the US State - sample play
Guess the Country - sample play
GuessAndMatch match clues
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