Guessing Games

Guessing gamess are brain games that challenge your knowledge and memory. Sharpen your memory with novel guessing games on GuessAndMatch like Ravel, Wordess and BallPark. Each guess reveals clues that help you eliminate possibilities and identify the mystery item in up to seven tries. Test your memory and knowledge on familiar topics such as countries, sports teams, or superheroes, use the match clues, and guess the mystery answer in seven tries.
Ravel is a browser based memory puzzle game playable on mobile as well as desktop devices. Ravel is the signature name guessing game on GuessAndMatch that tests your long term as well as short term memory with a challenging gameplay. Play Ravel daily or start a practice game whenever you want. Ravel guessing game requires no download or registration to play. Can you guess the country in seven tries?

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


Ravel is a challenging puzzle game. Pick a topic and we'll randomly pick a mystery name from your chosen topic. Your goal is to correctly guess the name in seven 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 Eggs Explained

You can't just ignore the clues. If you miss a revealed clue, you'll see an Egg (πŸ₯š) next to your guess. There are limits on how many Eggs are allowed before the gameplay ends. The Eggs limit is different for each difficulty level. Avoid getting many, or any Eggs, if you wish to show off your guessing skills.

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Ravel Game Difficulty Levels

Ravel can be played at five difficulty levels, each in regular or fast play mode. Use Practice Level to get a hang of any topic before you switch to Challenge or Pro level play. Fast mode play is limited to one minute duration for each gameplay.

  • Level 1 - Practice Level
    Warm up your guessing skills with Practice Level - you can make up to 10 clue errors (The Eggs) for a max score of 10 points.
  • Level 2 - Challenge Level
    Switch to Challenge Level for a max score of 100 points. You are allowed up to 7 clue errors (The Eggs).
  • Level 3 - Precision Level
    Try a Precision Level play for 200 points. You are allowed only 3 clue errors (The Eggs).
  • Level 4 - Pro Level
    Try the Pro Level for a challenging gameplay. Score up to 500 points but the game ends as soon as you make more than one mistake.
  • Level 5 - Superpro Level
    Try the Superpro Level for the most challenging gameplay. Score up to 1000 points. The gameplay ends as soon as you make any error (the Egg).

How to Play Ravel Puzzle Game

  • Choose a topic.
  • Make your first guess.
  • Review the letter and attribute clues.
  • Eliminate incorrect possibilities.
  • Use deduction to refine your next guess.
  • Repeat (until correct name is identified).
  • Solve the mystery name within seven attempts.

Ravel Clues

Ravel is a clue-based name guessing game. Each guess you make reveals some clues. Use these clues for eliminations and deduction to narrow down to possible answer.

How Ravel Match Clues Work

  • 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 means a previously revealed clue was missed.
  • A green equal sign (=) indicates this attribute matched.
  • A red not-equal sign (β‰ ) indicates this attribute didn't match.

Sample Ravel Gameplays

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

Guess the country Ravel gameplay showing country attributes and correct and incorrect matches
Guess the superhero Ravel gameplay showing match clues

Choose from variety of topics for Ravel Game

Ravel can be played on many topics, ranging from science to sports to geography to history to popular culture and more. Challenge your memory on 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. Play daily or anytime. Plenty more topics to guess and match.

Check out all Ravel game topics to find out which topics match your interest.

What type of game is Ravel?

Ravel is the ultimate name guessing game that challenges your memory. You think you have a very good memory? This game could have you rethinking. Ravel will have you recall names in such a way that will put your memory to test. Start with practice level play, then customize the difficulty for more challenging play.

Is Ravel game similar to New York Times Wordle game?

Ravel and Wordle are both guessing games. Players have to guess the randomly picked item in few attempts. Both games provide clues on each guess that help with eliminations and deduction to match the hidden item. While Wordle is limited to 5-letter word guessing, Ravel is a name guessing game that can be played on variety of topics including superheroes, tennis players, world countries and more. Ravel game provides clues on both the spelling and the characterstics of the hidden item. All Ravel game topics are available for daily challenge as well as adhoc anytime play.

Why play Ravel puzzle game?

Ravel is a memory game that tests not only your short term memory but also the long term memory. Ravel lets you challenge your memory on a topic that's familiar to you. With simple rules and text based minimal clues it asks your memory to recall names from a broad range of names that gets smaller with each guess. This challenges your memory to recall names from a narrower set with each pass until you get to that very specific hidden name. Even if you don't match, the familiarity of the hidden name will have you wondering.

Is Ravel game playable for beginners?

Practice Level in Ravel game allows you to get familiar with the game with higher error tolerance (7 Eggs πŸ₯š) and higher play time (7 minutes). You also earn points (max 10 points). Challenge Level gives you 5 minutes of guessing time and only allows 5 Eggs. You earn higher points (max 100 points). There are more competitive levels to earn highest points (like Pro and Superpro) with even lesser error tolerance and play time.

What do the Egg indicate in Ravel gameplay?

πŸ₯š The Egg indicates you missed a previous clue. It could be a color clue about the name and/or a match clue about an attribute that you missed. Practice Level allows 7 Eggs during a gameplay while Challenge Level allows 5 Eggs. Superpro Level doesnt allow any Eggs in a gameplay.

Is there a daily Ravel challenge?

Yes. You can play Daily Ravel on one or more topics. All Ravel game topics are available to play as a daily challenge. With the daily challenge, everyone gets the same Name to guess (for the selected topic). You get maximum of seven attempts to crack the hidden name. Match clues are revealed with each guess. You can earn up to 100 points for each daily play.

Is Ravel game free to play?

Yes, Ravel game is free to play on all difficulty levels. Also you don't need to download any app to play Ravel - you can start playing instantly in your browser. Also no registration is required to play Ravel game. Each player is automatically assigned a screenname.
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