What
A shareable clue challenge
Guess the Song is a clue-based music challenge that avoids copied lyrics and focuses on context, era, artist, and style.
Music mode
Guess the Song
Guess the Song is a clue-based music challenge that avoids copied lyrics and focuses on context, era, artist, and style.
Useful for music pages, playlist creators, pop-culture communities, and friends who like release-era trivia.
Playable demo
No-Lyrics Pop Hits: Guess the Song
Clue 1
A synth-pop hit tied strongly to a late-2010s and early-2020s sound.
Clue 2
The artist's red-suit era made the song visually recognizable.
Clue 3
The Weeknd released it before it became one of the decade's biggest radio songs.
Demo share text preview: Think you know Song? Prove it. https://theyeargame.com/play/?pack=...
How
Three clues, decreasing score
Each question uses safe clues about release year, sound, artist, chart era, or cultural context. Players type the song title.
Limits
Text-only MVP boundary
The Phase 1 pack avoids lyrics and audio recognition. It uses original factual clues only.
Built-in packs
Production-ready Phase 1 content
Guess the Song
No-Lyrics Pop Hits: Guess the Song
5 questions · mixed difficulty · configurable scoring and share templates
Use cases
Where this mode fits
No-lyrics music quizzes
Decade playlist challenges
Artist fan games
Group chat song guessing
FAQ
Common questions
Does this use lyrics?
No. The pack uses lyric-safe clues about era, style, artist, and public release context.
Can answers include artist names?
Accepted answers can include the song title alone or song title plus artist.
Does it identify music from audio?
No. Phase 1 is text-only.