--- title: What Year Was It? - TIME description: Five real TIME covers spanning a century. Read the clue, look at the cover, guess the year. --- August 15, 2026 # What Year Was It? Five real TIME covers from our century-spanning archive: look at the pictures, read the clues, guess the years. How to play * Each round shows a real TIME cover, from our archive spanning the 1920s to today. * Read the clue and look at the cover, then drag the slider to your best guess of the year the cover is from. * After five rounds, receive your final score. Scoring * Exact year = 1,000 pts. Each year off = −50 pts. Play Now [TIME FOR GAMESRace to the Red BorderChoose from a variety of images to test your jigsaw puzzle speed-solving skills.Play Now](/games/jigsaw/) [A Puzzle ClassicWord SearchFind and connect hidden words in a grid of letters. Test your vocabulary and pattern recognition in this classic word puzzle.Play Now](/games/word-search/) [Play on WordsWord FlowerUnscramble petals to form words using a central letter — with fresh twists that will challenge your creativity and vocabulary.Play Now](/games/word-flower/) [A Puzzle ClassicSudokuPut your reasoning skills to the test with Sudoku, the classic number puzzle. Fill in the 9x9 grid so every row, column, and box contains the numbers 1 through 9.Play Now](/games/sudoku/)