Clade Runner

Daily

20 of 20 guesses left
Stuck? Reveal the next group down.

Family tree

Holds the mystery animal Links your guesses Mystery animal Guess already ruled out Drag to move. Pinch or Ctrl + scroll to zoom.

The whole tree

Every animal in the game, nested by shared ancestry. Open a group to see the groups and species inside it.

    How to play

    Find the mystery animal in 20 guesses.

    1. Guess any animal by its common or scientific name.
    2. You learn the most specific group it shares with the mystery animal. Guess a goldfish when the answer is a cod and you learn it is a Clupeocephalan: carps and cods, but not eels.
    3. A guess the board had already ruled out is marked in red, with the reason.

    Daily puzzles are the same for everyone and use well-known animals. Practice rounds can draw from the whole list.

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    Which animals can the mystery animal be?