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Backheel — daily football quizzes and puzzle games

Backheel is a set of free daily football puzzles. Every game sets a new puzzle at midnight UTC and everybody in the world gets the same one. Guess the footballer from a career path, a grid, a line-up or a transfer trail. The players and clubs come from the biggest sides in European football. No account, no adverts, and your record stays in your browser.

The games

• Who Am I? — A career trail, one club at a time. Guess earlier, score higher.
• Connections — Sixteen players. Four groups. One shared trait each.
• Footy Grid — Nine cells. Each one wants a player who fits both clubs.
• Squad Rush — One club, one season, ninety seconds.
• Scout Report — Guess the player. Every name you try comes back as a scouting comparison.
• Starting XI — One season, eleven names. Rebuild the side that played most.
• Top 10 — Ten ranked names, hidden. The figures are the clue.
• Team-mates — A mystery player, revealed by the company they kept.
• Football Bingo — Nine squares of facts. Players arrive one at a time — place them or let them go.
• Higher or Lower — Two players, one figure showing. Is the other one higher or lower?
• Squad Numbers — One club, one season, ten shirts. Name who wore each.
• Chronology — Five clubs from one career, shuffled. Put them back in order.
• Transfer Trail — A trail of real transfers, fees and all. Name the player who made them.
• Alongside — One player named, ten team-mates hidden. Shared matches are the clue.

Questions

What is Backheel?

Backheel is a set of free daily football puzzles. Each one asks something different about the game — a player’s career path, the clubs two players share, a squad you have to name against the clock, a line-up you rebuild from memory. A new puzzle in every game arrives each day.

When do the daily puzzles reset?

At midnight UTC, every game at once. Everybody in the world gets the same puzzle on the same day, which is what makes a score worth pasting into a group chat.

Do I need an account?

No. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to install. Your streak and your history are kept in your own browser and never sent anywhere, which also means they do not follow you to another device.

Can I play older puzzles?

Yes. Every puzzle Backheel has ever set is in the archive, by game and by date. Archive rounds do not move your streak — a streak you could catch up on afterwards would not be measuring anything.

How many times a day can I play each game?

Once. Every game offers Easy, Medium and Hard, and finishing any one of them closes that game until the next reset. Picking a level is a choice about today rather than three separate rounds.

Which game should I start with?

Who Am I? is the one most people find easiest to pick up: a player’s clubs appear one at a time and you name them as soon as you can. Footy Grid and Football Bingo are the most forgiving of a wrong guess, since neither costs you anything for trying.

How to play, in full · Archive of previous puzzles