How to play Unvil

The goal: work out what a photo hidden under tiles shows, by typing words. Here is everything you need to get started.

1. Type a word

Enter a word or a short phrase: a place, an object, an animal, a material, a colour, an era, a person. Accents, capitals, plurals, common synonyms and small typos are recognised, in eight languages.

2. Read the temperature

Each word gets a temperature from 0 to 100 °C: 🧊 freezing, 🥶 cold, 😎 warm, 🥵 hot, 🔥 burning, 😱 boiling. The closer the word, the hotter it is and the more tiles fall. Words that appear in the photo’s description earn a small bonus.

3. Use hints

A hint unlocks every five words, or every four on easy photos. The first one reveals the category (place, animal, object…）; later ones are more specific. Each hint costs points.

4. Find the answer

As soon as you type the exact answer （“Eiffel Tower”， “panda”…）, the photo is fully revealed and you win. Repeating a word, or a variant of an idea already rewarded, earns nothing more.

Difficulty levels

Each photo is rated easy, medium, hard or extreme. The higher the level, the fewer tiles each good word knocks down.

Scoring

Your score starts at 1,000 and drops with the share of the image revealed, the number of words and the hints used. Solving fast with little of the picture showing scores best.

Game modes

The daily puzzle changes every day at noon. The timed mode asks you to guess as many photos as possible in three minutes. The archive lets you replay past days, and “New photo” starts a free game.

Playing as a team

On the daily picture, the “Team up” button creates a team code to share. Team members receive the words that remove tiles for the others. The code works for the day, and the answer is never passed on.