Metazooa

“Like Wordle or Connections but with animals and cladograms. Terrible analogy — but this game rocks! You don't need a degree in Zoology, but it doesn't hurt to be an AP Animal Nerd. I'm addicted. "The animal kingdom (Metazoa, in Greek) is full of our distant relatives... some more distant than others! Metazooa is a game that tests how well you know our extended family tree." Your goal is to figure out today's Animal in as few guesses as possible. Wrong guesses will narrow down the answer by taxonomic rank (kingdom, phylum, class, order, etc.)" In the example above, the answer was "black bear" and the tree took shape with each guess.”

“If you, like me, have always wanted a stronger handle on the animal kingdom's taxonomy, this is a fun, bite-sized way to learn. The goal is to identify the daily animal within 20 guesses, and each wrong guess is traced back to the closest category it shares with the answer. There's always a little lesson about the latest shared category, which gives some guidance about what to guess next, and there's a bank of animals so you're not totally on your own to think of every animal name. Resets at 8 p.m. (in Baltimore).”