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HOW TO PLAY

Everything you need to know about Uniformity

THE GRID

Each day, Uniformity generates a fresh 3×3 grid for each sport — NHL, NFL, NBA, and MLB. The rows represent three teams (shown by their logos), and the columns represent three jersey numbers. Your job is to name a player who wore that number for that team.

There are nine cells to solve. Every cell sits at the intersection of one team and one number — find a player who fits both.

GUESSING

Click any unsolved cell to open the player search. Type a player name and select from the results. If your answer is correct, the cell turns green and locks in. If wrong, you lose one guess.

You start with 9 guesses for the entire grid. Use them wisely — once you run out, the game is over regardless of how many cells remain unsolved.

SCORING

Your result for the day is summed up by two numbers: cells solved out of nine, and your completion time. Get all nine — that's a perfect grid. Time runs from your first click on the grid until your last correct answer.

On the leaderboard, players are ranked first by cells solved, then by fastest completion time, then by fewest wrong guesses. A clean 7/9 beats a 6/9 no matter how fast the 6/9 was.

LEADERBOARD

Signed-in players are ranked on two leaderboards. The Daily board shows the top 10 results from today's grid, ordered by cells solved and then by fastest time. The Weekly board sums cells solved across the current week (Monday through Sunday) and uses total completion time as the tiebreaker.

Sign in to track your stats, maintain streaks, and compete for the top spots.

STRATEGY TIPS

Lock in your gimmes first. Solve the cells you're confident about before you burn a guess on a hard intersection. Cells stay locked once correct, so there's no risk in going easy-first.

Don't guess the unknown. Wrong answers cost a guess from your shared pool of nine, and fewer wrong guesses is one of the leaderboard tiebreakers. If you're cold on a cell, skip it and come back.

Think across eras. The database includes historical rosters, so a player from the '90s can be just as valid as someone playing today. Sometimes the easiest match is from a decade you'd forgotten about.

Play daily. A new grid drops every day. Consistency builds streaks and climbs the weekly board.