PastportleToday’s puzzle

Guess the place. Discover its past.

A daily puzzle: five history clues, six cities, one answer.

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  • New city at 00:00 UTC

How it works

  1. Five clues from a city’s history, hardest first.
  2. Pick the city from six. A wrong pick or a skip opens the next clue.
  3. 5 points on clue 1, down to 1 on clue 5.
  4. Then the globe finds it, and a short sourced story explains every clue.

A sample day

Port Marren is made up; real puzzles are real places.

  1. Clue 1 of 5

    Its harbour guild kept ledgers in three alphabets for two centuries.

    Picked Corvale · Not it

  2. Clue 2 of 5

    A fire in its old market led to the first stone warehouses on the coast.

    Next clue · Skipped

  3. Clue 3 of 5

    Its lighthouse keepers trained swimmers who later founded a famous rescue society.

    Picked Port Marren · Correct

Sample · not a real place

Port Marren

Solved on clue 3 · 3 points

Port Marren grew rich keeping other people’s accounts. Its guild recorded every cargo in three alphabets so traders from any shore could check the books, and when fire took the timber market, the city rebuilt in stone.

What you would share

Pastportle #12 · 2026-11-12 | Solved 3/5 · 3 points | X-O..

Questions

Is the history real?

Yes. Every clue is sourced and reviewed; the story at the end links to its sources.

Do I need an account?

No. Your passport is saved in this browser.

When is there a new city?

Every day at 00:00 UTC, the same city for everyone.