How to play
StateTap is two free daily map games, one for Texas and one for the whole country. Every day brings five new clues, the same for everyone. Tap where you think each one is, and score by how close you land.
The two games
- StateTap Texas
- One clue from each of four themes, plus a bonus: a city or landmark, a county, a park or wildlife spot, and a moment in Texas history where you find the place it happened.
- StateTap USA
- Find three cities on a map of all 50 states, then answer two famous facts whose answer is a city, such as where basketball was invented.
Scoring
Each clue is worth up to 100 points. Every place has a real footprint: a city's area, a county's borders, a park's land. Tap inside it for a bullseye. Miss, and points drop the farther you are from its edge. Clues get harder as you go, and the last three count double and triple, for a best possible day of 1,000.
- Bullseye (100)
- 80 or more
- 50 or more
- 20 or more
- Under 20
When you finish, copy your result to share it. The squares show how close you got without giving away the answers.
Questions
When is there a new map?
At midnight where you are. Each game has one puzzle per day.
Can I play on a keyboard?
Yes. Select the map, use the arrow keys to move it under the crosshair, press + or − to zoom, and press Enter to drop your pin.
Do I need an account?
No. There are no accounts, ads or trackers. Your progress for the day is saved only in your own browser.
Sources and credits
- County and state outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, via us-atlas.
- Mexico and neighboring land: Natural Earth, via world-atlas.
- City and town locations: GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clue write-ups are original and link to their sources, including the Handbook of Texas, Texas Parks & Wildlife, the National Park Service and the Texas Historical Commission.
- Maps drawn with D3. Type set in Overpass and Source Serif 4 (SIL Open Font License).
Privacy
This site doesn't collect personal information, use cookies or load third-party scripts. Each game saves today's guesses in your browser's local storage so you can pick up where you left off. Clear your browser data to remove it.