How to Play Sumbo
Sumbo is a free trivia app you play in a browser. There are two ways in: Today's Daily (a solo movie puzzle that refreshes every day) and Showdown (multiplayer trivia rooms you race friends through). Here is how each works.
Start a game →Today's Daily
Every day, Sumbo picks one movie. You see six stills from it, from the most obscure (a blurry corner of a scene) to the most iconic (the marketing shot). You have six guesses to name it.
Type your guess — Sumbo auto-suggests matching titles as you type, so you do not have to spell it perfectly. A wrong guess reveals the next still and a new clue (decade, genre, director, setting, lead actor). Solve it on still 1 for the max points; the longer it takes, the less you score.
When you finish, you can share a spoiler-safe emoji grid so your friends can try the same puzzle without knowing the answer.
Quick Play and multiplayer rooms
Quick Play drops you into a multiplayer Showdown lobby with your last (or featured) pack already chosen. Share the code or fill the room with bots, then start the match.
Create a room works the same way but lets you pick the pack first. Up to six people can play per room, each on their own phone, tablet or computer. There are no accounts to make and nothing to install — it all runs in the browser.
How a Showdown round works
Each round shows one question and four possible answers. Tap the answer you think is right — the faster you lock in the correct one, the more points you score, up to 20 a question. You have ten seconds.
A tap is final, so trust your instinct: you cannot change your pick once it is in. When the timer ends, the correct answer lights up green, everyone sees who got it and how many points it was worth, and the next question lands.
Winning the match
A Showdown match is ten questions long. Points add up across the match, and the final question is worth double, so the lead can swing right at the end. Whoever has the highest total when the tenth question closes wins.
Tips
In Showdown: answer fast. A correct answer early in the timer scores more than the same answer late, so lock it in the moment you are sure rather than second-guessing. But do not just mash — a wrong tap is locked in and scores nothing.
In Today's Daily: read the clues. The clue stack after each wrong guess (decade, genre, director, setting, lead actor) is designed to give you a fair path to the answer even if the still is still obscure.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sumbo free to play?
Yes — Sumbo is completely free, with no account and no download.
How many people can play in a room?
Up to six players per room, each on their own device.
Do I type my answer?
In Showdown, no — every question is multiple choice. In Today's Daily, yes — you type the movie title, with auto-suggest helping you match it.
What kinds of questions come up?
Sumbo has Showdown packs for Movies & TV, Music, Sport, Science & Nature, History, Geography, General Knowledge, Literature and News. Today's Daily is always a movie puzzle.