The Password Game is a puzzle browser game that prompts you to create a password that requires increasingly complicated rules. While the game starts with relatively simple rules, Rule 14 is one of the first extremely frustrating hurdles players have to get past to win. It generates a random image and asks you to identify the name of the country in the photo. And worse? It completely starts over if you try to refresh to get a place you recognize. This article tells you how to beat the tricky Rule 14 and gives you tips on winning the whole game.
Beating the Password Game Rule 14: Quick Tips
Scan the image for clues like street names, writing on signs, license plates, landmarks, and religious iconography. A quicker way to find the country is to take a screenshot and use a reverse image search to find out where the image was taken.
Steps
Solving Rule 14 of the Password Game
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Look for a street sign to help narrow down the location. Use the compass icon to rotate the image, keeping your eyes peeled for a street sign with a name you can plug into a search engine. The +/- icon at the bottom-right of the image allows you to zoom in and out to get a better look.
- The Password Game uses Google Earth, so the street is sometimes superimposed onto the image.
- Unfortunately, this tip works better with a street name like Goosedubbs (Scotland) than Oak Street, a very common street name in any English-speaking country…though that’s helpful to know, too.
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Identify any pictured languages that appear in the image. As you examine the image, look for writing on buildings, vehicles, and signs. Identifying a language may not tell you exactly what country you’re looking at, but it can help you narrow things down. Do you see Spanish writing? Or maybe something written in a completely different alphabet? Once you identify the language, search for countries where it is the official language.
- For example, if you see signs in German, your list of countries would include Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
- If you speak the language, try searching the internet for any business names to help you identify the country.
- Don’t forget to check any vehicle license plates in the image for a country. In some cases, these are blurred out and not helpful, but you might get lucky and find the answer right away!
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Find a phone number or website to identify the country. Scan the image for a string of numbers or letters that could be a business phone number or web address. Phone numbers have a country code that identifies the home country of the number when using it to make an international call. Additionally, countries have top-level domains (the letters after the final . in a web address) associated with them.
- For example, the country telephone code for France is 33, so if you see a number that begins with +33 the image may have been taken there.
- The top-level domain for France is .fr, so if you see a web address that ends with that, the image may have been taken in France.
- Search for country codes for phone numbers at CountryCode.org .
- Search for top-level domains for countries at WorldStandards.eu .
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Use popular landmarks and architecture to help you find a region. Famous landmarks are easy. If you see the Taj Mahal in the image, you know right away the picture was taken in India. Types of architecture are a little trickier, but they can also be helpful in targeting an area.
- For example, if you see Gothic architecture, the location in the image is probably somewhere in Western Europe.
- If you see Abbasid architecture, the image may have been taken in North Africa, the Middle East, or possibly Spain. [1] X Research source
- If you’re unsure about the architecture, scan the image for religious iconography. For example, an image with a crucifix may point to a country with a large Catholic population.
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Use a reverse image search to find the location in the image. While trying to figure out where the image was taken on your own can be fun, it might be easier to take a screen capture of the image and do a reverse image search . [2] X Research source
- A reverse image search often gives you the name of the country, city, or prominent landmark in the image.
- If it doesn’t have the country, just type whatever information it gives you into a search engine to find it.
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References
- ↑ https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/abba/hd_abba.htm
- ↑ https://mightygadget.co.uk/password-game-rule-14-your-password-must-include-the-name-of-this-country/
- ↑ https://primagames.com/tips/how-to-beat-rule-20-in-the-password-game
- ↑ https://thetab.com/2023/07/03/heres-how-to-beat-rule-24-in-the-viral-password-game-taking-over-tiktok-right-now
- ↑ https://www.speedrun.com/The_Password_Game/guides/y022w
- ↑ https://the-password-game.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Rules