Road clues · Licence plates Plate Spotter
Colours, bands, fonts and flags: every country's plates look a little different. Look at the plate, pick the country, and learn the clue that gives it away.
Learner Levels 1-6
Free ⭐ 0 / 18Open to everyone. Finish a level to open the next one.
Spotter Levels 7-10
Free account ⭐ 0 / 12Sign in for Asia and the look-alike levels, and keep your stars on every device.
Expert Levels 11-12
GeoFun+ ⭐ 0 / 6Tight close-ups and every country mixed together.
Which country is this?
Look at the plate's colours, the band on the side and the letter format.
Free account levels
Levels 7-10, including the Belgium or Netherlands and Brazil or Argentina look-alikes, need a free account. It also keeps your stars on every device.
Create a free account I already have an accountGeoFun+ levels
Levels 11-12 are for GeoFun+ players: tight close-ups and every country mixed.
About GeoFun+
Every plate clue, country by country
Stuck on a country? The Learn pages show the tells for all 30 countries, with 304 real photos ringed on the clue. Read a country, then come back and beat the level.
Open the plate guide →How to play Plate Spotter
- 1
Look at the photo
Each level shows 6 close-ups of licence plates from around the world.
- 2
Pick the country
Choose the country from the answers. Only one is right.
- 3
Learn the clue
Wrong? The photo zooms in on the clue that gives it away. Open the Learn card for the full story.
- 4
Earn stars
All right is 3 stars, one miss 2, at least half 1. New stars earn points.
Why licence plates?
Licence plates are one of the quickest clues for telling countries apart in street photos. Each country has its own colours, letter format and font, and many add a coloured band with a country code or a flag.
Plate Spotter teaches those clues one photo at a time, from the famous yellow plates of the Netherlands to hard look-alikes like Belgium and the Netherlands, or Brazil and Argentina. 12 levels, 30 countries, real photos.
- 12levels
- 30countries
- 304photos
- 3stars per level
Frequently asked questions
Is Plate Spotter free?
Yes. Levels 1-6 are free for everyone. Levels 7-10 need a free account, and levels 11-12 are for GeoFun+ players.
Does this help with GeoGuessr?
Yes. Licence plates are a classic GeoGuessr clue: the colour of the plate and the band on its side often tell you the country in a second. Plate Spotter trains you to read them quickly.
How can I tell Belgian and Dutch plates apart?
Dutch plates are bright yellow with black letters. Belgian plates are white with red letters. Both have a blue EU band on the left, with NL or B. Levels 7 onwards test this.
Where do the photos come from?
From Wikimedia Commons, under free licences. Every photo shows its author and licence, and the full list of credits is below the game.
How do stars and points work?
All right earns 3 stars, one miss 2, at least half 1. You earn points for each new star, so replaying a level for the same stars earns nothing extra.
Photo credits
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, cropped. Licences: CC0, public domain, CC BY and CC BY-SA (crops of CC BY-SA photos are shared under the same licence).
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