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12 September 2026

The daily on 12 September 2026 was Line Up, on Oldest to youngest: the same 24 tiles for everyone, in five rounds of three to six, each put in order oldest first. Here is every round in its right order, with the figures.

The five rounds

Oldest at the top, youngest at the bottom.

Round 13 tiles

  1. Narendra Modi17 Sept 1950
  2. Jennifer Aniston11 Feb 1969
  3. Lionel Messi24 Jun 1987

Round 24 tiles

  1. Michael Caine14 Mar 1933
  2. Michelle Obama17 Jan 1964
  3. Leonardo DiCaprio11 Nov 1974
  4. Keira Knightley26 Mar 1985

Round 35 tiles

  1. Anthony Hopkins31 Dec 1937
  2. John Major29 Mar 1943
  3. George W. Bush6 Jul 1946
  4. Mariah Carey27 Mar 1969
  5. Natalie Portman9 Jun 1981

Round 46 tiles

  1. Nancy Pelosi26 Mar 1940
  2. Tim Berners-Lee8 Jun 1955
  3. Johnny Depp9 Jun 1963
  4. Jennifer Lopez24 Jul 1969
  5. Frank Lampard20 Jun 1978
  6. Ariana Grande26 Jun 1993

Round 56 tiles

  1. Clint Eastwood31 May 1930
  2. Rowan Atkinson6 Jan 1955
  3. Quentin Tarantino27 Mar 1963
  4. Catherine, Princess of Wales9 Jan 1982
  5. Rafael Nadal3 Jun 1986
  6. Mohamed Salah15 Jun 1992

Where the figures come from