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Daily Trivia Answers for October 10, 2026

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Puzzle #16Oct 10, 2026

7 questions. 25 seconds each. One guess.

Name a correct answer few people would think of. The rarer it is, the more it scores.

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About Puzzle #16

Puzzle #16 was the Uncommon Trivia daily puzzle for October 10, 2026. It asked seven category questions, and every accepted answer is scored by how rarely its English Wikipedia page is viewed: the most viewed answer in each category earns 10 points and the least viewed earns 100. Play it above first if you want to avoid spoilers, then open the answer notes to see the most common and the rarest answers.

Rarity here comes from one public number per answer: the median of its monthly English Wikipedia page views over six full months, currently March to August 2026. Fewer readers means a rarer answer and a higher score. This edition freezes its answers and scoring data; future refreshes do not change this snapshot. For reconstructed history, the original publication remains unverified. Rarity is not a judgment of how important an answer is, only of how rarely people look it up.

Show the answer notes (spoilers)

  1. 1. Name a country in Asia

    48 accepted answers. Most viewed: India (544k views a month), People's Republic of China (382k), Iran (365k). Rarest: Timor-Leste (87k views a month), Tajikistan (91k), Laos (96k).

    6 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Timor-Leste, Tajikistan, Laos, Kuwait, Bhutan, and Brunei.

    Why Timor-Leste is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 87k views a month, the fewest in this category. India, the most viewed answer, gets about 6 times as many (544k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Lebanon gets 186k views a month and scores 54 points.

  2. 2. Name one of the 20 standard amino acids

    20 accepted answers. Most viewed: Glycine (14k views a month), Phenylalanine (14k), Tryptophan (13k). Rarest: Isoleucine (2.5k views a month), Valine (2.6k), Asparagine (2.7k).

    3 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Isoleucine, Valine, and Asparagine.

    Why Isoleucine is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 2.5k views a month, the fewest in this category. Glycine, the most viewed answer, gets about 5 times as many (14k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Leucine gets 5.9k views a month and scores 53 points.

  3. 3. Name a scheduled language of India

    22 accepted answers. Most viewed: Tamil (74k views a month), Hindi (70k), Sanskrit (63k). Rarest: Bodo (2.2k views a month), Dogri (4k), Santali (6.3k).

    3 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Bodo, Dogri, and Santali.

    Why Bodo is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 2.2k views a month, the fewest in this category. Tamil, the most viewed answer, gets about 34 times as many (74k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Nepali gets 22k views a month and scores 53 points.

  4. 4. Name a novel by Charles Dickens

    15 accepted answers. Most viewed: A Tale of Two Cities (49k views a month), Great Expectations (44k), David Copperfield (35k). Rarest: Dombey and Son (3k views a month), Barnaby Rudge (3.3k), Martin Chuzzlewit (3.8k).

    2 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Dombey and Son and Barnaby Rudge.

    Why Dombey and Son is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 3k views a month, the fewest in this category. A Tale of Two Cities, the most viewed answer, gets about 16 times as many (49k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Our Mutual Friend gets 7.1k views a month and scores 55 points.

  5. 5. Name a moon of Jupiter

    73 accepted answers. Most viewed: Europa (39k views a month), Ganymede (39k), Io (36k). Rarest: S/2017 J 5 (93 views a month), S/2017 J 7 (103), Sponde (104).

    9 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): S/2017 J 5, S/2017 J 7, Sponde, S/2017 J 8, S/2017 J 2, S/2017 J 6, Eukelade, S/2017 J 9, and 1 more.

    Why S/2017 J 5 is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 93 views a month, the fewest in this category. Europa, the most viewed answer, gets about 419 times as many (39k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Orthosie gets 333 views a month and scores 55 points.

  6. 6. Name a film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture

    97 accepted answers. Most viewed: One Battle After Another (343k views a month), The Godfather (182k), No Country for Old Men (179k). Rarest: The Life of Emile Zola (2.5k views a month), Cavalcade (3.4k), The Great Ziegfeld (3.7k).

    12 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): The Life of Emile Zola, Cavalcade, The Great Ziegfeld, The Broadway Melody, Hamlet, Going My Way, All the King's Men, You Can't Take It with You, and 4 more.

    Why The Life of Emile Zola is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 2.5k views a month, the fewest in this category. One Battle After Another, the most viewed answer, gets about 138 times as many (343k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: The Last Emperor gets 39k views a month and scores 55 points.

  7. 7. Name a country in South America

    12 accepted answers. Most viewed: Brazil (279k views a month), Argentina (188k), Colombia (181k). Rarest: Paraguay (70k views a month), Ecuador (90k), Bolivia (96k).

    2 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Paraguay and Ecuador.

    Why Paraguay is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 70k views a month, the fewest in this category. Brazil, the most viewed answer, gets about 4 times as many (279k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Suriname gets 122k views a month and scores 51 points.

The rarest answers in the October 10, 2026 puzzle

Uncommon Trivia never collects the answers players type, so this is not a ranking of what people guessed. It ranks the accepted answers from the puzzle's seven categories by their monthly English Wikipedia views, lowest first, with the points each one scores in its own category. To keep one category from filling the list, it takes at most two answers from each.

Show the 10 rarest answers (spoilers)
  1. S/2017 J 5 — Moon of Jupiter · 93 views a month · 100 points
  2. S/2017 J 7 — Moon of Jupiter · 103 views a month · 99 points
  3. Bodo — Scheduled language of India · 2.2k views a month · 100 points
  4. The Life of Emile Zola — Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture · 2.5k views a month · 100 points
  5. Isoleucine — 20 standard amino acids · 2.5k views a month · 100 points
  6. Valine — 20 standard amino acids · 2.6k views a month · 95 points
  7. Dombey and Son — Novel by Charles Dickens · 3k views a month · 100 points
  8. Barnaby Rudge — Novel by Charles Dickens · 3.3k views a month · 94 points
  9. Cavalcade — Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture · 3.4k views a month · 99 points
  10. Dogri — Scheduled language of India · 4k views a month · 96 points

Questions about Puzzle #16

What were the categories in Uncommon Trivia Puzzle #16?

The October 10, 2026 puzzle had seven categories: Country in Asia, 20 standard amino acids, Scheduled language of India, Novel by Charles Dickens, Moon of Jupiter, Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Country in South America.

Which answer in Puzzle #16 is the rarest?

S/2017 J 5, an accepted answer to "Name a moon of Jupiter". Its English Wikipedia article gets 93 views a month, the fewest of any accepted answer in this puzzle, so it scores 100 points.

How are answers scored in Uncommon Trivia?

Each accepted answer is ranked within its category by the median of its monthly English Wikipedia page views over six full months, currently March to August 2026. The most viewed answer earns 10 points, the least viewed earns 100, and the rest are spaced evenly in between by rank. A wrong answer, or running out of the 25 seconds, scores 0.

Can I still play Puzzle #16?

Yes. The board at the top of this page replays the October 10, 2026 puzzle with the same seven categories, scored with the current view counts. Archive games don't change your stats or your daily streak.

When does the next puzzle come out?

A new puzzle unlocks for everyone at 00:00 UTC each day. Puzzle #17 followed on October 11, 2026, and today's puzzle is always on the home page.

More to play: today's puzzle, every past puzzle, or unlimited mode with random categories.