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Uncommon Trivia · Puzzle #17

Daily Trivia Answers for October 11, 2026

Replay the puzzle below, then open the answer notes to see why the rarest answers score the most.

Puzzle #17Oct 11, 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 #17

Puzzle #17 was the Uncommon Trivia daily puzzle for October 11, 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 one of the 50 US states

    50 accepted answers. Most viewed: Hawaii (250k views a month), California (218k), Texas (154k). Rarest: North Dakota (40k views a month), South Dakota (43k), Nebraska (52k).

    6 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Idaho, Iowa, and Arkansas.

    Why North Dakota is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 40k views a month, the fewest in this category. Hawaii, the most viewed answer, gets about 6 times as many (250k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Maryland gets 75k views a month and scores 54 points.

  2. 2. Name a team in the NBA

    30 accepted answers. Most viewed: Los Angeles Lakers (135k views a month), New York Knicks (98k), Golden State Warriors (90k). Rarest: Indiana Pacers (29k views a month), Phoenix Suns (30k), Orlando Magic (34k).

    4 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Indiana Pacers, Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic, and Utah Jazz.

    Why Indiana Pacers is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 29k views a month, the fewest in this category. Los Angeles Lakers, the most viewed answer, gets about 5 times as many (135k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Washington Wizards gets 47k views a month and scores 53 points.

  3. 3. Name one of the ten main cloud genera

    10 accepted answers. Most viewed: Cumulonimbus (19k views a month), Cumulus (9.3k), Cirrus (9.2k). Rarest: Cirrostratus (1.4k views a month), Altostratus (1.6k), Stratocumulus (2.4k).

    2 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Cirrostratus and Altostratus.

    Why Cirrostratus is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 1.4k views a month, the fewest in this category. Cumulonimbus, the most viewed answer, gets about 14 times as many (19k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Nimbostratus gets 3.1k views a month and scores 50 points.

  4. 4. Name a sovereign country in the Caribbean

    13 accepted answers. Most viewed: Cuba (148k views a month), Dominican Republic (129k), Haiti (121k). Rarest: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (43k views a month), Antigua and Barbuda (46k), Dominica (60k).

    2 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Antigua and Barbuda.

    Why Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 43k views a month, the fewest in this category. Cuba, the most viewed answer, gets about 3 times as many (148k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Barbados gets 93k views a month and scores 55 points.

  5. 5. Name an instrument in a standard symphony orchestra

    28 accepted answers. Most viewed: Piano (41k views a month), Double Bass (21k), Violin (18k). Rarest: Triangle (3.2k views a month), Contrabassoon (3.6k), Bass Clarinet (4.7k).

    4 answers are worth 90 points or more (Legendary): Triangle, Contrabassoon, Bass Clarinet, and Bass Drum.

    Why Triangle is the rarest answer here: its English Wikipedia article gets a median of 3.2k views a month, the fewest in this category. Piano, the most viewed answer, gets about 13 times as many (41k). A typical answer sits in the middle of the list: Trombone gets 11k views a month and scores 53 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 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.

The rarest answers in the October 11, 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. Cirrostratus — Ten main cloud genera · 1.4k views a month · 100 points
  2. Altostratus — Ten main cloud genera · 1.6k views a month · 90 points
  3. The Life of Emile Zola — Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture · 2.5k views a month · 100 points
  4. Isoleucine — 20 standard amino acids · 2.5k views a month · 100 points
  5. Valine — 20 standard amino acids · 2.6k views a month · 95 points
  6. Triangle — Instrument in a standard symphony orchestra · 3.2k views a month · 100 points
  7. Cavalcade — Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture · 3.4k views a month · 99 points
  8. Contrabassoon — Instrument in a standard symphony orchestra · 3.6k views a month · 97 points
  9. Indiana Pacers — Team in the NBA · 29k views a month · 100 points
  10. Phoenix Suns — Team in the NBA · 30k views a month · 97 points

Questions about Puzzle #17

What were the categories in Uncommon Trivia Puzzle #17?

The October 11, 2026 puzzle had seven categories: 50 US states, Team in the NBA, Ten main cloud genera, Sovereign country in the Caribbean, Instrument in a standard symphony orchestra, Film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and 20 standard amino acids.

Which answer in Puzzle #17 is the rarest?

Cirrostratus, an accepted answer to "Name one of the ten main cloud genera". Its English Wikipedia article gets 1.4k 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 #17?

Yes. The board at the top of this page replays the October 11, 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 #18 followed on October 12, 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.