How to Play Uncommon Trivia

Uncommon Trivia is a rare answer trivia game: any correct answer counts, but the less often its English Wikipedia page is read, the more points it scores.

The basics

Uncommon Trivia gives you seven open questions every day. Each one names a category, such as a country in Africa or a chemical element, and you type any answer that belongs to it. Each question has a 25-second timer and one guess only — there is no going back once you submit, and no points if the timer runs out before you answer.

There is no multiple choice and there are no hints. A full puzzle takes about three minutes, and everyone in the world plays the same seven questions on the same day.

How scoring works

Scoring rewards obscurity. Every correct answer in a category is ranked by how many people read its English Wikipedia page, using the median of its monthly page views over the last six full months. The most viewed answer in a category scores 10 points, the least viewed correct answer scores 100, and everything else lands in between. Answer all seven questions with the rarest possible correct answer each time and you can reach a perfect 700.

Every answer lands in one of four rarity tiers, shown in the game by color:

Common, 10 to 39 points: the answers most people reach for first.
Uncommon, 40 to 69 points: correct answers that need a little more thought.
Rare, 70 to 89 points: answers far fewer people look up.
Legendary, 90 to 100 points: the least viewed answers in the category.

A wrong answer, or no answer before the timer ends, scores 0.

Take the question "Name a country in Europe", which has 49 accepted answers. The United Kingdom is the most viewed of them, so it scores 10. San Marino is the least viewed, so it scores 100, and Andorra and Moldova, just above it, score 98 and 96. After each answer the game shows your answer's monthly page views, how many of the other answers it beats, and the three rarest answers you could have given.

What counts as a correct answer

Typing is forgiving. Your answer is checked in lowercase, with accents and punctuation removed, so "Sao Paulo" and "São Paulo!" count the same. If your answer is at least five characters long, we also allow one small typo — a missing, extra, or swapped letter still counts, as long as it is not ambiguous with another answer in the same category.

Each category's answer list is built from Wikidata and Wikipedia, and many answers also accept common alternative names. If you think a correct answer is missing, email contact@uncommontrivia.com and we will look at adding it.

One puzzle a day, plus the archive and unlimited mode

A new puzzle unlocks for everyone at the same moment: 00:00 UTC. Every player in the world answers the exact same seven questions that day, and only the daily puzzle on the home page counts toward your streak.

Want to keep playing? Unlimited mode serves random questions any time you like, with the same rules, but those rounds never count toward your daily streak. Missed a day, or want to replay an old puzzle? The archive keeps every past daily puzzle available so you can go back and try it again.

Sharing your result

Once you finish, use Share challenge to invite a friend, Save image for a spoiler-free score card, or Copy text for a short summary: the puzzle number, your total out of 700, and a row of seven colored squares, one per question, without giving away any answers. The squares follow the rarity tiers: ⬛ for no points, ⬜ for common, 🟩 for uncommon, 🟦 for rare, and 🟨 for legendary.

Daily and archive challenge links keep the same puzzle date. A friend plays that puzzle, then sees both scores and can share a challenge back. Already played it? Your saved result is used without replacing it. If scoring data has changed, we explain why a comparison is unavailable. Unlimited results link to random games rather than the same questions.

Your stats and privacy

Your stats — games played, average score, best score, and current streak — live only in your browser's local storage, and we never see that full history. What you actually type as an answer is never uploaded anywhere. We do send anonymous analytics events when you start a puzzle, finish one (with your score), and use the sharing tools. When you choose to share a challenge, its public link includes the date and question scores, never your answers — see our Privacy Policy for the details.

Tips for a higher score

Let the first answer that comes to mind go by; it is usually the most common one.
Small places, lesser-known works, and older names tend to be the rarest correct answers.
A correct common answer still beats a wrong rare one, so if the clock is nearly out, type something you are sure of.
Read the three rarest answers after each question; categories come back, and the list teaches you.