Daily Rare Answer / Hopdown
Hopdown
The trivia game where rare answers win: name anything that fits, and every uncommon answer sends your bunny deeper underground.
Made by Princeton Lock. Plays here from hopdown.io
Free, no sign-up. The game loads from hopdown.io when you press Play.
Grabbing the shovel
Loading Hopdown from hopdown.io
- Daily dig
- 7 questions
- Clock
- 15 s, down to 9 s
- Rarity tiers
- 6
- Depth ranks
- 8
- Players
- Up to 100
- Price
- Free
How to play Hopdown
The daily dig is seven questions, the same for every player in the world. This is one dive from the grass to the share button.
Start today’s dig
Press Play above, then Play today’s dig. Unlimited and Multiplayer sit under it on the same screen.
Read the prompt
Each question asks for one thing from a bigger set, like a volcano or a cheese. The clock starts at 15 seconds.
Type anything that fits
Other names and common spellings count. A wrong guess costs nothing while time is left, so keep trying.
Compare your depth
After seven questions you see how deep you went against everyone else today. Play again tomorrow to build a streak.
How deep you dig: rarity tiers and ranks
Every answer is a shovel stroke. How far it takes your bunny depends on how rarely other players give it.
Each accepted answer sits in one of six rarity tiers: extremely common, common, uncommon, rare, very rare and deep cut. Hopdown gives every answer a starting rank and moves it toward what players really say. If 20 percent of players name it, it reads as extremely common; if only 1 percent do, it reads as rare.
Hopdown’s own example: for a European capital, Paris is easy and Vaduz is hard, and Vaduz digs much further. If the clock runs out, your bunny slides back up to 100 meters. Your meters add up to eight ranks:
The Hopdown clock, question by question
Hopdown starts you on 15 seconds and takes half a second off every question, so the daily dig gets tighter as you go down.
| Question | Time to answer |
|---|---|
| Question 1 | 15.0 seconds |
| Question 2 | 14.5 seconds |
| Question 3 | 14.0 seconds |
| Question 4 | 13.5 seconds |
| Question 5 | 13.0 seconds |
| Question 6 | 12.5 seconds |
| Question 7 | 12.0 seconds |
Worked out from Hopdown’s rule: 15 seconds, half a second less each question, never under 9. In Unlimited the clock reaches 9 seconds at question 13 and stays there. Party and multiplayer hosts choose 7, 10, 15 or 20 seconds, or any number from 3 to 60.
Every way to play Hopdown, all free
The daily dig is one of six modes. None of them sits behind a paywall.
The daily dig
Seven questions a day, the same for everyone, at one difficulty. You see how your depth compares with other players, and a streak builds day by day.
Unlimited
Questions keep coming until you lose three lives. A life goes when the clock runs out or you skip, so how deep you get is up to you.
Custom game
Pick from 16 categories or single topics, a run of 7, 25 or 100 questions or endless, and one of five difficulty levels.
Challenge a friend
At the end of a run, share a link or short code. Your friend gets the same questions on the same clock, so you can compare depths.
Party mode
One screen shows the prompt and everyone answers on their phone. The rarest answer takes the round, and if two players give the same answer, neither can win it.
Live multiplayer
Invite up to 100 players with a link or code. You see what others typed and how fast. Everyone has three lives; the last player standing wins.
Hopdown difficulty levels
Five levels change how soon the questions reach rarer answers. They work in custom games, party mode and multiplayer; the daily dig keeps one level so everyone gets the same seven.
| Level | What changes |
|---|---|
| Super Easy | Familiar everyday topics with long lists of answers, and never a letter question |
| Easy | Familiar answers and a gentler climb |
| Medium | The standard ramp, and the default |
| Hard | Rarer questions arrive sooner |
| Very Hard | Deep cuts almost from the first question |
Unlimited starts at whichever level you last chose in Custom game.
How to dig deeper in Hopdown
The clock is short and you can’t look anything up, so these habits do the work before the dive starts.
Skip the answer everyone knows
Paris is the easy European capital; Vaduz is the deep one. Go for the small country, the second city or the regional dish instead of the famous one.
Keep typing until time is up
Wrong guesses are free while the clock runs. If a rare answer doesn’t count, try another one. Only running out of time costs you meters.
Have a backup ready
The clock is 12 seconds by question 7 and 9 seconds deep in Unlimited. When it gets tight, any answer that fits beats a missed question.
Study a topic in Explore
On hopdown.io, Explore lists every topic with its accepted answers from most common to deepest cut. It also shows why an answer scored the way it did.
Hopdown compared with Cosmillion and Daily Rare Answer
Three rare-answer games you can play on this site. The idea is the same; the clock, the scoring and what comes after the daily are not.
| Hopdown | Cosmillion | Daily Rare Answer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily questions | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Clock | 15 s, then 0.5 s less each | 25 s each | 30 s each |
| What scores | 6 rarity tiers, in meters | 6 ranks, 10 to 100 points | How few other players gave it, up to 99 |
| After the daily | Unlimited, custom, party, multiplayer | More launches with paid All Access | One puzzle a day |
Hopdown and Cosmillion facts are from their own sites. Play Cosmillion on its own page here and Daily Rare Answer on our home page.
Playing Hopdown on this page
The game above is Hopdown itself, loaded from hopdown.io when you press Play. The questions, clock and depth are the same as on hopdown.io, and the ads inside it are Hopdown’s own, which pay for the game. Hopdown is made by Princeton Lock; Daily Rare Answer only shows it here and is not connected to them.
Hopdown keeps your progress, best dive and streak in your browser unless you sign in. Most browsers keep what a game saves inside another site apart from what it saves on its own site, so if you already have a streak on hopdown.io, keep playing there. To sign in, buy coins or send feedback, open hopdown.io in its own tab.
Want more after your dive? Play today’s Daily Rare Answer, launch a rocket in Cosmillion, or switch to history with Eraly.
Hopdown FAQ
What is Hopdown?
Hopdown is a free trivia game from hopdown.io. You name anything that fits a prompt, like “Name a volcano” or “Name a cheese”, and the rarer your answer, the deeper your bunny digs. You can play the daily dig, Unlimited, custom games, party mode or live multiplayer.
Is Hopdown free?
Yes. Every mode is free, including Unlimited, the daily dig, party mode and live multiplayer. Ads pay for the game. You can buy coins for bunny skins if you want to, and buying coins removes ads for you, but nothing needs it.
How does Hopdown decide how rare an answer is?
Every accepted answer starts with a rank Hopdown has set, and the rank then moves toward what players actually say. If 20 percent of players name the same thing, it reads as extremely common; if only 1 percent do, it reads as rare. Because every answer has a rank from the start, it scores straight away at any hour.
How long do you get for each question?
In the daily dig and Unlimited the first question gives you 15 seconds, and each question after that is half a second shorter, down to 9 seconds. In party mode and live multiplayer the host sets the clock, anywhere from 3 to 60 seconds.
What happens when time runs out?
The question counts as missed and your bunny slides back by up to 100 meters. In Unlimited and multiplayer you also lose one of your three lives. Wrong guesses cost nothing while the clock is still running.
Is there a Hopdown Unlimited mode?
Yes, and it is free. Unlimited gives you a stream of questions with no cap and three lives. You lose a life when the clock runs out or when you skip, and the dive ends when all three are gone.
How do I play Hopdown with friends?
Three ways. Share a link or code at the end of a run so a friend gets the same questions. Host party mode on a TV or laptop while everyone answers on their phones with a four-letter code. Or open a live multiplayer room for friends anywhere. Party mode and multiplayer take up to 100 players.
How many topics does Hopdown have?
Hopdown’s About page says more than 7,000 topics across 16 categories, from food and animals to finance and literature. An older Hopdown page says 1,500+, so the list has grown. In a custom game you can pick categories or single topics such as dog breeds.
Is this the official Hopdown?
The game on this page is the official one, loaded from hopdown.io. Hopdown is made by Princeton Lock. This page is written by Daily Rare Answer, which is not connected to them. To sign in, buy coins or send Hopdown feedback, open hopdown.io in its own tab.
Is Hopdown like Krillion?
It uses the same idea: many answers are correct and the uncommon ones are worth the most. Hopdown is an independent game, and it adds the digging bunny, a free Unlimited mode and multiplayer for up to 100 players. Daily Rare Answer, on our home page, is another game in the same family.
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