Clue Funnel

About Clue Funnel

Clue Funnel is a one-answer trivia game built on a simple shape: a funnel of six clues. The first is deliberately broad, along the lines of a polymath who excelled in several fields, and each one after it narrows the field until the last all but names the answer. The subject can be a person, a place, an idea, an event, a cultural work or any other notable topic.

You type a guess at any point. Spelling does not need to be exact, as reasonable variations are accepted. A wrong guess reveals the next clue, and the round ends when you get it or the sixth clue is used up. Solving it shows a short read about the subject, which is part of the game's aim to be simple and educational.

The same site runs more than one daily game. Sports Funnel uses identical rules for a daily sports answer, with its own share colour and its own archive. Timeline, at cluefunnel.com/timeline, is a daily history challenge of a different kind: put six historical events in order by year, with its own archive of past days. Each funnel gets a new puzzle at midnight UTC, and past puzzles can be played from the archive pages.

It suits trivia players who like the moment a vague clue suddenly makes sense, and anyone who wants a short daily quiz with a single answer rather than a list of questions.

How to play Clue Funnel

1. Open Clue Funnel, or Sports Funnel for a sports answer, and read the first clue.
2. Type your guess; close spellings are accepted.
3. If you are wrong, the next, more specific clue appears.
4. Keep guessing until you solve it or all six clues are shown.
5. Read about the answer, share your result and try past puzzles in the archive.

Tips

• Guess early even on a vague clue; a wrong guess costs only the clue you would have seen anyway.
• Read each clue against all the earlier ones, since the answer must fit every clue.
• Early clues often describe a category, so list what fits before guessing.
• For Sports Funnel, think about the era and the sport hinted at before naming a person.

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