Quintalist

About Quintalist

Every Quintalist puzzle is a list question, such as the youngest Nobel laureates, with ten possible answers on screen. Five of them belong in the top five and five are decoys. You choose five and press Submit, and the game tells you how you did so you can adjust; to solve the puzzle you need all five correct answers selected together in a single try, within five tries.

If you are stuck, a light bulb gives up to three hints. The question changes every day and can be about any subject, from history and science to sport and pop culture. Puzzles are numbered and shared by everyone, earlier ones are in an Archived Games section, and a streak counts how many days in a row you have solved it, ending if you miss a day or fail.

It suits trivia fans who enjoy list questions and the deduction of narrowing ten choices down to five.

How to play Quintalist

1. Open today's Quintalist and read the ranking question.
2. Select five of the ten choices and press Submit.
3. Use the feedback to swap choices in or out on your next try.
4. Get all five of the top five selected in the same try, within five tries; use the light bulb for up to three hints.

Tips

• Lock in the answers you are sure of first and use each try to test one or two doubtful ones.
• Watch for decoys that sound right but just miss the list.
• Use hints only after a couple of tries, when you know which picks are uncertain.
• Play earlier puzzles from the archive to get a feel for the question style.

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