Rabbithole

About Rabbithole

Rabbithole is a trivia game from The Atlantic, launched in August 2026 and written by Drew Goins, a senior editor at the magazine and a former Jeopardy champion. It sits in The Atlantic Games next to Bracket City and the daily crossword.

Each day there is one chain of seven questions. The chain usually starts from something in an Atlantic article, and each answer leads into the next question, so you go down a tunnel of linked facts, from one subject to a quite different one by the end. The questions are written by hand each day, with the aim that each one teaches you something whether or not you know the answer.

Every question is worth three points, so a perfect day is 21. You can ask for a hint, which costs a point. A wrong answer also costs a point, but you get a second chance with multiple choice options, so a question is rarely a total loss.

Puzzles are numbered and dated, and earlier days can be played from the archive. It suits trivia players who like a short set they can finish over coffee, and people who enjoy learning where one fact leads.

How to play Rabbithole

1. Open Rabbithole to load today's chain of seven questions.
2. Read the first question and type your answer.
3. If you are stuck, take a hint, which costs one point.
4. If your answer is wrong, you lose a point and choose from multiple choice options instead.
5. Carry the answer into the next question, which builds on it, and keep going down the chain.
6. Finish all seven questions to see your score out of 21.

Tips

• Read each question to the end: the link from the last answer is often the main clue.
• Try a guess before taking a hint; a wrong typed answer still leaves you the multiple choice.
• If a question starts from a recent Atlantic article, the topic is often in the news that week.
• Play missed days from the archive; the chains do not depend on each other.

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