Rabbithole

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Seven trivia questions in a chain, each answer leading to the next.

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Rabbithole being played: question 2 of 7 about Bumble's scam filter, with the answer box, Submit button, Hint link and points counter

Rabbithole is The Atlantic's trivia game, launched in August 2026 and written by senior editor Drew Goins. Each weekday's puzzle is a chain of seven questions in which every answer turns into the next question, starting from an Atlantic article. A question answered on its own is worth three points, two after a hint and one from multiple choice, for a top score of 21.

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 weekday there is one chain of seven questions. The first question comes 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 get harder the deeper you go. Goins writes them by hand each day, drawing on the magazine's archive, encyclopedias and JSTOR.

Every question is worth three points if you answer it on your own, so a perfect day is 21. If you are stuck, a hint gives a one-line clue and drops the question to two points; after the hint you can open three multiple choice options for one point. Close spellings are accepted.

Puzzles are numbered and dated, and earlier days can be played from the archive. There is no new chain at the weekend. 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

Open Rabbithole to load today's chain of seven questions.
Read the first question and type your answer in the box, then press Submit.
If you are stuck, press Hint for a one-line clue; the question is then worth two points.
Still stuck after the hint, open the multiple choice and pick one of three options for one point.
Carry the answer into the next question, which builds on it, and keep going down the chain.
Finish all seven questions to see your score out of 21.

Screenshots

Rabbithole title card from The Atlantic: a rabbit drawn as a black question mark among smaller question marks above a hole, on pink

Tips

Read each question to the end: the link from the last answer is often the main clue.
Try a typed answer before taking the hint; close spellings count.
The first question starts from a recent Atlantic article, so the topic is often in the news that week.
Play missed days and the weekend gap from the archive; each chain stands on its own.