Tightrope

About Tightrope

Tightrope is a browser trivia game from Encyclopaedia Britannica, launched in August 2024 with the line: nine questions, tread carefully. It sits among the daily games on Britannica's site.

Each day's round has nine questions, one for each letter of the word TIGHTROPE, mixing topics such as history, science, the arts, animals and mathematics. You pick from multiple-choice answers against a short timer, and each correct answer takes you a step further across the rope. A wrong answer costs a heart, and a third mistake ends the attempt.

Your score depends on getting answers right and answering quickly, and at the end you can share an emoji grid of ticks and misses under the TIGHTROPE letters with your total. Because everyone gets the same nine questions that day, scores are easy to compare with friends.

The questions get harder as a round goes on, and the rounds themselves get harder through the week: a bar on the start screen runs from easier to harder and marks where the day falls, so a Monday walk is gentler than a weekend one.

It suits trivia fans who want a few minutes of varied questions with a little tension, rather than a long quiz.

How to play Tightrope

1. Open Tightrope on Britannica's site and press Play on today's dated round.
2. Read the question and choose one of the multiple-choice answers within 15 seconds.
3. Each correct answer moves you along the rope; a wrong one costs one of your three hearts.
4. Get through all nine questions before making three mistakes.
5. Share your score and emoji grid with friends.

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Tips

• Read the whole question: a date or place in it often rules out options.
• Eliminate clearly wrong answers first when you are unsure.
• Speed adds points, but a mistake costs more, so do not rush the hard ones.

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