Plinkle Trivia · Wed, Nov 4, 2026

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How to play

Five drops. Five categories. Every slot goes five questions deep.

Slide the claw along the top rail, then tap to drop the ball. On a keyboard, the arrow keys aim and Enter drops.
Each slot at the bottom is a category. Land in one and its next question opens: question 1 is worth 10, question 2 is worth 20, up to 50 for question 5.
Right or wrong, that slot then moves on to its next, harder question. Land in the same slot again to climb its ladder.
Three wildcard cups sit in the pegs. The middle one pays +75 and the two side cups pay +50. Each catches the ball once and keeps its category hidden until it opens. Then the ball drops on to a slot.
Type the answer into the blanks. You get 25 seconds, and the first letter of each word is given. Pass skips a question you don’t know.

Examples

A two-word answer. The B and the M are given, so you type the rest.

Every blank is filled, so Go lights up. Enter works too.

Scoring

Every game starts at 0 points. Your leaderboard total is the sum of your points across every daily game you play.

Points

Each right answer+10 to +5010 for the easiest question, 50 for the hardest.
Wildcard cup+50 or +75+75 in the middle cup, +50 on each side.
Time bonus+25 or +50Get every answer right. Total answering time under 30 seconds: +50. Under 45 seconds: +25.

FAQ

How do you play Plinkle Trivia?

You get five drops. Slide the claw along the top, then drop the ball. It bounces down the pegs into one of five slots, and each slot is a trivia category. Land in a slot and its next question opens. Type the answer into the blanks before the 25-second clock runs out.

How does scoring work?

Every slot is five questions deep, easiest first, worth 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 points. Once you play a question, right or wrong, the slot moves on to the next one, so landing in the same slot again climbs its ladder. Three wildcard cups sit in the pegs: the middle one pays 75 and the two side cups pay 50. Get every answer right, with a total answering time under 30 seconds, for a +50 time bonus, or under 45 seconds for +25. The top score is 375.

Do typos count against me?

Yes. The answer must be spelled exactly, and one wrong letter is a miss. Capitals, accents and punctuation never matter, and a leading “the” is ignored. The first letter of every word is filled in for you.

Why do I need an account to play?

Plinkle Trivia is new, so it opens to signed-in players first. A free Greatest Games account is all it takes, and it saves your stats and streak across devices.

Is it the same puzzle for everyone?

Yes. Everyone gets the same five categories and the same questions each day, and the board’s bounces are fixed for the day, so the same aim gives the same drop. A free account plays the last 7 days, and Greatest Games Plus opens the rest of the archive.

About Plinkle Trivia

Plinkle Trivia is a daily trivia game played on a peg board. You drop a ball five times, and wherever it lands decides which question you answer.

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Plinkle Trivia — Free daily trivia game

Plinkle Trivia is a free daily trivia game from Greatest Games. Five drops down a peg board. Each slot is a category, five questions deep, and every question pays more than the last. A new game is published every day at midnight US Eastern. It plays in your browser with a free account and nothing to download.

Missed a day? The Plinkle Trivia archive lists every past puzzle by date. A free account plays the last 7 days, and Greatest Games Plus plays them all.

What is Plinkle Trivia?

Plinkle Trivia is a daily trivia game played on a peg board. You drop a ball five times, and wherever it lands decides which question you answer. The five slots at the bottom are five trivia categories, picked fresh each day from Geography, Entertainment, History, Art & Literature, Science & Nature, and Sports & Leisure.

Each slot goes five questions deep, from an easy 10-pointer to a hard 50-pointer. Play a question, right or wrong, and that slot moves on to its next one. So the big points come from landing in the same slot again and again, and the board does not make that easy.

The wildcards

Three cups sit in the pegs. Catch the ball in one and a wildcard question opens. The middle cup pays 75 points and the two side cups pay 50. You don't know its category until it opens. Each cup catches only once, and after its question the ball drops out of the bottom and keeps falling to a slot, so a wildcard drop still ends in a slot question.

Answering

Every answer is typed into blanks, one per letter, with the first letter of each word filled in for you. You have 25 seconds per question. Go stays off until every blank is filled, and Pass skips a question you don't know. Capitals, accents and punctuation never matter, but the spelling must be exact.

Your daily board

Everyone plays the same board each day: the same categories in the same order, the same questions, and the same bounces for the same aim. Your best possible score is 375. The board resets at midnight Eastern.