Rarest Answer

Daily Dig #16 — October 31, 2026

In short: the 7 questions of Rarest Answer #16, with the answers players gave most often and the rarest correct answers they found. Percentages are the share of all players who answered each question.

1. Name a Harry Potter character

Hint: movies · 155 correct answers · rare ones start with H, D, S, R

1100 players · 94% correct

Most common answers

  1. Harry Potter 9.2%
  2. Dobby 5.1%
  3. Albus Dumbledore 4.3%
  4. Luna Lovegood 4.3%
  5. Severus Snape 4.2%

Rarest answers found

  1. Winky 0.09%
  2. Griphook 0.09%
  3. Vincent Crabbe 0.09%
  4. Colin Creevey 0.09%
  5. Aberforth Dumbledore 0.09%

Correct answers nobody gave: Angelina Johnson · Dennis Creevey · Ariana Dumbledore · Fenrir Greyback

2. Name something you would find in a toolbox

Hint: everyday · 146 correct answers · rare ones start with L, D, C, H

1054 players · 96% correct

Most common answers

  1. Wrench 8.5%
  2. Screws 7.9%
  3. Allen key 6.1%
  4. Nails 5.8%
  5. Hammer 4.2%

Rarest answers found

  1. Epoxy 0.09%
  2. Wood glue 0.09%
  3. Wire brush 0.09%
  4. Rags 0.09%
  5. Headlamp 0.09%

Correct answers nobody gave: Ball-peen hammer · Rubber mallet · Tack hammer · Nail set

3. Name a dessert you might find in a bakery

Hint: food · 97 correct answers · rare ones start with M, C, E, D

1031 players · 96% correct

Most common answers

  1. Macaron 4%
  2. Eclair 3.5%
  3. Baklava 3.4%
  4. Pain au chocolat 3.3%
  5. Cake 2.7%

Rarest answers found

  1. Cherry pie 0.1%
  2. Victoria sponge 0.1%
  3. Eccles cake 0.1%
  4. Alfajor 0.1%
  5. Concha 0.1%

Correct answers nobody gave: Honey bun · Oreo cookie · Whoopie pie · Financier

4. Name a famous scientist

Hint: science · 78 correct answers · rare ones start with L, A, N, C

1013 players · 95% correct

Most common answers

  1. Marie Curie 16%
  2. Albert Einstein 10%
  3. Nikola Tesla 8.3%
  4. Isaac Newton 5.1%
  5. Bill Nye 3.8%

Rarest answers found

  1. Jonas Salk 0.1%
  2. Alfred Wegener 0.1%
  3. Rachel Carson 0.1%
  4. Al-Farabi 0.1%
  5. Albert Szent-Györgyi 0.1%

Correct answers nobody gave: Edmond Halley · Ptolemy · Gottfried Leibniz · Evangelista Torricelli

5. Name a word that contains "ough"

Hint: words · 72 correct answers · rare ones start with B, O, F, S

1001 players · 98% correct

Most common answers

  1. Borough 11%
  2. Trough 9.1%
  3. Dough 8.6%
  4. Cough 6.1%
  5. Thorough 5.4%

Rarest answers found

  1. Roughhouse 0.1%
  2. Roughing 0.1%
  3. Coughed 0.1%
  4. Throughput 0.1%
  5. Thoroughness 0.1%

Correct answers nobody gave: Roughshod · Roughest · Ploughshare · Sloughing

6. Name a sea or ocean

Hint: geography · 68 correct answers · rare ones start with B, D, N, C

997 players · 97% correct

Most common answers

  1. Indian Ocean 10%
  2. Black Sea 10%
  3. Red Sea 9.1%
  4. Caspian Sea 8.7%
  5. Baltic Sea 7.8%

Rarest answers found

  1. Arabian Gulf 0.1%
  2. Dalmatian Sea 0.1%
  3. Lake Baikal 0.1%
  4. Limfjorden 0.1%
  5. Malay Sea 0.1%

Correct answers nobody gave: Timor Sea · Arafura Sea · Weddell Sea · Ross Sea

7. Name a member of the cat family that isn't a house cat

Hint: animals · 66 correct answers · rare ones start with S, B, O, C

983 players · 91% correct

Most common answers

  1. Lynx 16%
  2. Leopard 7.3%
  3. Cougar 7.3%
  4. Jaguar 6%
  5. Tiger 5.7%

Rarest answers found

  1. Anatolian leopard 0.1%
  2. Asian lynx 0.1%
  3. Asian wildcat 0.1%
  4. Bengal 0.1%
  5. Black leopard 0.1%

Correct answers nobody gave: Tigon · African lion · Barbary lion · Amur leopard

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