In short: the closest free game to Pointless is Rarest Answer — type the correct answer you think the fewest players will give, with a new daily set, unlimited rounds and group rooms. Krillion is a similar daily game; Family Feud is the opposite (popular answers win).
10 games like Pointless
- Rarest Answer daily · free · browser · daily
7 questions a day; name the correct answer the fewest players give. Scores come from live player percentages instead of 100 surveyed people. - Rarest Answer Unlimited · free · browser · unlimited
The same Pointless-style scoring with no daily limit — new questions every round, never one you already answered. - Play with friends (rooms) · free · up to 30 players
Host a Pointless night: everyone answers on their own phone, a live board shows who found the rarest answers. - Daily movie, sports, geography and music sets · free · 5 a day
Five themed questions a day from one topic — the geography set plays very close to Pointless's famous country rounds. - Far Corners · free · daily
Name the least-mentioned country that fits today's clue — the Pointless country round as its own game. - Krillion · daily · browser
The best-known daily rare-answer game: one dive a day where uncommon correct answers score highest. - Pointless board game and apps · paid · home
Official spin-offs of the BBC show with surveyed answers. Fixed question sets, so they run out. - Family Feud · TV · apps
The mirror image of Pointless: the most popular survey answer wins. Good if you want to guess what everyone says. - Tenable · TV
Name items in a top-10 list. Shares Pointless's love of lists, but every correct answer on the list counts. - Scattergories · board game
Name things in a category starting with a letter; answers anyone else also wrote are crossed out — Pointless scoring at the table.
How they compare
| Pointless (TV) | Rarest Answer | Family Feud | Tenable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best answer | Correct, fewest of 100 people | Correct, fewest players (live) | Most popular of 100 people | Any item on the top 10 |
| Play online free | — | ✓ Yes | Apps, with ads/purchases | — |
| New questions | When it airs | Daily + unlimited | When it airs / app packs | When it airs |
| Group play | Teams of two | Rooms of up to 30, 1v1 duels | Families of five | Teams of five |
A Pointless-style question with real numbers
| Answer | Share of players | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Refrigerator · Common | 22.5% | 22 |
| Stove · Common | 10.1% | 33 |
| Oven · Common | 6.3% | 40 |
| Coffee pot · Rare | 0.06% | 100 |
| Mini chopper · Rare | 0.06% | 100 |
| Immersion blender · Rare | 0.06% | 100 |
The top rows are what nearly everyone says; the bottom rows would be “pointless” answers on the show — here they score the most.
How to pick
- Want the show's feeling every day, free: Rarest Answer daily, then Unlimited.
- Hosting a quiz night: a room on play with friends.
- Prefer guessing the popular answer: Family Feud-style games — see games like Family Feud.
- Love lists: see games like Tenable.
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