The unique answer game

A word or trivia game where an answer only counts — or counts most — if nobody else gave it. Scattergories is the classic party version: matching answers are crossed out. Online, the same idea works by scoring each answer against the share of all players who gave it.

Both reward answers other people don't think of. In Scattergories you need a word starting with a letter and duplicates score zero. In Rarest Answer you get a category (“Name a citrus fruit”), any correct answer counts, and points scale from 5 (very common) to 100 (0.1% of players or fewer).

No. Every answer is compared with everyone who has played that question, so a solo round still tells you how unique you were. For a party, open a room so the group answers the same questions together.

No. Scattergories is a Hasbro trademark, mentioned only to describe the style of play. Rarest Answer is independent and free.

Small spelling mistakes and common alternative names are matched to the same accepted answer, so “unique” is about the thing you named, not how you typed it.