How to guess the most popular answer
Great Minds is a daily game where you try to guess the most popular answer to a question. Each prompt, such as "Name a planet" or "Name a US state", has many right answers. Your job is to type the one you think most other players will choose. The more people who gave the same answer as you, the more points you get.
The answers are not ranked by an expert or a fixed survey. They come from everyone playing today, so you are guessing the crowd's first instinct, one prompt at a time. Five prompts, the same for every player, with a new round at midnight.
How to play: guess the most popular answer in five prompts
- Press Play, then Start today's round. There are 5 prompts, one at a time.
- Type the correct answer you think most people will give, within 30 seconds. Press Lock in or Enter. Answers that are not on our list are rejected straight away, so you can try another.
- See whether great minds thought alike. After each prompt the game shows what share of other players gave your answer, your points and the answers said most so far.
- Skip if you must. A skipped or timed-out prompt scores 0.
- Check back later. Your total is out of 500. As more people play, tap Refresh scores to see your final result for the day.
How scoring works in Great Minds
Your points for a prompt are the percentage of other players who gave the same answer as you.
| Other players who gave your answer | Points |
|---|---|
| All of them | 100 |
| 60% | 60 |
| 25% | 25 |
| None of them | 0 |
Only players who answered count; skips are left out. If you are the first to answer a prompt today there is nobody to agree with yet, so your score shows as pending until others play. Tap Refresh scores later to fill it in.
Is it like a survey game show?
The idea is the same as the survey round of TV game shows such as Family Feud, where you guess what most people said when they were asked a question. The difference is that the survey is live. The people being surveyed are the other players, and you see the result straight after you answer. Great Minds is our own game and is not connected to any TV show.
It is also the mirror image of our least popular answer game, Nobody Said That, which uses the same kind of prompts but rewards the answer nobody else gave.
What you can guess
Every day you guess the most popular answer to five prompts from a checked pool. Each prompt has a closed, checked list of answers: US states and capitals, countries by region, EU capitals, NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL teams, US presidents, chemical elements, planets, months, days of the week, zodiac signs, the colors of the rainbow, chess pieces, Harry Potter books and more. The number of accepted answers is shown under each prompt.
Tips to guess the most popular answer every time
- Go with your first instinct. Here the obvious answer is the good answer. The first thing that comes to you is probably the first thing that comes to most people.
- Think about what is famous, not what is correct. For "Name a planet", players reach for Mars or Jupiter more than Neptune.
- Big places and big names win. In geography prompts, the largest or best-known country or city usually leads. In sports prompts, the most famous teams draw the most answers.
- Watch the first-in-the-list effect. For lists people learn in order, such as months, days or the Greek alphabet, the first item is often the crowd favorite.
- Do not overthink it. Trying to be clever is how you end up alone with Uranus.
Great Minds FAQ
How do you guess the most popular answer?
Go with the first correct answer that comes to mind and the most famous option in the category. In Great Minds you score the percentage of other players who gave the same answer.
How are points calculated?
For each prompt you score the percentage of other players who gave the same answer as you. If 60% said what you said, you get 60.
Why is my score pending?
You were the first to answer that prompt today, so there was nobody to agree with yet. Tap Refresh scores later to see your result.
Is Great Minds the same as Family Feud?
No. It uses a similar idea to the survey round of TV game shows, guessing what most people said, but it is our own game and the survey is the other players of the day.
Can I play more than once a day?
No. There is one round a day, the same for everyone, because scores depend on comparing players on the same prompts.
Is my answer public?
No. Answers are counted anonymously. Other players see only how many people gave each answer.
Who made Great Minds?
It was built by Daily Guessing Game for this site.