What is a "daily tens" game?
"Daily tens" describes a trivia format rather than a single site: every day you get one ranked top-ten list — most populous countries, highest-grossing films, most Grand Slam titles — and your job is to name all ten entries. Guesses are usually unlimited in order but limited in number of mistakes, which is what makes the last two or three answers so tense.
How the format works
- A question defines a ranked list of exactly ten things.
- You type answers in any order; correct ones snap into their rank.
- A small allowance of wrong guesses — five hearts, here — ends the game when spent.
- Everyone gets the same puzzle that day, which is what makes results worth sharing.
Why the ranking source matters
Most arguments about these games are really arguments about data. "Best-selling artists" according to certified sales and according to claimed sales give different lists; box office with and without re-releases reorders the top ten. That's why every puzzle here states its metric, its data date and its source — see the methodology page.
Which site is this?
This is Daily Tens at dailytens.org: an independent game with its own puzzles, its own editorial process, its own hint system and its own archive. The daily top-ten format is played on several sites, some under similar names — this one is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any of them. If you arrived looking for a different game, this isn't it; if you're here for the format, you're in the right place.
Where to find the archive and an unlimited mode
Two things people look for straight after their first daily top-ten game: the puzzles they missed, and a way to keep playing once today's is done. Both are here.
- Daily tens archive — every puzzle published so far, filterable by category, each with its answers, ranking metric and source.
- Daily tens unlimited — random past puzzles dealt back to back, with no daily limit. It never touches your streak, and never spoils today's puzzle.
What Daily Tens does differently
- Source transparency. Metric, data date and source on every puzzle.
- A hint ladder instead of giving up: a clue, then the shape, then a reveal.
- A real archive. Every past puzzle stays playable, with its answers published the next day.
- Forgiving answers. Abbreviations, former names and typos are accepted — with no autocomplete to spoil it.
- No account. Streaks and stats live on your device.