Rules and scoring

How to Play HiveWire

Learn how the 9-question trivia run works, how cracks end the run, and how scoring rewards correct answers, streaks, completion, and perfect games.

9 questions 3-crack limit Shareable result

HiveWire Rules

  1. Start today's HiveWire challenge.
  2. Choose Anything Goes or a focused trivia category.
  3. Answer one trivia question at a time.
  4. Choose one answer from four choices.
  5. A correct answer moves you across the next honeycomb tile.
  6. A wrong answer cracks the path.
  7. Three cracks ends the run.
  8. Complete all 9 questions before three cracks to cross the HiveWire.

Trivia Categories

HiveWire includes Anything Goes, Science & Tech, History, Geography, Sports, Animals & Nature, Entertainment, and Food & Culture.

Each answer shows a short explanation before you move to the next tile.

Scoring

Sharing Your Result

At the end of the run, HiveWire creates a simple share result with the date, your 9-tile path, and your score.

Gold squares show correct answers. Black squares show wrong answers.