Rarest #7 answer
Friday, 16 October 2026
The prompt: A musical instrument
Answers are checked against our list. Spelling variants and plurals are fine.
The obvious answers
RecorderFlutePiano
These are the answers most people reach for first, so they score the least.
Rare answers that would have scored well
Tam-TamKeytarBombardeSantoorOndes MartenotAgogo
We knew 184 valid answers for this prompt. In Rarest an answer is worth more the fewer other players gave it, so a correct but unusual answer beats a common one.
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