About Hooked

Hooked is a free daily trivia game about knowing the answers nobody else thinks of. Five categories a day, thirty seconds each, and the rarest answers weigh the most.

01The idea

Most trivia rewards knowing the obvious answer. Hooked rewards knowing the one everyone else forgot. Every category, from countries to Pokémon to famous landmarks, has answers that almost everyone types in the first five seconds and answers that hardly anyone does. Each correct answer is a fish, and the fewer people who would think of it, the heavier it weighs: a Minnow for the obvious ones, up to the single Kraken hidden in every category. Your score is the weight of your bucket, so three rare catches can beat ten easy ones.

Everyone in the world gets the same five categories on the same date, which is what makes comparing hauls with friends fun. The last category each day is a specialty round where every catch weighs double.

02Where the answers come from

Every category starts from a long, checked answer list, with nicknames and common spellings so that “UK”, “Habs” or “FDR” count without fuss. Each answer has a rarity tier from our own research. Answers the game doesn’t recognise are logged anonymously and reviewed by a person, and the real ones are added, so the lists keep getting more complete. Typos never count on their own: the game asks “Did you mean…?” first, so a slip can’t put the wrong fish in your bucket.

Categories come back now and then, but never within a month, and a returning category always has a small twist: a new Kraken (a different rare answer is the prize) or a 20-second speed round. Past days and every answer they accepted are in the answer archive.

03Streaks and tackle

Finish a haul every day to build a streak. Every five days in a row earns a new rod: Fiberglass at 5, Carbon at 10, Gold-wrap at 15, Glow at 20 and the Kraken rod at 25. Big single hauls unlock bobbers, from Lime at 30 lb to the Kraken bobber at 250 lb. The Rod rack in the menu shows everything you’ve earned.

04Who makes it

Hooked is made by an independent developer in the United States, the same person behind Moonshot, a daily word game about the most common and the rarest answers. There’s no studio behind it: the categories, answer lists, artwork, sound and code are all made in-house, and the game is updated most weeks with new categories and fixes from player feedback.

Hooked is free to play and supported by ads and the optional $5 Hooked Pass, a one-time purchase that adds unlimited casts, crews, 1v1 duels, the Archive of past hauls and removes ads. You don’t need an account to play, we keep the data we collect to a minimum, and we never sell player information. The details are in the privacy notice.

05Contact

Questions, a category idea, or an answer we missed? Write to support@hookeddailygame.com. Every message is read by the developer.