Rules
How Noillirk scoring works
Every accepted answer scores points, and most pull people from the crowd. How many depends on two things: where the answer sits on our board, and which question you are on. Here is the whole system, with the real numbers.
Five bands, from Off the Board to #1 Answer
Every prompt has a board: our estimate, made in advance, of how 100 people would answer it, from the most common answer (#1) down to #10. An answer's place on the board puts it in one of five bands, and the band sets its base points. Any other accepted answer is Off the Board: still right, but worth the least.
For “Name a capital city in Europe”, Paris is the #1 Answer, London a Runner-up, Berlin in the Top 5, Amsterdam in the Top 10 and Skopje Off the Board.
The board describes answers, not players. It isn't a live count of what people typed today, which is why the “Our board” list on the result card is marked (est.). How to play Noillirk walks through that card.
| Band | Place on the board | Base points |
|---|---|---|
| Off the Board | Off the board | 10 |
| Top 10 | #6–#10 | 25 |
| Top 5 | #4–#5 | 50 |
| Runner-up | #2–#3 | 75 |
| #1 Answer | #1 | 100 |
Later questions count more
In a Daily, questions 1 and 2 count once, 3 to 5 twice, 6 to 8 three times and 9 and 10 four times, and the question card shows ×2, ×3 or ×4. A round scores its band's base points times the question's weight, so a Runner-up is worth 75 points in question 2, 150 in question 5, 225 in question 8 and 300 in question 10. Ten #1 Answers make a perfect Daily of 2,500 points.
Unlimited uses the same pattern and starts it again every ten questions, so question 11 counts once and question 17 three times.
One person for every 25 points
The crowd is 100 people. After each answer, one of them joins you for every 25 points you scored, rounded down: they walk over to your home tile and stay there for the rest of the run.
An Off the Board answer pulls nobody until the ×3 questions, where its 30 points are worth one person. Ten #1 Answers pull the whole crowd: a perfect Daily ends with all 100 on your home tile.
In Unlimited a fresh 100 sit down whenever the table runs short, so a long run can pull more than 100.
| Band | ×1 question | ×2 question | ×3 question | ×4 question |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off the Board | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Top 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Top 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Runner-up | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| #1 Answer | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 |
One round, worked out
Take question 4 of a Daily, which counts twice, and the prompt “Name a capital city in Europe”. Here is what five different answers score.
| Answer | Band | Points | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | #1 Answer | 100 × 2 = 200 | 8 |
| London | Runner-up | 75 × 2 = 150 | 6 |
| Berlin | Top 5 | 50 × 2 = 100 | 4 |
| Amsterdam | Top 10 | 25 × 2 = 50 | 2 |
| Skopje | Off the Board | 10 × 2 = 20 | 0 |
Answer Paris and the result card reads #1 Answer, +200, as 8 people walk over to your home tile. Answer Skopje and you still get 20 points, but nobody joins you, because 20 is less than 25.
A whole Daily, added up
A run adds its rounds together. Here is a Daily with a bit of everything, including a pass at question 8.
| Question | Weight | Band | Points | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ×1 | Top 10 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | ×1 | Off the Board | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | ×2 | Top 5 | 100 | 4 |
| 4 | ×2 | Top 10 | 50 | 2 |
| 5 | ×2 | Runner-up | 150 | 6 |
| 6 | ×3 | Off the Board | 30 | 1 |
| 7 | ×3 | Top 5 | 150 | 6 |
| 8 | ×3 | Passed | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | ×4 | #1 Answer | 400 | 16 |
| 10 | ×4 | Top 10 | 100 | 4 |
| Total | 1,015 | 40 | ||
The end card reads “You pulled 40 of 100”, with 1,015 points and 1 #1 answer. Its title is Close Call, for the reason in the next section.
How you earn a title
Every run ends with a title. The game checks these rules in order and gives you the first one that fits.
- Mind ReaderThree or more #1 answers.“You knew the #1 answer, again and again.”
- Hit or MissTwo or more #1 answers and three or more Off the Board.“Bullseyes and blind spots.”
- Crowd WhispererAn average band of 1.8 or more.“You think like most people do.”
- Close CallAn average band of 1.2 or more.“Near the top, most of the time.”
- Own LaneAn average band of 0.6 or more.“Your answers rarely made the board.”
- Free ThinkerAnything lower.“Nobody thinks like you. That's a skill too.”
For the average, each answer counts as Off the Board 0, Top 10 1, Top 5 2, Runner-up 3 or #1 Answer 4, and a pass or a timeout as 0. A miss pulls the average down, but it never counts as an Off the Board answer for Hit or Miss. The Daily above has 1 #1 answer and averages 1.4, so its title is Close Call.
How you compare with today's players
After a Daily, the result panel can tell you how your run compares with everyone else's that day. It counts the people you pulled against every finished run of the same Daily that reached us, yours included. “Better than 72% of today's players” means 72% of those runs pulled fewer people than yours; on a phone and on the share card it reads “Better than 72% today”.
The first player of the day sees “First to finish today”, and while ten or fewer runs are in, the line reads “One of the first 10 players today”. Below 10% it stays hidden. It shows for today's Daily only, not for Unlimited or an older Daily.
What a challenge compares
A challenge compares people pulled, not points. When you play a friend's challenge, the end reads “You beat Mia 38–25”, “Mia takes it, 38–25” or “Dead heat with Mia, 25–25”. After a loss it tells you how close you came: “14 more people and you'd have taken it.”
The challenge board lists everyone who played that link, most people first. Equal counts are split by points, then by who played first. Everyone gets the same prompts in the same order, so the weights line up too: question 9 counts four times for all of you.
See how many you can pull
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