The goal

You get a starting article and a target article on Wikipedia. Reach the target by clicking links inside the articles, nothing else. Fewest clicks and fastest time win.

Game modes

  • Daily Challenge: one puzzle per day, the same for everyone. Your clicks, time and path go on the daily leaderboard, and your streak is tracked.
  • Multiplayer rooms: create a room and share the link or 6-letter code. Everyone races the same pair live and can see where the others are.
  • Solo: pick a difficulty and category, or enter any two articles, and race the clock.

Rules

  • Only links inside the article body count. Search, the address bar and outside sites are off-limits.
  • Every click counts, including the in-game Back button.
  • In multiplayer, the host chooses when the race ends: after the first finisher, the top few, or everyone.

Difficulty

Difficulty is based on how many Wikipedia articles link to the target. A target like United States is linked from hundreds of thousands of pages, so almost any route gets there. A target linked from a few hundred pages means you need a plan.

Tips

  • Head for a broad hub first (a country, a century, a field of science), then narrow down.
  • Think about how the target is described. A city links to its country; a scientist links to their field.
  • Use the table of contents to jump to the section most likely to mention what you need.
  • The infobox at the top right of an article is often full of useful links.

Avatar image credits

The historical and space avatars come from Wikimedia Commons. Most are in the public domain (paintings by Jacques-Louis David, Elias Gottlob Haussmann, Barbara Krafft and Albert Kretschmer; images by NASA). These three are cropped from photos shared under Creative Commons licences, and the cropped versions are shared under the same licence:

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