HIGHER OR LOWER

Higher or Lower — Daily higher or lower game

Which is higher? Ten rounds a day: populations, areas, mountain heights and river lengths. One wrong answer ends your streak. Free, every day.

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How to Play Higher or Lower

The higher or lower game is a daily numbers quiz about the world. Each round shows two things, the first with its number, and you decide whether the second one's number is higher or lower: the population or area of a country, the height of a mountain, the length of a river. A right answer moves the card up to be beaten next; one wrong answer ends the run. Ten rounds a day, the same for every player in the world, with an unlimited mode for practice.

How the higher or lower game works

Ten rounds a day, the same ten for every player worldwide. Each round shows two things: the first with its number, the second with its number hidden. You decide whether the hidden number is higher or lower. The numbers are populations and areas of countries, heights of mountains and lengths of rivers.

A right answer reveals the number, and that card becomes the one to beat in the next round. One wrong answer ends the run; your score is how many you got right in a row, out of ten. The rounds start far apart and finish close, so the last answers take real knowledge.

Every number comes from Wikidata, the free knowledge base, and is rounded the way an atlas would print it. Populations carry the year of the count. A pair is only ever asked when the two numbers are clearly apart, so a new census or a re-measured river never turns a right answer wrong.

Tips & Strategy

1
Area is not population

Deserts, ice and forest hold few people. Canada and Australia are huge and thinly settled; Bangladesh and the Netherlands are small and crowded.

2
Know the great ranges

Every peak above 8,000 metres is in the Himalaya or the Karakoram. The Andes top out near 7,000 metres, the Alps below 4,900 and most volcanoes far lower.

3
Big basins make long rivers

A river that drains half a continent is long. A famous river through a capital city can still be short: fame and length are different things.

4
The last rounds are close

Late in the run the two numbers are near each other. If you are unsure, think about which one is more often called the biggest of its region.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the higher or lower game?
A daily numbers game. Two things are shown, the first with its number. You guess whether the second one's number is higher or lower. Get it right and you keep going; one wrong answer ends the run. Ten in a row is a perfect day.
What do the numbers measure?
Four things: how many people live in a country, how large a country is, how high a mountain rises above sea level and how long a river runs. Each round tells you which one it is comparing.
Where do the numbers come from?
From Wikidata, the free knowledge base behind Wikipedia, in a snapshot we review. Populations are the newest official count and show its year. Items whose sources disagree are left out, and two numbers are only compared when they are clearly apart.
Is it the same game for everyone?
Yes. The ten rounds of the day are the same for every player in the world; only the interface and the names translate. Unlimited mode gives you a fresh run whenever you want one.
What counts as a win?
Ten right answers in a row. Any shorter run still scores: your score is the length of your streak, and the share card shows exactly where it ended.
Why do the last rounds feel harder?
On purpose. The first rounds compare numbers that are several times apart; the last ones compare numbers that are close, so a perfect run takes real knowledge, not luck.

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