How to play Hedge — free online confidence betting trivia
Spread ten chips across four answers. Sure? Go all in. Torn? Hedge.
- Players
- 2–4
- Length
- ~7 min
- Type
- Wager
- Price
- Free
Hedge is trivia where you don't pick an answer, you distribute confidence. Ten chips, four options, and you place them however your certainty says to.
Sure? Put all ten on one option and take the conviction bonus. Torn between two? Split them and guarantee yourself something. It turns every question into an honest self-assessment of how much you actually know.
Free, no app and no sign-up to join — players hop in with a 4-letter code on their own phone.
How to play Hedge
The host picks the round count
Eight rounds is the default at about 25 seconds each.
A question and four answers appear
The same setup as ordinary trivia — the difference is entirely in how you answer.
Spread your ten chips
Place them across the options in any distribution you like. All ten on one, five and five, or a scatter across three.
The answer is revealed
Every chip sitting on the correct answer pays out. Chips on wrong answers simply don't.
Conviction pays extra
Going all-in on the right answer banks a bonus on top of the chip payout.
What Hedge looks like
How scoring works
Each chip on the correct answer pays 10 points, so ten chips on a correct answer is 100 before any bonus.
Going all-in on the correct answer adds a +50 conviction bonus. That bonus is the whole reason not to hedge every round.
Spreading guarantees you scrape something but caps your ceiling and forfeits the bonus. Points accumulate and the highest total wins.
Tips for winning Hedge
- Go all-in whenever you actually know. The conviction bonus is where the game is won, and hedging on a question you're sure about is just leaving points behind.
- Split two ways rather than three. Spreading across three options usually means you don't know it at all, and a 7/3 split on your two real candidates pays better.
- Never spread all four. It guarantees 25 points and gives up everything else.
- Get aggressive when you're behind. A leader hedging safely can be caught by two all-in wins.
Frequently asked questions
How many players do you need for Hedge?
Two to four.
How is Hedge different from normal trivia?
You distribute ten chips across the answers instead of picking one, so being half-sure is a thing you can express — and a full-confidence correct answer earns a bonus.
How long is a game?
About 7 minutes at the default eight rounds.
Is it free?
Yes, free to play and free to host, with no account needed to join.
Free, no app and no sign-up to join — players hop in with a 4-letter code on their own phone.