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How to Play Top 5: Find the Right Five and Put Them in Order

A first look at Top 5, the ranked sports puzzle where players identify five answers and arrange them in the exact order.

Sports fans love a ranking—but remembering the right five names is different from putting them in the right order. Top 5 tests both.

Every puzzle begins with one sports prompt and a wider pool of possible answers. Your goal is to select the five answers that satisfy the prompt, then arrange them according to the stated ranking: most, highest, oldest, youngest, chronological, or another clear ordering rule.

A correct set in the wrong order is not a complete solve. That extra step turns familiar leaderboards and historical lists into a puzzle of memory, elimination, and precision.

Questions this article will answer

  • How do you select and order the five answers?
  • How does attempt credit work?
  • What kinds of rankings appear?
  • How can you use elimination without wasting an attempt?