Rushmore

Pick four.

Carve four heads into any category and share your Mt. Rushmore. There's no score: just your four, your #1, and the argument that follows in the group chat.

1. 1Pick a categoryBrowse Explore, take on Today's Rushmore, or build your own.
2. 2Carve four headsTap a face to carve it, or drag it onto a slot.
3. 3Crown a #1One head gets the gold ring and the crown.
4. 4Defend itAdd a hot take to any head, and snub up to four runners-up.
5. 5Send itShare the image, or a remix link your friends can make their own.

The vocabulary

Rushmore / mountain

Your list of exactly four heads for one category. It's carved once all four slots are filled.

Category

One of 103 categories in 11 sections, each with its own pool of candidates. Or build your own from scratch.

Head / slot

A person carved into one of the four slots. Slot 1 is the Headliner.

Carve

Placing a head on the mountain.

Top Dog / #1 PICK

The one head you crown. It gets the gold ring, the crown and the #1 PICK sash. Crowning doesn't move it.

Snubs

Up to four runners-up, once the mountain is carved. The editor calls them Honorable Mentions; share cards say “Left off the mountain.”

Hot take

An optional one-line defense of a head, up to 120 characters. ✨ Suggest offers a few to start from.

Carved Reveal

The celebration when your fourth head lands. It ends with “Now pick your #1.”

Tournament

This-or-that voting over up to 32 candidates. The top four by wins become a Rushmore with #1 crowned.

Today's Rushmore / streak

One category a day, the same for everyone. Carve it on back-to-back days to keep a streak.

Climb

A path through every category in 5 regions, from Base Camp to the Summit. Nothing is locked.

Hall of Fame / GOATs / Pantheon

Everyone you've crowned, the people on more than one of your mountains, and your most crowned and most snubbed.

Remix

Open someone's shared Rushmore as your own draft: as is, or from scratch.

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