What answers will be accepted with approximate answers?

For a Text Mission, you can have 3 types of answers:
​
1. Open answer: where participants can enter any answer and it will be accepted as correct.
2. Exact answer: where participants must match the accepted answer exactly.
3. Approximate answer: where participants must roughly match the accepted answer.
​
The option to have an approximate answer will only appear once you add in an accepted answer with at least 1 letter. To enable this option, click the check box beside "Accept approximate answers" so that it has a blue check mark.
​
​

Approximate answers allow for spelling mistakes. Our platform will accept answers with an added letter, a missing letter or a replaced letter. The answer will have to match the accepted answer by 92% to be accepted as correct.
​
For example, if the answer was Teddy Bear, these answers would be accepted as correct:
​
Tedy bear (letter removed)
Teddy Beare (letter added)
Teddi Bear (letter replaced)
​

If you type in a number, it will not enable approximate answers because numbers must match 100%. If you have a number in your answer, your accepted answer will remain as an exact answer and you will not see the option to enable the approximate answer feature.
​

However, you can include numbers and letters together to allow for an approximate answer. For example:
​

2 million years

23 dollars
In 1970

If your answer has multiple words, our system will accept the answer regardless of the order they are entered.
​
For example, if your answer was:

These options would be accepted as correct:
​
Green, blue, red
Blue, green, red
Red, green, blue
Blue, red, green,
Green, red, blue
​
If you have multiple accepted answers, the participant's answer will only need to match one of them. It cannot match multiple accepted answers.
​

In the image above, only 'Red' or 'Blue' or 'Green' would be accepted - they are 3 different options for answers. A participant could not submit 'Red, blue and green' as an answer and have it accepted as correct.
​

You will see the type of answer on the text Mission as a badge: