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Name an HTTP request method

Everyone has a first answer to “Name an HTTP request method”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 23 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.

The next answers people reach for

These 4 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

How deep does “Name an HTTP request method” go?

LevelAccepted answersPoints
The Tip310
Below the Surface425
The Deep550
The Abyss1085
Below the Iceberg1100

The Deep holds 5 answers starting with C, M, P and T. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

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What do most people say for “Name an HTTP request method”?
The usual first answers are GET, POST and DELETE. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name an HTTP request method”?
23 in all: 3 on The Tip, 4 Below the Surface, 5 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name an HTTP request method” are the shortest and the longest?
The shortest accepted answer is “ACL” and the longest is “MKCALENDAR”.

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