Culture trivia
Name a type of brush
77 answers count for this culture prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Paintbrush
- Toothbrush
- Hairbrush
- Broom
- Scrubbing brush
- Nail brush
- Toilet brush
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Washing-up brush
- Pastry brush
- Basting brush
- Bottle brush
- Shoe brush
- Boot brush
- Clothes brush
- Lint brush
- Dustpan and brush
- Hand brush
- Yard broom
- Soft broom
- Stiff broom
- Garden broom
- Wire brush
- Steel brush
- Paste brush
- Wallpaper brush
- Roller
- Stencil brush
- Make-up brush
- Blusher brush
- Powder brush
- Foundation brush
- Eyeshadow brush
- Eyeliner brush
- Lip brush
- Mascara wand
- Nail polish brush
- Shaving brush
- Badger brush
- Beard brush
- Comb
- Bristle brush
- Paddle brush
- Round brush
- Vent brush
- Detangling brush
- Tangle Teezer
The iceberg for “Name a type of brush”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsPaintbrush · Toothbrush · Hairbrush
- Below the Surface39 answers · 25 ptsWashing-up brush · Pastry brush · Basting brush …
- The Deep20 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss10 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 20 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, H, J, K, L, M, R, S and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 77 answers in total, 66 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Comb”. Longest: “Nail polish brush”.
- S, B and F are the most common first letters; together they start 39% of the answers.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (14). Run through it first.
- Skip Paintbrush, Toothbrush and Hairbrush; everybody says them.
- Art movements and architectural styles have many lesser-known names.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of brush”?
- Most people start with Paintbrush, Toothbrush, Hairbrush, Broom and Scrubbing brush. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of brush”?
- 77 in all: 7 on The Tip, 39 Below the Surface, 20 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a type of brush”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Comb” and the longest is “Nail polish brush”.
- Is “Name a type of brush” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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