What do most people say for “Name an item of clothing”?

The usual first answers are Shirt, Pants, Socks, Jacket and Dress. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name an item of clothing”?

111 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 45 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name an item of clothing” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Cap” and the longest is “Salwar kameez”.

How hard is “Name an item of clothing”?

Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

Culture trivia

Name an item of clothing

Everyone has a first answer to “Name an item of clothing”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 111 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Shirt
Pants
Socks
Jacket
Dress

The next answers people reach for

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

T-shirt
Jeans
Shorts
Skirt
Hat
Coat
Sweater
Hoodie
Shoes
Underwear
Scarf
Gloves
Belt
Tie
Suit
Pajamas
Swimsuit
Cap
Blouse
Boots

How deep does “Name an item of clothing” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	5	10
Below the Surface	20	25
The Deep	40	50
The Abyss	45	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, D, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 45 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

111 answers in total, 11 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Cap”. Longest: “Salwar kameez”.
S, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 46% of the answers.
18 answers can be typed more than one way: “Pyjamas” counts as Pajamas.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with S: 21 of the answers begin with it.
Shirt, Pants and Socks are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.

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Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name an item of clothing”?: The usual first answers are Shirt, Pants, Socks, Jacket and Dress. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name an item of clothing”?: 111 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 45 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name an item of clothing” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Cap” and the longest is “Salwar kameez”.
How hard is “Name an item of clothing”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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