Culture trivia
Name a type of fence
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of fence”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 82 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Picket fence
- Garden fence
- Electric fence
- Barbed wire fence
- Chain-link fence
- Wooden fence
- Hedge
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Panel fence
- Close-board fence
- Lapped fence
- Feather-edge fence
- Post and rail fence
- Post and wire fence
- Stock fence
- Deer fence
- Rabbit fence
- Chicken wire
- Wire fence
- Mesh fence
- Palisade fence
- Security fence
- Perimeter fence
- Razor wire
- Concertina wire
- Barbed wire
- Wrought iron fence
- Iron railings
- Railings
- Balustrade
- Bamboo fence
- Willow fence
- Hazel hurdle
- Hurdle
- Sheep hurdle
- Wattle fence
- Wattle and daub
- Drystone wall
- Stone wall
- Brick wall
- Garden wall
- Moat
- Ditch
- Hedgerow
- Beech hedge
- Privet hedge
- Leylandii
- Box hedge
- Yew hedge
- Hawthorn hedge
- Laid hedge
How deep does “Name a type of fence” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsPicket fence · Garden fence · Electric fence
- Below the Surface43 answers · 25 ptsPanel fence · Close-board fence · Lapped fence …
- The Deep21 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 21 answers starting with C, F, G, K, L, P, S and T. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 82 answers in total, 64 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Gate”. Longest: “Cleft chestnut paling”.
- C, P and S are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 11 of the answers begin with it.
- Picket fence, Garden fence and Electric fence are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Art movements and architectural styles have many lesser-known names.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a type of fence”?
- The usual first answers are Picket fence, Garden fence, Electric fence, Barbed wire fence and Chain-link fence. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of fence”?
- 82 in all: 7 on The Tip, 43 Below the Surface, 21 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a type of fence” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Gate” and the longest is “Cleft chestnut paling”.
- How hard is “Name a type of fence”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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