Culture trivia
Name a football formation
85 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
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- 4-4-2
- 4-3-3
- 3-5-2
- 4-2-3-1
- 5-3-2
- 4-5-1
- 3-4-3
Below the waterline
These 50 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- 4-1-4-1
- 4-3-2-1
- 4-4-1-1
- 4-2-2-2
- 4-1-3-2
- 4-3-1-2
- 4-1-2-1-2
- 3-4-1-2
- 3-4-2-1
- 3-1-4-2
- 5-4-1
- 5-2-3
- Christmas tree
- Diamond
- Box
- Wide diamond
- Narrow diamond
- Catenaccio
- Total football
- Tiki-taka
- Gegenpressing
- Counter-attack
- Pressing
- High press
- Low block
- Mid block
- Park the bus
- Route one
- Long ball
- Direct play
- Possession football
- Positional play
- Juego de posición
- Zonal marking
- Man marking
- Libero
- Sweeper
- Wing-back
- False nine
- False 9
- Trequartista
- Regista
- Mezzala
- Box-to-box
- Deep-lying playmaker
- Anchor man
- Number ten
- Poacher
- Target man
- Inverted winger
The iceberg for “Name a football formation”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 pts4-4-2 · 4-3-3 · 3-5-2
- Below the Surface50 answers · 25 pts4-1-4-1 · 4-3-2-1 · 4-4-1-1 …
- The Deep17 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 17 answers starting with B, D, H, I, M, P, S, V and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 85 answers in total, 38 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “WM”. Longest: “Deep-lying centre-forward”.
- M, P and D are the most common first letters; together they start 20% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Juego de posicion” counts as Juego de posición.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with M than with any other letter (6). Run through it first.
- Skip 4-4-2, 4-3-3 and 3-5-2; everybody says them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a football formation”?
- Most people start with 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 3-5-2, 4-2-3-1 and 5-3-2. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a football formation”?
- 85 in all: 7 on The Tip, 50 Below the Surface, 17 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a football formation”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “WM” and the longest is “Deep-lying centre-forward”.
- Is “Name a football formation” 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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