What do most people say for “Name a type of knife”?

The usual first answers are Kitchen knife, Butter knife, Steak knife, Pocket knife and Swiss Army knife. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a type of knife”?

77 in all: 7 on The Tip, 37 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a type of knife” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Sax” and the longest is “Swiss Army knife”.

How hard is “Name a type of knife”?

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

Culture trivia

Name a type of knife

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of knife”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 77 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.

Kitchen knife
Butter knife
Steak knife
Pocket knife
Swiss Army knife
Bread knife
Carving knife

The next answers people reach for

These 37 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Chef's knife
Paring knife
Utility knife
Boning knife
Filleting knife
Cleaver
Nakiri
Sushi knife
Yanagiba
Deba
Oyster knife
Cheese knife
Palette knife
Putty knife
Stanley knife
Craft knife
Scalpel
Flick knife
Switchblade
Bowie knife
Hunting knife
Fishing knife
Machete
Kukri
Dagger
Dirk
Sgian-dubh
Stiletto
Bayonet
Combat knife
Throwing knife
Butterfly knife
Balisong
Lock knife
Folding knife
Sheath knife
Letter opener

How deep does “Name a type of knife” go?

The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsKitchen knife · Butter knife · Steak knife
Below the Surface37 answers · 25 ptsChef's knife · Paring knife · Utility knife …
The Deep22 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 22 answers starting with F, G, H, K, M, P, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

77 answers in total, 38 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Sax”. Longest: “Swiss Army knife”.
S, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.
1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Penknife” counts as Pocket knife.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with S: 16 of the answers begin with it.
Kitchen knife, Butter knife and Steak knife are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.

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Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a type of knife”?: The usual first answers are Kitchen knife, Butter knife, Steak knife, Pocket knife and Swiss Army knife. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a type of knife”?: 77 in all: 7 on The Tip, 37 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a type of knife” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Sax” and the longest is “Swiss Army knife”.
How hard is “Name a type of knife”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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