What do most people say for “Name a playground or party game”?

The usual first answers are Tag, Hide and seek, Musical chairs, Hopscotch and Simon says. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a playground or party game”?

133 in all: 5 on The Tip, 33 Below the Surface, 47 in The Deep, 47 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a playground or party game” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Tag” and the longest is “Here we go round the mulberry bush”.

How hard is “Name a playground or party game”?

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

Culture trivia

Name a playground or party game

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a playground or party game”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 133 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.

Tag
Hide and seek
Musical chairs
Hopscotch
Simon says

The next answers people reach for

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

Duck duck goose
Red light green light
Tug of war
Jump rope
Marbles
Pass the parcel
Pin the tail on the donkey
Musical statues
Sack race
Egg and spoon race
Three-legged race
Freeze tag
Hot potato
Charades
Twister
Truth or dare
Spin the bottle
Treasure hunt
Leapfrog
Piñata
Dodgeball
Rock paper scissors
Jacks
Cops and robbers
Chinese whispers
Limbo
Bobbing for apples
Statues
I spy
Hangman
Noughts and crosses
Capture the flag
Follow the leader

How deep does “Name a playground or party game” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	5	10
Below the Surface	33	25
The Deep	47	50
The Abyss	47	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 47 answers starting with B, C, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 47 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

133 answers in total, 92 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Tag”. Longest: “Here we go round the mulberry bush”.
S, C and H are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
67 answers can be typed more than one way: “Ding dong ditch” counts as Knock down ginger.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with S: 16 of the answers begin with it.
Tag, Hide and seek and Musical chairs 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 playground or party game”?: The usual first answers are Tag, Hide and seek, Musical chairs, Hopscotch and Simon says. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a playground or party game”?: 133 in all: 5 on The Tip, 33 Below the Surface, 47 in The Deep, 47 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a playground or party game” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Tag” and the longest is “Here we go round the mulberry bush”.
How hard is “Name a playground or party game”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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