Culture trivia
Name a retail brand or department store
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a retail brand or department store”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 366 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.
- Walmart
- Target
- Amazon
- Tesco
- Marks & Spencer
- Harrods
- Macy's
- John Lewis
- Primark
- IKEA
- Argos
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Debenhams
- Selfridges
- Sainsbury's
- Asda
- Aldi
- Lidl
- Morrisons
- Waitrose
- Boots
- Superdrug
- Next
- H&M
- Zara
- Gap
- Uniqlo
- TK Maxx
- Nordstrom
- Kohl's
- JCPenney
- Sears
- Kmart
- Bloomingdale's
- Saks Fifth Avenue
- Costco
- Home Depot
- Lowe's
- Best Buy
- Walgreens
- CVS
- Kroger
- Whole Foods
- Trader Joe's
- Dunnes Stores
- Brown Thomas
- Arnotts
- SuperValu
- Centra
- Currys
- Woolworths
- BHS
- Topshop
- River Island
- New Look
- Matalan
- Sports Direct
- JD Sports
- B&Q
- Poundland
- Iceland
- Co-op
- WHSmith
- Waterstones
- HMV
- Hamleys
- Carrefour
- Toys R Us
- Barnes & Noble
- Blockbuster
- Dollar General
- Foot Locker
- Victoria's Secret
- Sephora
How deep does “Name a retail brand or department store” go?
- The Tip11 answers · 10 ptsWalmart · Target · Amazon
- Below the Surface62 answers · 25 ptsDebenhams · Selfridges · Sainsbury's …
- The Deep113 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss179 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 113 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 179 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 366 answers in total, 128 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “dm”. Longest: “Academy Sports + Outdoors”.
- B, C and M are the most common first letters; together they start 26% of the answers.
- 15 answers can be typed more than one way: “Pier 1” counts as Pier 1 Imports.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with B: 35 of the answers begin with it.
- Walmart, Target and Amazon 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 retail brand or department store”?
- The usual first answers are Walmart, Target, Amazon, Tesco and Marks & Spencer. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a retail brand or department store”?
- 366 in all: 11 on The Tip, 62 Below the Surface, 113 in The Deep, 179 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a retail brand or department store” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “dm” and the longest is “Academy Sports + Outdoors”.
- How hard is “Name a retail brand or department store”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
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