Culture trivia
Name a type of rope
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 82 answers to “Name a type of rope”, and only 7 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Skipping rope
- Tow rope
- Washing line
- Climbing rope
- Tightrope
- Noose
- String
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Twine
- Cord
- Cable
- Chain
- Hemp rope
- Nylon rope
- Polyester rope
- Manila rope
- Sisal rope
- Jute rope
- Cotton rope
- Paracord
- Bungee cord
- Bungee
- Shock cord
- Elastic cord
- Clothesline
- Guy rope
- Guy line
- Mooring rope
- Anchor rope
- Anchor line
- Painter
- Halyard
- Sheet
- Warp
- Cable-laid rope
- Dock line
- Abseil rope
- Belay rope
- Static rope
- Dynamic rope
- Lead rope
- Tow line
- Winch line
- Pull rope
- Bell rope
- Bell pull
- Curtain cord
- Sash cord
- Blind cord
- Pull cord
- Ripcord
- Lanyard
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsSkipping rope · Tow rope · Washing line
- Below the Surface44 answers · 25 ptsTwine · Cord · Cable …
- The Deep20 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 20 answers starting with B, D, F, H, J, K, L, M, P, R, S and T. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 82 answers in total, 44 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Cord”. Longest: “Three-strand rope”.
- B, S and C are the most common first letters; together they start 35% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Jump rope” counts as Skipping rope.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with B than with any other letter (10). Run through it first.
- Skip Skipping rope, Tow rope and Washing line; everybody says them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
Play culture trivia nowSee all 82 answers A–Z
Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of rope”?
- Most people start with Skipping rope, Tow rope, Washing line, Climbing rope and Tightrope. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of rope”?
- 82 in all: 7 on The Tip, 44 Below the Surface, 20 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a type of rope”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cord” and the longest is “Three-strand rope”.
- Is “Name a type of rope” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
Similar prompts
- Name a dance style
- Name a card game
- Name a retail brand or department store
- Name something you would find in an office
- Name a piece of sports equipment
- Name a watch brand
Something different: Name a type of ant · Name a city or town in Ontario · Name a flavour of crisps or potato chips
How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
▼ Start today’s iceberg ▼