Culture trivia
Name a swimming stroke or technique
“Name a swimming stroke or technique” is one of 188 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 65 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Front crawl
- Breaststroke
- Backstroke
- Butterfly
- Freestyle
- Doggy paddle
- Sidestroke
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Crawl
- Australian crawl
- Individual medley
- Medley
- Tumble turn
- Flip turn
- Dive
- Racing start
- Track start
- Grab start
- Dolphin kick
- Flutter kick
- Frog kick
- Scissor kick
- Eggbeater
- Treading water
- Floating
- Back float
- Starfish float
- Sculling
- Streamline
- Underwater pull
- Bilateral breathing
- Catch-up
- Fingertip drag
- High elbow
- Pull buoy
- Kickboard
- Fins
- Paddles
- Snorkel
Answers by level
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsFront crawl · Breaststroke · Backstroke
- Below the Surface31 answers · 25 ptsCrawl · Australian crawl · Individual medley …
- The Deep16 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 16 answers starting with B, C, D, E, F, I, L, O, P, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 65 answers in total, 43 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Dive”. Longest: “Wave-action breaststroke”.
- F, B and S are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with F: 9 of the answers begin with it.
- Front crawl, Breaststroke and Backstroke are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a swimming stroke or technique”?
- The usual first answers are Front crawl, Breaststroke, Backstroke, Butterfly and Freestyle. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a swimming stroke or technique”?
- 65 in all: 7 on The Tip, 31 Below the Surface, 16 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a swimming stroke or technique” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Dive” and the longest is “Wave-action breaststroke”.
- How hard is “Name a swimming stroke or technique”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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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.
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