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

The usual first answers are Sourdough, Baguette, White bread, Rye bread and Whole wheat. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

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

196 in all: 5 on The Tip, 22 Below the Surface, 48 in The Deep, 120 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

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

The shortest accepted answer is “Bao” and the longest is “Boston brown bread”.

Food trivia

Name a type of bread

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of bread”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 196 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.

Sourdough
Baguette
White bread
Rye bread
Whole wheat

The next answers people reach for

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

Ciabatta
Pita
Naan
Bagel
Focaccia
Brioche
Croissant
Tortilla
Multigrain
Cornbread
Garlic bread
Banana bread
Soda bread
Pumpernickel
Flatbread
Challah
Roti
English muffin
Bread roll
Pretzel
Crumpet
Matzo

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

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	5	10
Below the Surface	22	25
The Deep	48	50
The Abyss	120	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 48 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, H, I, K, L, M, P, R, S, T and Z. The Abyss has 120 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

196 answers in total, 58 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Bao”. Longest: “Boston brown bread”.
B, P and M are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.
53 answers can be typed more than one way: “Borodinsky bread” counts as Borodinsky.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with B: 34 of the answers begin with it.
Sourdough, Baguette and White bread are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Spices, grains and fermented foods hide a lot of rare answers.

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What the words mean

Flatbread

Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a type of bread”?: The usual first answers are Sourdough, Baguette, White bread, Rye bread and Whole wheat. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a type of bread”?: 196 in all: 5 on The Tip, 22 Below the Surface, 48 in The Deep, 120 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a type of bread” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Bao” and the longest is “Boston brown bread”.

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