What do most people say for “Name an Indian dish”?

The usual first answers are Butter chicken, Biryani and Tikka masala. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name an Indian dish”?

30 in all: 3 on The Tip, 7 Below the Surface, 8 in The Deep, 11 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name an Indian dish” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Dal” and the longest is “Tandoori chicken”.

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Name an Indian dish

Everyone has a first answer to “Name an Indian dish”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 30 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

Right, but shallow: 3 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Butter chicken
Biryani
Tikka masala

The next answers people reach for

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

Samosa
Naan
Tandoori chicken
Dal
Korma
Vindaloo
Dosa

How deep does “Name an Indian dish” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	7	25
The Deep	8	50
The Abyss	11	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 8 answers starting with A, C, I, P, R and V. The Abyss has 11 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

30 answers in total, 13 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Dal”. Longest: “Tandoori chicken”.
P, D and A are the most common first letters; together they start 43% of the answers.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with P: 6 of the answers begin with it.
Butter chicken, Biryani and Tikka masala 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

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Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name an Indian dish”?: The usual first answers are Butter chicken, Biryani and Tikka masala. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name an Indian dish”?: 30 in all: 3 on The Tip, 7 Below the Surface, 8 in The Deep, 11 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name an Indian dish” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Dal” and the longest is “Tandoori chicken”.

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