What do most people say for “Name a Mexican dish”?

The usual first answers are Taco, Burrito and Quesadilla. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a Mexican dish”?

24 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 9 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a Mexican dish” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Mole” and the longest is “Chiles en nogada”.

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Name a Mexican dish

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a Mexican dish”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 24 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.

Taco
Burrito
Quesadilla

The next answers people reach for

These 5 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Enchilada
Nachos
Guacamole
Tamale
Fajita

How deep does “Name a Mexican dish” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	5	25
The Deep	6	50
The Abyss	9	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 6 answers starting with C, E, M, P and T. The Abyss has 9 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Facts about this list

24 answers in total, 4 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Mole”. Longest: “Chiles en nogada”.
T, C and P are the most common first letters; together they start 50% of the answers.

How to go deeper

Start with T: 5 of the answers begin with it.
Taco, Burrito and Quesadilla are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Name what people cook at home in that country, not what restaurants abroad serve.

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