Food trivia
Name a type of pickle
67 answers count for this food prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Gherkin
- Pickled onion
- Pickled egg
- Sauerkraut
- Kimchi
- Piccalilli
- Dill pickle
Below the waterline
These 27 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Cornichon
- Pickled beetroot
- Pickled red cabbage
- Pickled walnuts
- Pickled herring
- Rollmops
- Capers
- Olives
- Jalapeños
- Pickled ginger
- Chutney
- Branston
- Relish
- Lime pickle
- Mango pickle
- Brinjal pickle
- Achaar
- Pickled cucumber
- Bread and butter pickles
- Sweet pickles
- Pickled eggs
- Pickled gherkins
- Pickled mushrooms
- Pickled garlic
- Pickled chillies
- Pickled lemons
- Preserved lemons
The iceberg for “Name a type of pickle”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsGherkin · Pickled onion · Pickled egg
- Below the Surface27 answers · 25 ptsCornichon · Pickled beetroot · Pickled red cabbage …
- The Deep22 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 22 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, K, M, N, P, R, S, T, U and Z. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 67 answers in total, 37 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Achar”. Longest: “Bread and butter pickles”.
- P, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 45% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Sauerruben” counts as Sauerrüben.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with P than with any other letter (18). Run through it first.
- Skip Gherkin, Pickled onion and Pickled egg; everybody says them.
- Regional varieties of cheese, bread and pasta are rarely the first answer.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of pickle”?
- Most people start with Gherkin, Pickled onion, Pickled egg, Sauerkraut and Kimchi. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of pickle”?
- 67 in all: 7 on The Tip, 27 Below the Surface, 22 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 pickle”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Achar” and the longest is “Bread and butter pickles”.
- Is “Name a type of pickle” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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