Food trivia
Name a type of seafood or shellfish
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 170 answers to “Name a type of seafood or shellfish”, and only 12 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Shrimp
- Prawn
- Lobster
- Crab
- Salmon
- Tuna
- Cod
- Oyster
- Mussel
- Scallop
- Squid
- Clam
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Haddock
- Trout
- Sea bass
- Halibut
- Mackerel
- Sardine
- Anchovy
- Herring
- Tilapia
- Plaice
- Sole
- Swordfish
- Octopus
- Crayfish
- Langoustine
- Whelk
- Cockle
- Winkle
- Abalone
- Eel
- Monkfish
- Sea bream
- Pollock
- Mahi-mahi
- Snapper
- Grouper
- Catfish
- Skate
- Sea urchin
- Cuttlefish
- Caviar
- Whitebait
- Kipper
- Surimi
- Smoked salmon
- Roe
- Shellfish
How the answers sink
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsShrimp · Prawn · Lobster
- Below the Surface37 answers · 25 ptsHaddock · Trout · Sea bass …
- The Deep77 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss43 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 77 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, W, Y and Z. The Abyss has 43 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 170 answers in total, 64 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Cod”. Longest: “Patagonian toothfish”.
- S, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 41% of the answers.
- 44 answers can be typed more than one way: “Sanma” counts as Pacific saury.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (36). Run through it first.
- Skip Shrimp, Prawn and Lobster; 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 seafood or shellfish”?
- Most people start with Shrimp, Prawn, Lobster, Crab and Salmon. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of seafood or shellfish”?
- 170 in all: 12 on The Tip, 37 Below the Surface, 77 in The Deep, 43 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a type of seafood or shellfish”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cod” and the longest is “Patagonian toothfish”.
- Is “Name a type of seafood or shellfish” 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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