Food trivia
Name a squash or gourd
83 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.
- Pumpkin
- Butternut squash
- Zucchini
- Acorn squash
- Spaghetti squash
- Marrow
- Summer squash
- Winter squash
Below the waterline
These 21 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Kabocha squash
- Delicata squash
- Hubbard squash
- Bottle gourd
- Bitter gourd
- Crookneck squash
- Pattypan squash
- Turban squash
- Red kuri squash
- Buttercup squash
- Banana squash
- Sweet dumpling squash
- Gem squash
- Chayote
- Luffa
- Ornamental gourd
- Cinderella pumpkin
- Pie pumpkin
- Calabaza
- Honeynut squash
- Ash gourd
The iceberg for “Name a squash or gourd”
- The Tip8 answers · 10 ptsPumpkin · Butternut squash · Zucchini
- Below the Surface21 answers · 25 ptsKabocha squash · Delicata squash · Hubbard squash …
- The Deep43 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 43 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, P, Q, R, S and T. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 83 answers in total, 69 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Gac”. Longest: “Tennessee Sweet Potato squash”.
- C, B and T are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.
- 58 answers can be typed more than one way: “Jarrahdale” counts as Jarrahdale pumpkin.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (16). Run through it first.
- Skip Pumpkin, Butternut squash and Zucchini; everybody says them.
- Spices, grains and fermented foods hide a lot of rare answers.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a squash or gourd”?
- Most people start with Pumpkin, Butternut squash, Zucchini, Acorn squash and Spaghetti squash. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a squash or gourd”?
- 83 in all: 8 on The Tip, 21 Below the Surface, 43 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a squash or gourd”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Gac” and the longest is “Tennessee Sweet Potato squash”.
- Is “Name a squash or gourd” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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