What do most people say for “Name a type of squash”?

The usual first answers are Butternut squash, Pumpkin, Courgette, Marrow and Acorn squash. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a type of squash”?

70 in all: 7 on The Tip, 30 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a type of squash” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Hopi” and the longest is “Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin”.

How hard is “Name a type of squash”?

Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

Food trivia

Name a type of squash

“Name a type of squash” is one of 135 food prompts in Icillion. Of its 70 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

Butternut squash
Pumpkin
Courgette
Marrow
Acorn squash
Spaghetti squash
Cucumber

One step down

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

Gourd
Gem squash
Patty pan
Crookneck
Yellow squash
Summer squash
Winter squash
Delicata
Kabocha
Hubbard
Banana squash
Buttercup squash
Carnival squash
Sweet dumpling
Red kuri
Hokkaido
Crown Prince
Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin
Cinderella pumpkin
Rouge vif d'Etampes
Atlantic Giant
Giant pumpkin
Gourds
Bottle gourd
Calabash
Loofah
Bitter melon
Chayote
Squash blossom
Courgette flower

Answers by level

The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsButternut squash · Pumpkin · Courgette
Below the Surface30 answers · 25 ptsGourd · Gem squash · Patty pan …
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 B, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, Q, S, T and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

70 answers in total, 46 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Hopi”. Longest: “Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin”.
C, G and S are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
5 answers can be typed more than one way: “Pattypan” counts as Patty pan.

Getting below the surface

Start with C: 9 of the answers begin with it.
Butternut squash, Pumpkin and Courgette 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

Squash

Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a type of squash”?: The usual first answers are Butternut squash, Pumpkin, Courgette, Marrow and Acorn squash. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a type of squash”?: 70 in all: 7 on The Tip, 30 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a type of squash” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Hopi” and the longest is “Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin”.
How hard is “Name a type of squash”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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