Nature trivia
Name a type of ant
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of ant”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 77 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Black ant
- Red ant
- Fire ant
- Army ant
- Carpenter ant
- Leafcutter ant
- Bullet ant
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Soldier ant
- Worker ant
- Queen ant
- Flying ant
- Wood ant
- Garden ant
- Pharaoh ant
- Argentine ant
- Driver ant
- Safari ant
- Weaver ant
- Harvester ant
- Honeypot ant
- Honey ant
- Jumping jack ant
- Jack jumper
- Trap-jaw ant
- Ghost ant
- Crazy ant
- Pavement ant
- Odorous house ant
- Sugar ant
- Citronella ant
- Yellow meadow ant
- Thief ant
- Acrobat ant
- Velvety tree ant
- Asian needle ant
- Big-headed ant
- Dracula ant
- Siafu
- Matabele ant
- Green tree ant
- Meat ant
- Spinifex ant
- Bull ant
- Black-headed sugar ant
How deep does “Name a type of ant” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsBlack ant · Red ant · Fire ant
- Below the Surface37 answers · 25 ptsSoldier ant · Worker ant · Queen ant …
- 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, C, D, F, G, L, M, O, P and T. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 77 answers in total, 64 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Atta”. Longest: “Black-headed sugar ant”.
- M, A and B are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with M: 10 of the answers begin with it.
- Black ant, Red ant and Fire ant are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Breeds and varieties are a goldmine for rare answers.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a type of ant”?
- The usual first answers are Black ant, Red ant, Fire ant, Army ant and Carpenter ant. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of ant”?
- 77 in all: 7 on The Tip, 37 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 ant” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Atta” and the longest is “Black-headed sugar ant”.
- How hard is “Name a type of ant”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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