What do most people say for “Name an arachnid”?

The usual first answers are Spider, Scorpion and Tarantula. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name an arachnid”?

25 in all: 3 on The Tip, 6 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 9 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name an arachnid” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Mite” and the longest is “Diving bell spider”.

Nature trivia

Name an arachnid

Everyone has a first answer to “Name an arachnid”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 25 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.

Spider
Scorpion
Tarantula

The next answers people reach for

These 6 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Black widow
Tick
Mite
Wolf spider
Jumping spider
Brown recluse

How deep does “Name an arachnid” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	6	25
The Deep	6	50
The Abyss	9	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 6 answers starting with C, F, H, O and W. The Abyss has 9 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

25 answers in total, 17 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Mite”. Longest: “Diving bell spider”.
B, H and S are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.

Getting below the surface

Start with B: 3 of the answers begin with it.
Spider, Scorpion and Tarantula are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Extinct and prehistoric animals count wherever the prompt allows them.

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Words in this prompt

Arachnid

Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name an arachnid”?: The usual first answers are Spider, Scorpion and Tarantula. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name an arachnid”?: 25 in all: 3 on The Tip, 6 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 9 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name an arachnid” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Mite” and the longest is “Diving bell spider”.

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