Nature trivia
Name a word for a baby animal
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 70 answers to “Name a word for a baby animal”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Puppy
- Kitten
- Calf
- Cub
- Chick
Just below the surface
These 15 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Lamb
- Foal
- Piglet
- Duckling
- Tadpole
- Joey
- Kid
- Fawn
- Bunny
- Caterpillar
- Gosling
- Cygnet
- Owlet
- Eaglet
- Pup
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 15 | 25 |
| The Deep | 28 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 21 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 28 answers starting with A, C, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, S, W and Y. The Abyss has 21 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 70 answers in total, 2 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Cub”. Longest: “Calf yearling”.
- C, P and F are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Pinky” counts as Pinkie.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (11). Run through it first.
- Skip Puppy, Kitten and Calf; everybody says them.
- Extinct and prehistoric animals count wherever the prompt allows them.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a word for a baby animal”?
- Most people start with Puppy, Kitten, Calf, Cub and Chick. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a word for a baby animal”?
- 70 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 28 in The Deep, 21 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a word for a baby animal”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cub” and the longest is “Calf yearling”.
- Is “Name a word for a baby animal” 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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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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