Nature trivia
Name a collective noun for a group of animals
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 99 answers to “Name a collective noun for a group of animals”, and only 10 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Pride
- Herd
- Flock
- Pack
- School
- Swarm
- Colony
- Troop
- Gaggle
- Murder
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Parliament
- Bloat
- Crash
- Tower
- Murmuration
- Unkindness
- Exaltation
- Charm
- Conspiracy
- Parade
- Pod
- Litter
- Brood
- Clutch
- Covey
- Shoal
- Skein
- Nest
- Army
- Sleuth
- Sloth
- Leap
- Dazzle
- Cackle
- Clowder
- Kindle
- Mob
- Obstinacy
- Ostentation
- Prickle
- Romp
- Shrewdness
- Streak
How the answers sink
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsPride · Herd · Flock
- Below the Surface33 answers · 25 ptsParliament · Bloat · Crash …
- The Deep37 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss18 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 37 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, P, R, S, T, W and Z. The Abyss has 18 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 99 answers in total, 1 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Mob”. Longest: “Zeal of zebras”.
- C, S and P are the most common first letters; together they start 35% of the answers.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (14). Run through it first.
- Skip Pride, Herd and Flock; everybody says them.
- Breeds and varieties are a goldmine for rare answers.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a collective noun for a group of animals”?
- Most people start with Pride, Herd, Flock, Pack and School. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a collective noun for a group of animals”?
- 99 in all: 10 on The Tip, 33 Below the Surface, 37 in The Deep, 18 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a collective noun for a group of animals”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Mob” and the longest is “Zeal of zebras”.
- Is “Name a collective noun for a group of animals” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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