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

The usual first answers are Staghorn coral, Elkhorn coral, Fire coral, Soft coral and Black coral. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

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

70 in all: 6 on The Tip, 31 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 coral” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Favia” and the longest is “Pocillopora damicornis”.

How hard is “Name a type of coral”?

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

Nature trivia

Name a type of coral

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of coral”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 70 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.

Staghorn coral
Elkhorn coral
Fire coral
Soft coral
Black coral
Red coral

The next answers people reach for

These 31 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Table coral
Mushroom coral
Fan coral
Sea fan
Sea whip
Pillar coral
Star coral
Boulder coral
Finger coral
Bubble coral
Hammer coral
Torch coral
Plate coral
Cauliflower coral
Organ pipe coral
Blue coral
Pink coral
Gold coral
Precious coral
Stony coral
Hard coral
Cold-water coral
Deep-sea coral
Lophelia
Leather coral
Toadstool coral
Sea pen
Zoanthid
Anemone
Pipe coral
Lettuce coral

How deep does “Name a type of coral” go?

The Tip6 answers · 10 ptsStaghorn coral · Elkhorn coral · Fire coral
Below the Surface31 answers · 25 ptsTable coral · Mushroom coral · Fan coral …
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, E, F, G, M, P and S. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

70 answers in total, 45 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Favia”. Longest: “Pocillopora damicornis”.
P, S and A are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.

Getting below the surface

Start with P: 11 of the answers begin with it.
Staghorn coral, Elkhorn coral and Fire coral are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Go local: species from one continent or one ocean are often left out by everybody else.

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Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a type of coral”?: The usual first answers are Staghorn coral, Elkhorn coral, Fire coral, Soft coral and Black coral. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a type of coral”?: 70 in all: 6 on The Tip, 31 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 coral” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Favia” and the longest is “Pocillopora damicornis”.
How hard is “Name a type of coral”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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