Nature trivia
Name a type of crocodile or alligator
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 69 answers to “Name a type of crocodile or alligator”, and only 6 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 6 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Saltwater crocodile
- Nile crocodile
- American alligator
- Chinese alligator
- Caiman
- Freshwater crocodile
Just below the surface
These 30 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Black caiman
- Spectacled caiman
- Yacare caiman
- Broad-snouted caiman
- Dwarf caiman
- Cuvier's dwarf caiman
- Schneider's dwarf caiman
- American crocodile
- Orinoco crocodile
- Cuban crocodile
- Morelet's crocodile
- Philippine crocodile
- Siamese crocodile
- Mugger crocodile
- New Guinea crocodile
- Mindoro crocodile
- West African crocodile
- Slender-snouted crocodile
- Dwarf crocodile
- African dwarf crocodile
- Osteolaemus
- False gharial
- Tomistoma
- Sunda gharial
- Indian gharial
- Estuarine crocodile
- Johnston's crocodile
- Australian freshwater crocodile
- Johnstone's crocodile
- Saltie
How the answers sink
- The Tip6 answers · 10 ptsSaltwater crocodile · Nile crocodile · American alligator
- Below the Surface30 answers · 25 ptsBlack caiman · Spectacled caiman · Yacare caiman …
- 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, H, M, O and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 69 answers in total, 60 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Caiman”. Longest: “Central African slender-snouted crocodile”.
- C, S and M are the most common first letters; together they start 51% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Marsh crocodile” counts as Mugger crocodile.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (20). Run through it first.
- Skip Saltwater crocodile, Nile crocodile and American alligator; everybody says them.
- Breeds and varieties are a goldmine for rare answers.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of crocodile or alligator”?
- Most people start with Saltwater crocodile, Nile crocodile, American alligator, Chinese alligator and Caiman. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of crocodile or alligator”?
- 69 in all: 6 on The Tip, 30 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a type of crocodile or alligator”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Caiman” and the longest is “Central African slender-snouted crocodile”.
- Is “Name a type of crocodile or alligator” 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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