What do most people say for “Name a tree”?

The usual first answers are Oak, Pine, Maple, Birch and Palm. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a tree”?

107 in all: 5 on The Tip, 19 Below the Surface, 46 in The Deep, 36 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a tree” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Ash” and the longest is “Kentucky coffeetree”.

Nature trivia

Name a tree

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a tree”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 107 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Oak
Pine
Maple
Birch
Palm

The next answers people reach for

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

Willow
Apple
Cherry
Fir
Spruce
Cedar
Redwood
Elm
Ash
Beech
Chestnut
Walnut
Poplar
Eucalyptus
Christmas tree
Baobab
Olive
Lemon
Orange

How deep does “Name a tree” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	5	10
Below the Surface	19	25
The Deep	46	50
The Abyss	36	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 46 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, L, M, P, R, S, T and Y. The Abyss has 36 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

107 answers in total, 31 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Ash”. Longest: “Kentucky coffeetree”.
B, H and C are the most common first letters; together they start 27% of the answers.
14 answers can be typed more than one way: “Mountain ash” counts as Rowan.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with B: 10 of the answers begin with it.
Oak, Pine and Maple are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Extinct and prehistoric animals count wherever the prompt allows them.

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Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a tree”?: The usual first answers are Oak, Pine, Maple, Birch and Palm. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a tree”?: 107 in all: 5 on The Tip, 19 Below the Surface, 46 in The Deep, 36 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a tree” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Ash” and the longest is “Kentucky coffeetree”.

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