Nature trivia
Name a species of turtle or tortoise
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a species of turtle or tortoise”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 141 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Green Sea Turtle
- Leatherback Turtle
- Loggerhead Turtle
- Hawksbill Turtle
- Galapagos Tortoise
- Snapping Turtle
- Box Turtle
- Painted Turtle
- Red-eared Slider
- Desert Tortoise
- Sulcata Tortoise
- Aldabra Giant Tortoise
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Olive Ridley Turtle
- Kemp's Ridley Turtle
- Flatback Turtle
- Alligator Snapping Turtle
- Eastern Box Turtle
- Wood Turtle
- Spotted Turtle
- Bog Turtle
- Blanding's Turtle
- Map Turtle
- Musk Turtle
- Mud Turtle
- Diamondback Terrapin
- Softshell Turtle
- Spiny Softshell Turtle
- Pond Slider
- Yellow-bellied Slider
- River Cooter
- Western Pond Turtle
- European Pond Turtle
- Hermann's Tortoise
- Greek Tortoise
- Marginated Tortoise
- Russian Tortoise
- Leopard Tortoise
- Red-footed Tortoise
- Yellow-footed Tortoise
- Radiated Tortoise
- Indian Star Tortoise
- Burmese Star Tortoise
- Egyptian Tortoise
- Pancake Tortoise
- Gopher Tortoise
- Matamata
- Pig-nosed Turtle
- Mary River Turtle
- Snake-necked Turtle
- Chinese Softshell Turtle
- Ploughshare Tortoise
- Spider Tortoise
How deep does “Name a species of turtle or tortoise” go?
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsGreen Sea Turtle · Leatherback Turtle · Loggerhead Turtle
- Below the Surface40 answers · 25 ptsOlive Ridley Turtle · Kemp's Ridley Turtle · Flatback Turtle …
- The Deep51 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss37 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 51 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 37 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 141 answers in total, 140 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Matamata”. Longest: “Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle”.
- S, B and M are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 37 answers can be typed more than one way: “Terrapin” counts as Diamondback Terrapin.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 17 of the answers begin with it.
- Green Sea Turtle, Leatherback Turtle and Loggerhead Turtle are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Extinct and prehistoric animals count wherever the prompt allows them.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a species of turtle or tortoise”?
- The usual first answers are Green Sea Turtle, Leatherback Turtle, Loggerhead Turtle, Hawksbill Turtle and Galapagos Tortoise. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a species of turtle or tortoise”?
- 141 in all: 12 on The Tip, 40 Below the Surface, 51 in The Deep, 37 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a species of turtle or tortoise” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Matamata” and the longest is “Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle”.
- How hard is “Name a species of turtle or tortoise”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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