Nature trivia
Name a named wind
“Name a named wind” is one of 98 nature prompts in Icillion. Of its 72 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Mistral
- Sirocco
- Chinook
- Monsoon
- Trade winds
- Zephyr
- Föhn
One step down
These 17 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Bora
- Harmattan
- Khamsin
- Simoom
- Levanter
- Tramontane
- Meltemi
- Santa Ana winds
- Haboob
- Pampero
- Williwaw
- Nor'easter
- Westerlies
- Jet stream
- Katabatic wind
- Sea breeze
- Roaring Forties
Answers by level
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsMistral · Sirocco · Chinook
- Below the Surface17 answers · 25 ptsBora · Harmattan · Khamsin …
- The Deep30 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss17 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 30 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, L, M, P, S and Z. The Abyss has 17 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 72 answers in total, 19 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Loo”. Longest: “Fremantle Doctor”.
- S, B and P are the most common first letters; together they start 35% of the answers.
- 17 answers can be typed more than one way: “Hamsin” counts as Sharav.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with S: 13 of the answers begin with it.
- Mistral, Sirocco and Chinook 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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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a named wind”?
- The usual first answers are Mistral, Sirocco, Chinook, Monsoon and Trade winds. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a named wind”?
- 72 in all: 7 on The Tip, 17 Below the Surface, 30 in The Deep, 17 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a named wind” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Loo” and the longest is “Fremantle Doctor”.
- How hard is “Name a named wind”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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