Science trivia
Name a type of cloud
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of cloud”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 73 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.
- Cumulus
- Stratus
- Cirrus
- Nimbus
- Cumulonimbus
- Altostratus
- Altocumulus
- Nimbostratus
- Stratocumulus
- Cirrostratus
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Cirrocumulus
- Lenticular
- Mammatus
- Contrail
- Noctilucent
- Shelf cloud
- Anvil
- Fog
- Mist
- Mackerel sky
- Mares' tails
- Wall cloud
- Funnel cloud
- Roll cloud
- Arcus
- Pileus
- Virga
- Castellanus
- Fractus
- Undulatus
How deep does “Name a type of cloud” go?
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsCumulus · Stratus · Cirrus
- Below the Surface20 answers · 25 ptsCirrocumulus · Lenticular · Mammatus …
- The Deep22 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss20 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 B, C, F, H, I, M, N, P, S, T and V. The Abyss has 20 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 73 answers in total, 12 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Fog”. Longest: “Cataractagenitus”.
- C, F and M are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.
- 5 answers can be typed more than one way: “Hole punch cloud” counts as Fallstreak hole.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 15 of the answers begin with it.
- Cumulus, Stratus and Cirrus are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Units of measurement go far beyond metres and grams.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a type of cloud”?
- The usual first answers are Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus, Nimbus and Cumulonimbus. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of cloud”?
- 73 in all: 10 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 20 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a type of cloud” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Fog” and the longest is “Cataractagenitus”.
- How hard is “Name a type of cloud”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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