Science trivia
Name a phobia
245 answers count for this science prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Arachnophobia
- Claustrophobia
- Agoraphobia
- Acrophobia
- Xenophobia
- Hydrophobia
- Ophidiophobia
- Coulrophobia
- Trypophobia
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Cynophobia
- Ailurophobia
- Aerophobia
- Emetophobia
- Mysophobia
- Hemophobia
- Triskaidekaphobia
- Nyctophobia
- Photophobia
- Technophobia
- Pyrophobia
- Thanatophobia
- Entomophobia
- Zoophobia
- Ornithophobia
- Musophobia
- Glossophobia
- Trypanophobia
- Astraphobia
- Necrophobia
- Gynophobia
- Androphobia
- Haphephobia
- Megalophobia
- Thalassophobia
- Autophobia
- Nomophobia
- Philophobia
- Gamophobia
- Pogonophobia
- Phasmophobia
- Selachophobia
- Equinophobia
- Dentophobia
- Iatrophobia
- Chionophobia
- Bibliophobia
- Atychiphobia
- Taphophobia
- Hypnophobia
- Anthropophobia
The iceberg for “Name a phobia”
- The Tip9 answers · 10 ptsArachnophobia · Claustrophobia · Agoraphobia
- Below the Surface41 answers · 25 ptsCynophobia · Ailurophobia · Aerophobia …
- The Deep62 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss132 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 62 answers starting with A, B, C, D, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, X and Z. The Abyss has 132 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 245 answers in total, every one of them a single word.
- Shortest: “Iophobia”. Longest: “Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia”.
- A, P and C are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 10 answers can be typed more than one way: “Germophobia” counts as Mysophobia.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with A than with any other letter (31). Run through it first.
- Skip Arachnophobia, Claustrophobia and Agoraphobia; everybody says them.
- Count the small ones: tiny bones, minor moons and lesser-known particles are rare answers.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a phobia”?
- Most people start with Arachnophobia, Claustrophobia, Agoraphobia, Acrophobia and Xenophobia. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a phobia”?
- 245 in all: 9 on The Tip, 41 Below the Surface, 62 in The Deep, 132 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a phobia”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Iophobia” and the longest is “Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia”.
- Is “Name a phobia” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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