Wildcard trivia
Name something you find in a sewing kit
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something you find in a sewing kit”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 90 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Needles
- Thread
- Scissors
- Buttons
- Pins
- Tape measure
The next answers people reach for
These 37 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Safety pins
- Pin cushion
- Seam ripper
- Unpicker
- Tailor's chalk
- Fabric chalk
- Fabric scissors
- Pinking shears
- Embroidery scissors
- Bobbins
- Reels of thread
- Cotton
- Silk thread
- Embroidery thread
- Wool
- Darning needle
- Darning mushroom
- Embroidery hoop
- Elastic
- Ribbon
- Lace
- Zips
- Hooks and eyes
- Press studs
- Velcro
- Snap fasteners
- Velvet
- Fabric scraps
- Patches
- Iron-on patches
- Hem tape
- Bias binding
- Interfacing
- Tracing paper
- Pattern
- Measuring gauge
- Needle threader
How deep does “Name something you find in a sewing kit” go?
- The Tip6 answers · 10 ptsNeedles · Thread · Scissors
- Below the Surface37 answers · 25 ptsSafety pins · Pin cushion · Seam ripper …
- The Deep31 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss15 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 31 answers starting with B, C, D, E, H, L, N, P, Q, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 15 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 90 answers in total, 64 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Boro”. Longest: “Embroidery scissors”.
- T, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Emery” counts as Emery strawberry.
Getting below the surface
- Start with T: 14 of the answers begin with it.
- Needles, Thread and Scissors are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Think of things, then of words: keys can be on a piano, on a map or off the coast of Florida.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name something you find in a sewing kit”?
- The usual first answers are Needles, Thread, Scissors, Buttons and Pins. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something you find in a sewing kit”?
- 90 in all: 6 on The Tip, 37 Below the Surface, 31 in The Deep, 15 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something you find in a sewing kit” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Boro” and the longest is “Embroidery scissors”.
- How hard is “Name something you find in a sewing kit”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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