Wildcard trivia
Name something you put in coffee
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something you put in coffee”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 95 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Milk
- Sugar
- Cream
- Sweetener
- Syrup
- Ice
- Chocolate
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Cocoa
- Cocoa powder
- Vanilla
- Caramel
- Hazelnut syrup
- Honey
- Whipped cream
- Marshmallows
- Whisky
- Baileys
- Irish cream
- Brandy
- Kahlúa
- Amaretto
- Rum
- Sambuca
- Cognac
- Tia Maria
- Cardamom
- Ginger
- Salt
- Butter
- Coconut oil
- MCT oil
- Collagen
- Protein powder
- Oat milk
- Almond milk
- Soya milk
- Coconut milk
- Condensed milk
- Evaporated milk
- Half-and-half
How deep does “Name something you put in coffee” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsMilk · Sugar · Cream
- Below the Surface35 answers · 25 ptsCinnamon · Nutmeg · Cocoa …
- The Deep30 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss22 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 B, C, E, J, K, L, M, O, P, R, S and T. The Abyss has 22 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 95 answers in total, 43 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Egg”. Longest: “Orange blossom water”.
- C, S and M are the most common first letters; together they start 48% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Ca phe trung” counts as Cà phê trứng.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 27 of the answers begin with it.
- Milk, Sugar and Cream are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Change category: if everyone names food, name a planet, a film character or a flag.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name something you put in coffee”?
- The usual first answers are Milk, Sugar, Cream, Sweetener and Syrup. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something you put in coffee”?
- 95 in all: 7 on The Tip, 35 Below the Surface, 30 in The Deep, 22 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something you put in coffee” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Egg” and the longest is “Orange blossom water”.
- How hard is “Name something you put in coffee”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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