Wildcard trivia
Name something you can bend
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something you can bend”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 96 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.
- Knee
- Elbow
- Rules
- Spoon
- Wire
- Bow
- Finger
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Back
- Arm
- Leg
- Wrist
- Neck
- Waist
- Toes
- Fingers
- Bar
- Metal
- Steel
- Pipe
- Tube
- Straw
- Paperclip
- Coat hanger
- Cutlery
- Fork
- Branch
- Twig
- Reed
- Bamboo
- Willow
- Tree
- Grass
- Rod
- Fishing rod
- Cane
- Pole
- Beam
- Plank
- Wood
- Plywood
- Plastic
- Cardboard
- Paper
- Card
- Page corner
- Truth
- Facts
- Law
- Time
- Space
- Gravity
- Reality
- Perception
- Ear
- Ears
- Will
- Mind
- Over
- Backwards
- Over backwards
- Down
- Low
- Towards
- Knee to
How deep does “Name something you can bend” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsKnee · Elbow · Rules
- Below the Surface57 answers · 25 ptsBack · Arm · Leg …
- The Deep14 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 14 answers starting with B, C, D, H, M, O, S and U. The Abyss has 17 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 96 answers in total, 26 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Arm”. Longest: “Bend it like Beckham”.
- B, P and C are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 5 answers can be typed more than one way: “Oxbow” counts as Oxbow lake.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with B: 14 of the answers begin with it.
- Knee, Elbow and Rules are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name something you can bend”?
- The usual first answers are Knee, Elbow, Rules, Spoon and Wire. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something you can bend”?
- 96 in all: 7 on The Tip, 57 Below the Surface, 14 in The Deep, 17 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something you can bend” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Arm” and the longest is “Bend it like Beckham”.
- How hard is “Name something you can bend”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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