Wildcard trivia
Name something black
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something black”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 109 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.
- Coal
- Night
- Black cat
- Crow
- Tyre
- Black pepper
- Ink
The next answers people reach for
These 28 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Panther
- Bat
- Spider
- Liquorice
- Olive
- Black keys
- Tuxedo
- Chimney
- Hearse
- Witch's hat
- Blackboard
- Jolly Roger
- Darth Vader
- Batman
- Oil
- Charcoal
- Soot
- Black hole
- Coffee
- Eyeliner
- Bin bag
- Black cab
- Grand piano
- Ninja
- Gorilla
- Blackbird
- Beetle
- Black caviar
How deep does “Name something black” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsCoal · Night · Black cat
- Below the Surface28 answers · 25 ptsPanther · Bat · Spider …
- The Deep50 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss23 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 50 answers starting with B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, V and Z. The Abyss has 23 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 109 answers in total, 58 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bat”. Longest: “Ad Reinhardt's black paintings”.
- B, C and S are the most common first letters; together they start 51% of the answers.
- 33 answers can be typed more than one way: “Black tourmaline” counts as Schorl.
How to go deeper
- Start with B: 41 of the answers begin with it.
- Coal, Night and Black cat 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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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name something black”?
- The usual first answers are Coal, Night, Black cat, Crow and Tyre. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something black”?
- 109 in all: 7 on The Tip, 28 Below the Surface, 50 in The Deep, 23 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something black” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bat” and the longest is “Ad Reinhardt's black paintings”.
- How hard is “Name something black”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
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