Wildcard trivia
Name something you can break
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something you can break”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 140 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.
- Heart
- Record
- Bone
- Glass
- Window
- Ice
- Bread
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Silence
- Wind
- News
- Law
- Rules
- Habit
- Code
- Spell
- Fast
- Bank
- Dawn
- Day
- Fall
- Storm
- Sweat
- Sound barrier
- Barrier
- Wave
- Deadlock
- Tie
- Camp
- Ground
- Ranks
- Even
- Cover
- Curse
- Contract
- Deal
- Mould
- Horse
- Egg
- Plate
- Mirror
- Chain
- Link
- Tackle
- Serve
- Pool break
- Fever
- Neck
- Back
- Nose
- Wrist
- Spine
- Piggy bank
- Story
- Engine
- Car
How deep does “Name something you can break” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsHeart · Record · Bone
- Below the Surface48 answers · 25 ptsSilence · Wind · News …
- The Deep34 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss50 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 34 answers starting with B, C, E, I, J, L, M, O, P, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 50 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 140 answers in total, 18 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Car”. Longest: “Winning streak”.
- S, C and B are the most common first letters; together they start 44% of the answers.
- 12 answers can be typed more than one way: “Tea break” counts as Coffee break.
How to go deeper
- Start with S: 27 of the answers begin with it.
- Heart, Record and Bone 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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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name something you can break”?
- The usual first answers are Heart, Record, Bone, Glass and Window. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something you can break”?
- 140 in all: 7 on The Tip, 48 Below the Surface, 34 in The Deep, 50 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something you can break” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Car” and the longest is “Winning streak”.
- How hard is “Name something you can break”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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