Wildcard trivia
Name something you can crack
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 132 answers to “Name something you can crack”, and only 6 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Nut
- Code
- Joke
- Whip
- Knuckles
- Safe
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Window
- Case
- Smile
- Ice
- Bottle
- Beer
- Password
- Cipher
- Enigma
- Riddle
- Puzzle
- Mystery
- Crime
- Cold case
- Skull
- Head
- Rib
- Bone
- Windscreen
- Screen
- Phone screen
- Mirror
- Plate
- Cup
- Pot
- Vase
- Voice
- Dawn
- Lip
- Skin
- Heels
- Hands
- Paint
- Plaster
- Wall
- Ceiling
- Concrete
- Pavement
- Road
- Dam
- Glacier
- Iceberg
- Ice sheet
- Earth's crust
- Fault line
- Rock
How the answers sink
- The Tip6 answers · 10 ptsNut · Code · Joke
- Below the Surface46 answers · 25 ptsWindow · Case · Smile …
- The Deep50 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss29 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 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 29 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 132 answers in total, 39 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Cup”. Longest: “Zimmermann Telegram”.
- C, P and S are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 20 answers can be typed more than one way: “Gunshot” counts as Rifle shot.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (22). Run through it first.
- Skip Nut, Code and Joke; everybody says 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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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name something you can crack”?
- Most people start with Nut, Code, Joke, Whip and Knuckles. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something you can crack”?
- 132 in all: 6 on The Tip, 46 Below the Surface, 50 in The Deep, 29 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you can crack”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cup” and the longest is “Zimmermann Telegram”.
- Is “Name something you can crack” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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