Wildcard trivia
Name something grey
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something grey”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 88 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.
- Elephant
- Clouds
- Rhino
- Ash
- Pigeon
- Mouse
- Concrete
The next answers people reach for
These 35 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Dolphin
- Squirrel
- Wolf
- Seal
- Shark
- Donkey
- Hippo
- Whale
- Gorilla
- Silver fox
- Badger
- Grey hair
- Granny
- Wizard
- Gandalf the Grey
- Slate
- Gravel
- Pavement
- Tarmac
- Battleship
- Tank
- Suit
- Smoke
- Fog
- Dust
- Cement
- Brain
- Winter sky
- London
- Manchester
- Eeyore
- Earl Grey
- Greyhound
- Weimaraner
- Russian Blue
How deep does “Name something grey” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsElephant · Clouds · Rhino
- Below the Surface35 answers · 25 ptsDolphin · Squirrel · Wolf …
- The Deep40 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss5 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, K, L, N, P, S, T and Z. The Abyss has 5 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 88 answers in total, 27 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ash”. Longest: “African grey parrot”.
- G, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 47% of the answers.
- 8 answers can be typed more than one way: “African grey” counts as African grey parrot.
How to go deeper
- Start with G: 27 of the answers begin with it.
- Elephant, Clouds and Rhino 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 grey”?
- The usual first answers are Elephant, Clouds, Rhino, Ash and Pigeon. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something grey”?
- 88 in all: 7 on The Tip, 35 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 5 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something grey” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ash” and the longest is “African grey parrot”.
- How hard is “Name something grey”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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