Wildcard trivia
Name something hairy
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something hairy”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 80 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.
- Gorilla
- Dog
- Bear
- Yeti
- Chewbacca
- Werewolf
- Wookiee
The next answers people reach for
These 37 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Cat
- Monkey
- Orangutan
- Chimpanzee
- Mammoth
- Yak
- Highland cow
- Alpaca
- Llama
- Sheep
- Goat
- Wolf
- Beard
- Chest
- Legs
- Armpits
- Hobbit feet
- Tarantula
- Caterpillar
- Kiwi fruit
- Coconut
- Peach
- Gooseberry
- Doormat
- Brush
- Toothbrush
- Paintbrush
- Broom
- Mop
- Wig
- Toupee
- Moustache
- Sideburns
- Mullet
- Afro
- The Hairy Bikers
- Hairy Maclary
How deep does “Name something hairy” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsGorilla · Dog · Bear
- Below the Surface37 answers · 25 ptsCat · Monkey · Orangutan …
- The Deep23 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss12 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 23 answers starting with A, B, E, F, G, H, J, M, S, W and Y. The Abyss has 12 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 80 answers in total, 25 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Cat”. Longest: “Woolly bear caterpillar”.
- H, W and C are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 4 answers can be typed more than one way: “Kiwi” counts as Kiwi fruit.
How to go deeper
- Start with H: 14 of the answers begin with it.
- Gorilla, Dog and Bear 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 hairy”?
- The usual first answers are Gorilla, Dog, Bear, Yeti and Chewbacca. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something hairy”?
- 80 in all: 7 on The Tip, 37 Below the Surface, 23 in The Deep, 12 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something hairy” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cat” and the longest is “Woolly bear caterpillar”.
- How hard is “Name something hairy”?
- 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?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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