Wildcard trivia
Name something hollow
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something hollow”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 89 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Tree
- Log
- Egg
- Chocolate egg
- Drum
- Bone
- Straw
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Pipe
- Tube
- Flute
- Trumpet
- Bell
- Tunnel
- Cave
- Cavern
- Pumpkin
- Jack-o'-lantern
- Coconut
- Gourd
- Skull
- Shell
- Seashell
- Snail shell
- Conch
- Eggshell
- Bird bones
- Reed
- Drinking straw
- Hose
- Barrel
- Cask
- Keg
- Bottle
- Jar
- Vase
- Urn
- Cup
- Bowl
- Bucket
- Balloon
- Ball
- Football
- Basketball
- Beach ball
- Bubble
- Bauble
- Christmas bauble
- Piñata
- Chocolate bunny
- Chocolate Santa
- Pastry shell
- Vol-au-vent
- Eclair
- Profiterole
- Doughnut hole
- Bagel hole
How deep does “Name something hollow” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsTree · Log · Egg
- Below the Surface49 answers · 25 ptsPipe · Tube · Flute …
- The Deep16 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss16 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 16 answers starting with H and S. The Abyss has 16 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 89 answers in total, 31 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Cup”. Longest: “Hollow-point bullet”.
- H, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 54% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Pinata” counts as Piñata.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with H: 19 of the answers begin with it.
- Tree, Log and Egg are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name something hollow”?
- The usual first answers are Tree, Log, Egg, Chocolate egg and Drum. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something hollow”?
- 89 in all: 7 on The Tip, 49 Below the Surface, 16 in The Deep, 16 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something hollow” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cup” and the longest is “Hollow-point bullet”.
- How hard is “Name something hollow”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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