Wildcard trivia
Name something lucky
128 answers count for this wildcard prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Four-leaf clover
- Horseshoe
- Rabbit's foot
- Ladybird
- Number 7
- Lucky penny
- Wishbone
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Black cat
- Chimney sweep
- Wedding day rain
- Spider
- Shooting star
- Rainbow
- Sunflower
- Lucky charm
- Charm bracelet
- Four-leaf shamrock
- Shamrock
- Lucky dip
- Lucky seven
- Lucky number
- Lucky socks
- Lucky pants
- Lucky hat
- Lucky shirt
- Lucky coin
- Lucky bamboo
- Maneki-neko
- Beckoning cat
- Lucky cat
- Elephant statue
- Elephant with trunk up
- Ganesh
- Laughing Buddha
- Buddha belly
- Red envelope
- Hongbao
- Pot of gold
- Leprechaun
- Gold coin
- Fortune cookie
- Wishing well
- Knocking on wood
- Touch wood
- Crossed fingers
- Fingers crossed
- Wish upon a star
The iceberg for “Name something lucky”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsFour-leaf clover · Horseshoe · Rabbit's foot
- Below the Surface40 answers · 25 ptsBlack cat · Chimney sweep · Wedding day rain …
- The Deep48 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss32 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 48 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S and T. The Abyss has 32 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 128 answers in total, 72 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Fu”. Longest: “Elephant with trunk up”.
- L, F and T are the most common first letters; together they start 35% of the answers.
- 5 answers can be typed more than one way: “Penny” counts as Lucky penny.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with L than with any other letter (20). Run through it first.
- Skip Four-leaf clover, Horseshoe and Rabbit's foot; everybody says them.
- Change category: if everyone names food, name a planet, a film character or a flag.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name something lucky”?
- Most people start with Four-leaf clover, Horseshoe, Rabbit's foot, Ladybird and Number 7. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something lucky”?
- 128 in all: 7 on The Tip, 40 Below the Surface, 48 in The Deep, 32 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something lucky”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Fu” and the longest is “Elephant with trunk up”.
- Is “Name something lucky” 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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