Wildcard trivia
Name something that melts
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something that melts”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 135 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Ice
- Ice cream
- Chocolate
- Snow
- Butter
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Candle
- Cheese
- Ice lolly
- Snowman
- Icicle
- Glacier
- Iceberg
- Ice cube
- Marshmallow
- Crayon
- Plastic
- Metal
- Gold
- Silver
- Iron
- Lead
- Tin
- Copper
- Aluminium
- Glass
- Sugar
- Caramel
- Fudge
- Gummy bears
- Lollipop
- Frost
- Hail
- Ice cap
How deep does “Name something that melts” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsIce · Ice cream · Chocolate
- Below the Surface28 answers · 25 ptsCandle · Cheese · Ice lolly …
- The Deep51 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss50 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 51 answers starting with B, C, E, F, G, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S and T. The Abyss has 50 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 135 answers in total, 57 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ice”. Longest: “The Wicked Witch of the West”.
- C, S and I are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 46 answers can be typed more than one way: “Frosty” counts as Frosty the Snowman.
Getting below the surface
- Start with C: 17 of the answers begin with it.
- Ice, Ice cream and Chocolate 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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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name something that melts”?
- The usual first answers are Ice, Ice cream, Chocolate, Snow and Butter. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something that melts”?
- 135 in all: 5 on The Tip, 28 Below the Surface, 51 in The Deep, 50 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something that melts” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ice” and the longest is “The Wicked Witch of the West”.
- How hard is “Name something that melts”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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