Wildcard trivia
Name something purple
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 108 answers to “Name something purple”, and only 7 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Grapes
- Aubergine
- Plum
- Violet
- Lavender
- Barney
- Amethyst
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Beetroot
- Red cabbage
- Fig
- Prince
- Purple Rain
- Thanos
- Tinky Winky
- Cadbury
- Ribena
- Wisteria
- Iris
- Lilac
- Crocus
- Heather
- Orchid
- Hydrangea
- Jacaranda
- Ube
- Purple sweet potato
- Purple carrot
- Royal robes
- Purple Heart
- Bruise
- Red onion
- Joker's suit
- Ursula
- Grimace
- Spyro
- Mewtwo
- Gengar
- Twilight Sparkle
- GameCube
- Yahoo logo
- Twitch logo
- Milka
- Crown Royal bag
- Purple Haze
- Deep Purple
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsGrapes · Aubergine · Plum
- Below the Surface38 answers · 25 ptsBeetroot · Red cabbage · Fig …
- The Deep34 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss28 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 34 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, K, L, M, P, S, T, U and V. The Abyss has 28 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 108 answers in total, 39 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Fig”. Longest: “Purple emperor butterfly”.
- P, T and B are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 13 answers can be typed more than one way: “Eggplant” counts as Aubergine.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with P than with any other letter (21). Run through it first.
- Skip Grapes, Aubergine and Plum; everybody says them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name something purple”?
- Most people start with Grapes, Aubergine, Plum, Violet and Lavender. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something purple”?
- 108 in all: 7 on The Tip, 38 Below the Surface, 34 in The Deep, 28 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something purple”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Fig” and the longest is “Purple emperor butterfly”.
- Is “Name something purple” 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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