Wildcard trivia
Name something that has scales
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something that has scales”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 128 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.
- Fish
- Bathroom scales
- Snake
- Dragon
- Piano
- Map
- Scales of justice
The next answers people reach for
These 40 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Lizard
- Crocodile
- Alligator
- Pangolin
- Butterfly
- Moth
- Mermaid
- Kitchen scales
- Balance
- Libra
- Kettle
- Dinosaur
- Reptile
- Pine cone
- Artichoke
- Pineapple
- Chain mail
- Scale armour
- Major scale
- Minor scale
- Chromatic scale
- Pentatonic scale
- Blues scale
- Richter scale
- Beaufort scale
- Kelvin scale
- Celsius scale
- Fahrenheit scale
- Mohs scale
- Scoville scale
- pH scale
- Decibel scale
- Scale model
- Postal scales
- Luggage scale
- Weighbridge
- Deli counter
- Butcher's
- Fishmonger
- Jeweller's scales
How deep does “Name something that has scales” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsFish · Bathroom scales · Snake
- Below the Surface40 answers · 25 ptsLizard · Crocodile · Alligator …
- The Deep45 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss35 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 45 answers starting with A, B, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 35 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 128 answers in total, 80 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Gar”. Longest: “Moment magnitude scale”.
- S, P and M are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 13 answers can be typed more than one way: “Celsius” counts as Celsius scale.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with S: 15 of the answers begin with it.
- Fish, Bathroom scales and Snake 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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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name something that has scales”?
- The usual first answers are Fish, Bathroom scales, Snake, Dragon and Piano. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something that has scales”?
- 128 in all: 7 on The Tip, 40 Below the Surface, 45 in The Deep, 35 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something that has scales” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Gar” and the longest is “Moment magnitude scale”.
- How hard is “Name something that has scales”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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