Wildcard trivia
Name something slippery
114 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.
- Ice
- Soap
- Banana peel
- Eel
- Oil
- Wet floor
- Fish
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Snail trail
- Mud
- Butter
- Ice rink
- Frozen lake
- Wet leaves
- Moss
- Algae
- Seaweed
- Jelly
- Jelly fish
- Lube
- Vaseline
- Slug
- Soaped body
- Conditioner
- Shampoo
- Washing-up liquid
- Cooking oil
- Olive oil
- Wet rocks
- Slide
- Waterslide
- Playground slide
- Slip 'N Slide
- Ski slope
- Polished floor
- Marble floor
- Tiled floor
- Bathtub
- Shower
- Wet tile
- Pool deck
- Boat deck
- Fish scales
- Salmon
- Okra
- Aloe vera
- Egg white
- Raw egg
- Oyster
- Sushi
- Noodles
- Spaghetti
- Mushrooms
- Tofu
The iceberg for “Name something slippery”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsIce · Soap · Banana peel
- Below the Surface46 answers · 25 ptsSnail trail · Mud · Butter …
- The Deep47 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss13 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 47 answers starting with A, B, C, D, G, H, I, L, M, O, P, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 13 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 114 answers in total, 63 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bog”. Longest: “Slippery liquid-infused porous surface”.
- S, P and W are the most common first letters; together they start 43% of the answers.
- 12 answers can be typed more than one way: “Talc” counts as Soapstone.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (29). Run through it first.
- Skip Ice, Soap and Banana peel; everybody says 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 are the most common answers to “Name something slippery”?
- Most people start with Ice, Soap, Banana peel, Eel and Oil. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something slippery”?
- 114 in all: 7 on The Tip, 46 Below the Surface, 47 in The Deep, 13 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something slippery”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bog” and the longest is “Slippery liquid-infused porous surface”.
- Is “Name something slippery” 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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