Wildcard trivia
Name something you can tie
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 92 answers to “Name something you can tie”, 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.
- Shoelace
- Knot
- Tie
- Ribbon
- Bow
- Hair
- Rope
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Score
- Game
- Balloon
- Boat
- Hands
- Apron
- Tourniquet
- Scarf
- Bandana
- Headscarf
- Cravat
- Bow tie
- Necktie
- Dressing gown
- Bathrobe
- Corset
- Parcel
- Present
- Gift
- Package
- Bundle
- String
- Twine
- Cable
- Cable tie
- Zip tie
- Twist tie
- Bin bag
- Plastic bag
- Shoe
- Boots
- Trainers
- Plait
- Ponytail
- Bun
- Pigtails
- Hair ribbon
- Tent
- Tarpaulin
- Tarp
- Horse
- Dog
- Goat
- Boat to a dock
- Bike to a lamppost
- Hammock
- Washing line
- Clothes line
- Sail
- Kite
- Net
- Bandage
- Sling
- Splint
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsShoelace · Knot · Tie
- Below the Surface54 answers · 25 ptsScore · Game · Balloon …
- The Deep17 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 17 answers starting with B, C, D, K, O, S, T and W. The Abyss has 13 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 92 answers in total, 38 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bow”. Longest: “Tie a yellow ribbon”.
- T, B and S are the most common first letters; together they start 49% of the answers.
- 7 answers can be typed more than one way: “Dock” counts as Boat to a dock.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with T than with any other letter (18). Run through it first.
- Skip Shoelace, Knot and Tie; everybody says them.
- Change category: if everyone names food, name a planet, a film character or a flag.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name something you can tie”?
- Most people start with Shoelace, Knot, Tie, Ribbon and Bow. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something you can tie”?
- 92 in all: 7 on The Tip, 54 Below the Surface, 17 in The Deep, 13 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you can tie”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bow” and the longest is “Tie a yellow ribbon”.
- Is “Name something you can tie” 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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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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