Wildcard trivia
Name something unlucky
“Name something unlucky” is one of 274 wildcard prompts in Icillion. Of its 82 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Black cat
- Broken mirror
- Ladder
- Number 13
- Friday the 13th
- Spilled salt
- Umbrella indoors
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Walking under a ladder
- Breaking a mirror
- Opening an umbrella indoors
- Spilling salt
- Crossing knives
- Putting shoes on a table
- New shoes on the table
- Magpie
- Single magpie
- One for sorrow
- Raven
- Crow
- Owl
- Hearing an owl
- Seeing a hearse
- Hearse
- Funeral
- Cutting hair on a Friday
- Whistling on stage
- Macbeth
- The Scottish Play
- Saying Macbeth
- Peacock feathers
- Peacock feathers indoors
- Lilies indoors
- Hat on a bed
- Hat on the bed
- Rocking an empty rocking chair
- Empty rocking chair
- Three on a match
- Lighting three cigarettes
- Starting on a Friday
- Sailing on a Friday
- Friday sailing
- Changing a boat's name
- Bananas on a boat
- Women on a ship
- Whistling on a boat
- Priests on board
Answers by level
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsBlack cat · Broken mirror · Ladder
- Below the Surface39 answers · 25 ptsWalking under a ladder · Breaking a mirror · Opening an umbrella indoors …
- The Deep28 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss7 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 28 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, N, P, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 7 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 82 answers in total, 64 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hex”. Longest: “Toast landing butter side down”.
- B, S and T are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “666” counts as Number 666.
Getting below the surface
- Start with B: 10 of the answers begin with it.
- Black cat, Broken mirror and Ladder 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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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name something unlucky”?
- The usual first answers are Black cat, Broken mirror, Ladder, Number 13 and Friday the 13th. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something unlucky”?
- 82 in all: 7 on The Tip, 39 Below the Surface, 28 in The Deep, 7 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something unlucky” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hex” and the longest is “Toast landing butter side down”.
- How hard is “Name something unlucky”?
- 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?
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