Wildcard trivia
Name something wet
96 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.
- Water
- Rain
- Sea
- Swimming pool
- Bath
- Towel
- Dog
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- River
- Lake
- Puddle
- Shower
- Fish
- Whale
- Dolphin
- Frog
- Otter
- Duck
- Wet suit
- Umbrella
- Raincoat
- Wellies
- Swimming costume
- Washing
- Clothes
- Sponge
- Flannel
- Mop
- Cloth
- Paint
- Ink
- Cement
- Glue
- Grass
- Dew
- Fog
- Mist
- Cloud
- Snow
- Ice cream
- Soup
- Tea
- Mud
- Bog
- Marsh
- Swamp
- Fountain
- Waterfall
- Spray
- Tap
- Hose
- Sprinkler
- Squirt gun
- Water balloon
- Nose
- Tongue
- Eyes
- Tears
- Kiss
The iceberg for “Name something wet”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsWater · Rain · Sea
- Below the Surface51 answers · 25 ptsRiver · Lake · Puddle …
- The Deep22 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss15 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 22 answers starting with A, C, E, F, M, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 15 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 96 answers in total, 27 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bog”. Longest: “Tropical rainforest”.
- W, S and M are the most common first letters; together they start 46% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Ocean” counts as Sea.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with W than with any other letter (18). Run through it first.
- Skip Water, Rain and Sea; everybody says them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name something wet”?
- Most people start with Water, Rain, Sea, Swimming pool and Bath. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something wet”?
- 96 in all: 7 on The Tip, 51 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 15 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something wet”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bog” and the longest is “Tropical rainforest”.
- Is “Name something wet” 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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