Wildcard trivia
Name something you can wind
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 91 answers to “Name something you can wind”, 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.
- Clock
- Watch
- Road
- River
- Wool
- Window
- Music box
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Someone up
- Fishing reel
- Film
- Bandage
- String
- Thread
- Yarn
- Ball of wool
- Toy
- Clockwork toy
- Wind-up toy
- Wind-up radio
- Alarm clock
- Grandfather clock
- Cuckoo clock
- Pocket watch
- Mainspring
- Spring
- Hose
- Cable
- Rope
- Cord
- Tape
- Cassette
- Videotape
- Spool
- Bobbin
- Coil
- Paper roll
- Toilet paper
- Kitchen roll
- Scroll
- Garden hose
- Extension lead
- Windlass
- Winch
- Capstan
- Handle
- Crank
- Car window
- Old car window
- Music
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsClock · Watch · Road
- Below the Surface42 answers · 25 ptsSomeone up · Fishing reel · Film …
- The Deep30 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss11 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 30 answers starting with A, B, C, E, G, H, L, M, O, P, S, T and W. The Abyss has 11 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 91 answers in total, 55 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Toy”. Longest: “Great Clock of Westminster”.
- C, W and S are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Reel” counts as Fishing reel.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (15). Run through it first.
- Skip Clock, Watch and Road; 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 you can wind”?
- Most people start with Clock, Watch, Road, River and Wool. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something you can wind”?
- 91 in all: 7 on The Tip, 42 Below the Surface, 30 in The Deep, 11 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you can wind”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Toy” and the longest is “Great Clock of Westminster”.
- Is “Name something you can wind” 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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