Wildcard trivia
Name something that starts with the letter U
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something that starts with the letter U”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 144 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Umbrella
- Unicorn
- Uncle
- UFO
- Ukulele
- Universe
- Uniform
The next answers people reach for
These 42 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Underpants
- Upstairs
- Ugly
- Ugg boots
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Uranus
- Utah
- Ulysses
- Uber
- Udon
- Ulna
- Uvula
- Uterus
- Urn
- USB
- USA
- UK
- UAE
- UNESCO
- United Nations
- Universal Studios
- Unilever
- Under Armour
- UNO
- Utopia
- Uluru
- Ural Mountains
- Usain Bolt
- Uma Thurman
- Ursula
- Umbrella Academy
- Up
- Usher
- U2
- Uncle Sam
- Uncle Ben
- Uncle Scrooge
- Uriah Heep
- Ulster
How deep does “Name something that starts with the letter U” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsUmbrella · Unicorn · Uncle
- Below the Surface42 answers · 25 ptsUnderpants · Upstairs · Ugly …
- The Deep53 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss41 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 53 answers starting with S and U. The Abyss has 41 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 144 answers in total, 31 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “U2”. Longest: “Uffington White Horse”.
- U, O and S are the most common first letters; together they start 100% of the answers.
- 11 answers can be typed more than one way: “UN” counts as United Nations.
How to go deeper
- Start with U: 142 of the answers begin with it.
- Umbrella, Unicorn and Uncle are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Change category: if everyone names food, name a planet, a film character or a flag.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name something that starts with the letter U”?
- The usual first answers are Umbrella, Unicorn, Uncle, UFO and Ukulele. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something that starts with the letter U”?
- 144 in all: 7 on The Tip, 42 Below the Surface, 53 in The Deep, 41 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something that starts with the letter U” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “U2” and the longest is “Uffington White Horse”.
- How hard is “Name something that starts with the letter U”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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