Wildcard trivia
Name something that starts with the letter V
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 158 answers to “Name something that starts with the letter V”, and only 7 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Violin
- Volcano
- Vampire
- Vegetable
- Van
- Vase
- Vacuum
Just below the surface
These 51 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Valentine
- Vanilla
- Vinegar
- Velvet
- Venice
- Vienna
- Vatican
- Venus
- Vodka
- Volkswagen
- Volvo
- Vespa
- Viking
- Vulture
- Viper
- Vole
- Vet
- Vest
- Veil
- Vault
- Verdict
- Vitamin
- Volleyball
- Voltage
- Vulcan
- Darth Vader
- Voldemort
- Vegeta
- Vincent van Gogh
- Vivaldi
- Verdi
- Vietnam
- Venezuela
- Vancouver
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Las Vegas
- Versailles
- Vesuvius
- Victoria Falls
- Vatican City
- Vladimir Putin
- Vin Diesel
- Vogue
- Visa
- Vimeo
- Vine
- Vans
- Versace
- Valentino
- Victoria's Secret
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsViolin · Volcano · Vampire
- Below the Surface51 answers · 25 ptsValentine · Vanilla · Vinegar …
- The Deep59 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss40 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 59 answers starting with V. The Abyss has 40 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 158 answers in total, 23 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Van”. Longest: “Venus's looking-glass”.
- V, D and L are the most common first letters; together they start 100% of the answers.
- 9 answers can be typed more than one way: “Vader” counts as Darth Vader.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with V than with any other letter (156). Run through it first.
- Skip Violin, Volcano and Vampire; everybody says them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name something that starts with the letter V”?
- Most people start with Violin, Volcano, Vampire, Vegetable and Van. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something that starts with the letter V”?
- 158 in all: 7 on The Tip, 51 Below the Surface, 59 in The Deep, 40 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something that starts with the letter V”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Van” and the longest is “Venus's looking-glass”.
- Is “Name something that starts with the letter V” 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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