Wildcard trivia
Name something that starts with the letter Y
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something that starts with the letter Y”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 134 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.
- Yacht
- Yo-yo
- Yellow
- Yoga
- Yoghurt
- Yak
- Yawn
The next answers people reach for
These 41 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Yam
- Yeast
- Yew
- Yard
- Yarn
- Yeti
- Yoda
- Yogi Bear
- Yosemite
- Yorkshire
- Yorkshire pudding
- Yorkshire terrier
- York
- Yemen
- Yangtze
- Yellowstone
- Yukon
- Yucatán
- Yokohama
- Yerevan
- Yaoundé
- Yangon
- Yamaha
- New York Yankees
- YouTube
- Yahoo
- Yelp
- Yuan
- Yen
- Yoko Ono
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Yeats
- Yule log
- Yuletide
- Yodel
- Yin and yang
- Yellow Submarine
- Yellow Brick Road
- Yosemite Sam
- Yzma
- Yoshi
How deep does “Name something that starts with the letter Y” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsYacht · Yo-yo · Yellow
- Below the Surface41 answers · 25 ptsYam · Yeast · Yew …
- The Deep47 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss38 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 47 answers starting with Y. The Abyss has 38 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 134 answers in total, 41 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Yak”. Longest: “Yellow-bellied marmot”.
- Y and N are the most common first letters; together they start 100% of the answers.
- 15 answers can be typed more than one way: “Ying and yang” counts as Yin and yang.
Getting below the surface
- Start with Y: 133 of the answers begin with it.
- Yacht, Yo-yo and Yellow 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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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name something that starts with the letter Y”?
- The usual first answers are Yacht, Yo-yo, Yellow, Yoga and Yoghurt. 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 Y”?
- 134 in all: 7 on The Tip, 41 Below the Surface, 47 in The Deep, 38 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something that starts with the letter Y” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Yak” and the longest is “Yellow-bellied marmot”.
- How hard is “Name something that starts with the letter Y”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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