Wildcard trivia
Name something with a strong smell
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 191 answers to “Name something with a strong smell”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Garlic
- Onion
- Perfume
- Coffee
- Skunk
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Fish
- Cheese
- Petrol
- Paint
- Bleach
- Vinegar
- Smelly socks
- Feet
- Rubbish
- Poo
- Fart
- Rotten eggs
- Sewer
- Manure
- Wet dog
- Cigarette smoke
- Cigar
- Weed
- Incense
- Scented candle
- Lavender
- Roses
- Jasmine
- Lilies
- Cinnamon
- Curry
- Bacon
- Popcorn
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsGarlic · Onion · Perfume
- Below the Surface28 answers · 25 ptsFish · Cheese · Petrol …
- The Deep79 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss78 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 79 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W and Z. The Abyss has 78 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 191 answers in total, 61 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Fox”. Longest: “Nail polish remover”.
- S, C and F are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 106 answers can be typed more than one way: “Burnt rubber” counts as Burning rubber.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (26). Run through it first.
- Skip Garlic, Onion and Perfume; 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 with a strong smell”?
- Most people start with Garlic, Onion, Perfume, Coffee and Skunk. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something with a strong smell”?
- 191 in all: 5 on The Tip, 28 Below the Surface, 79 in The Deep, 78 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something with a strong smell”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Fox” and the longest is “Nail polish remover”.
- Is “Name something with a strong smell” 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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