Words trivia
Name a word with "ball" in it
“Name a word with "ball" in it” is one of 10 words prompts in Icillion. Of its 100 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Football
- Basketball
- Snowball
- Meatball
- Baseball
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Volleyball
- Netball
- Balloon
- Ballet
- Eyeball
- Softball
- Dodgeball
- Handball
- Ballroom
- Pinball
- Paintball
- Ballot
- Ballad
- Fireball
- Cannonball
- Hairball
- Oddball
- Screwball
- Mothball
- Ballpoint
- Ballpark
- Ballerina
- Gumball
- Ball
- Ballgown
- Ballboy
- Racquetball
- Ballistic
- Ballast
- Footballer
Answers by level
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsFootball · Basketball · Snowball
- Below the Surface30 answers · 25 ptsVolleyball · Netball · Balloon …
- The Deep37 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss27 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 37 answers starting with B, C, F, G, H, K, L, M, P, R, S, T and V. The Abyss has 27 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 100 answers in total, 1 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ball”. Longest: “Ballottement”.
- B, F and P are the most common first letters; together they start 60% of the answers.
- 6 answers can be typed more than one way: “Ball boy” counts as Ballboy.
How to go deeper
- Start with B: 46 of the answers begin with it.
- Football, Basketball and Snowball are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Think long: long words often hide the pattern you need, like the five vowels of “education” or “unquestionably”.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a word with "ball" in it”?
- The usual first answers are Football, Basketball, Snowball, Meatball and Baseball. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a word with "ball" in it”?
- 100 in all: 5 on The Tip, 30 Below the Surface, 37 in The Deep, 27 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a word with "ball" in it” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ball” and the longest is “Ballottement”.
- How hard is “Name a word with "ball" in it”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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