Words trivia
Name a compound word
“Name a compound word” is one of 22 words prompts in Icillion. Of its 256 accepted answers, 14 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 14 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Sunflower
- Butterfly
- Rainbow
- Football
- Basketball
- Toothbrush
- Cupcake
- Snowman
- Pancake
- Bedroom
- Firefly
- Popcorn
- Sunshine
- Homework
One step down
These 117 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Airplane
- Baseball
- Birthday
- Blackboard
- Bookcase
- Bookworm
- Classroom
- Cowboy
- Daydream
- Doorbell
- Doghouse
- Dragonfly
- Earthquake
- Eyeball
- Fingernail
- Fireplace
- Fireworks
- Fish bowl
- Footprint
- Goldfish
- Grasshopper
- Haircut
- Handbag
- Headache
- Horseshoe
- Houseboat
- Jellyfish
- Keyboard
- Ladybug
- Lighthouse
- Mailbox
- Moonlight
- Necklace
- Notebook
- Outside
- Paintbrush
- Playground
- Raincoat
- Sailboat
- Sandcastle
- Seashell
- Skateboard
- Snowflake
- Spaceship
- Starfish
- Sunglasses
- Teapot
- Thunderstorm
- Toothpaste
- Treehouse
- Waterfall
- Watermelon
- Weekend
- Wheelchair
- Windmill
- Something
- Everything
- Somebody
- Anyone
- Inside
- Upstairs
- Downstairs
- Without
- Hotdog
- Cheesecake
- Pineapple
- Strawberry
- Blueberry
- Breakfast
- Lunchbox
- Doorway
- Backpack
- Bathtub
- Bedtime
- Cardboard
- Countdown
- Crosswalk
- Downtown
- Dishwasher
- Driveway
- Farmhouse
- Flashlight
- Grandmother
- Grandfather
- Greenhouse
- Hairbrush
- Handshake
- Hedgehog
- Highway
- Honeybee
- Iceberg
- Keyhole
- Lipstick
- Meatball
- Nightmare
- Overcoat
- Password
- Peanut
- Postcard
- Railroad
- Rattlesnake
- Scarecrow
- Shoelace
- Sidewalk
- Snowball
- Spotlight
- Suitcase
- Sunset
- Sunrise
- Tablespoon
- Teaspoon
- Toenail
- Underground
- Wallpaper
- Washcloth
- Workshop
- Wristwatch
Answers by level
- The Tip14 answers · 10 ptsSunflower · Butterfly · Rainbow
- Below the Surface117 answers · 25 ptsAirplane · Baseball · Birthday …
- The Deep108 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss16 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 108 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y and Z. The Abyss has 16 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 256 answers in total, 1 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Anyone”. Longest: “Flibbertigibbet”.
- S, B and H are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Ladybird” counts as Ladybug.
How to go deeper
- Start with S: 38 of the answers begin with it.
- Sunflower, Butterfly and Rainbow are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Run the alphabet: most rules work with any first letter, so try each one in turn.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a compound word”?
- The usual first answers are Sunflower, Butterfly, Rainbow, Football and Basketball. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a compound word”?
- 256 in all: 14 on The Tip, 117 Below the Surface, 108 in The Deep, 16 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a compound word” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Anyone” and the longest is “Flibbertigibbet”.
- How hard is “Name a compound word”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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