Words trivia
Name a colour that is also a food
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 97 answers to “Name a colour that is also a food”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Orange
- Lime
- Peach
- Plum
- Chocolate
Just below the surface
These 30 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Cherry
- Lemon
- Mustard
- Salmon
- Cream
- Caramel
- Coffee
- Mint
- Olive
- Apricot
- Raspberry
- Strawberry
- Tomato
- Aubergine
- Avocado
- Honey
- Wine
- Burgundy
- Champagne
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
- Saffron
- Pistachio
- Pumpkin
- Tangerine
- Mango
- Grape
- Vanilla
- Banana
- Blueberry
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsOrange · Lime · Peach
- Below the Surface30 answers · 25 ptsCherry · Lemon · Mustard …
- The Deep44 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss17 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 44 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, H, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 17 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 97 answers in total, 1 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Flax”. Longest: “Butterscotch”.
- C, B and M are the most common first letters; together they start 44% of the answers.
- 4 answers can be typed more than one way: “Eggplant” counts as Aubergine.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (20). Run through it first.
- Skip Orange, Lime and Peach; everybody says them.
- Think long: long words often hide the pattern you need, like the five vowels of “education” or “unquestionably”.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a colour that is also a food”?
- Most people start with Orange, Lime, Peach, Plum and Chocolate. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a colour that is also a food”?
- 97 in all: 5 on The Tip, 30 Below the Surface, 44 in The Deep, 17 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a colour that is also a food”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Flax” and the longest is “Butterscotch”.
- Is “Name a colour that is also a food” 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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