Words trivia
Name an onomatopoeia, a word that sounds like what it means
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 113 answers to “Name an onomatopoeia, a word that sounds like what it means”, and only 10 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 10 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Bang
- Boom
- Buzz
- Crash
- Splash
- Pop
- Sizzle
- Hiss
- Click
- Thud
Just below the surface
These 31 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Whoosh
- Bark
- Moo
- Meow
- Quack
- Beep
- Honk
- Ding
- Clang
- Ring
- Bounce
- Zoom
- Rumble
- Squeak
- Creak
- Crunch
- Snap
- Crackle
- Fizz
- Gurgle
- Murmur
- Whisper
- Giggle
- Splat
- Slam
- Tick
- Tock
- Drip
- Plop
- Thump
- Whack
How the answers sink
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsBang · Boom · Buzz
- Below the Surface31 answers · 25 ptsWhoosh · Bark · Moo …
- The Deep45 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss26 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 45 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, O, P, R, S, T, V, W and Z. The Abyss has 26 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 113 answers in total, every one of them a single word.
- Shortest: “Moo”. Longest: “Clickety-clack”.
- C, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (15). Run through it first.
- Skip Bang, Boom and Buzz; everybody says them.
- Borrow from a field you know: science, music and sport are full of -ology words, -ship words and rhymes.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name an onomatopoeia, a word that sounds like what it means”?
- Most people start with Bang, Boom, Buzz, Crash and Splash. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name an onomatopoeia, a word that sounds like what it means”?
- 113 in all: 10 on The Tip, 31 Below the Surface, 45 in The Deep, 26 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name an onomatopoeia, a word that sounds like what it means”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Moo” and the longest is “Clickety-clack”.
- Is “Name an onomatopoeia, a word that sounds like what it means” 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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