Words trivia
Name a shade of blue
“Name a shade of blue” is one of 22 words prompts in Icillion. Of its 70 accepted answers, 10 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 10 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Navy
- Sky blue
- Royal blue
- Baby blue
- Light blue
- Dark blue
- Turquoise
- Teal
- Cyan
- Azure
One step down
These 18 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Cobalt
- Indigo
- Sapphire
- Midnight blue
- Powder blue
- Ultramarine
- Cerulean
- Cornflower blue
- Aquamarine
- Electric blue
- Steel blue
- Denim
- Periwinkle
- Prussian blue
- Oxford blue
- Delft blue
- Egyptian blue
- Persian blue
Answers by level
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsNavy · Sky blue · Royal blue
- Below the Surface18 answers · 25 ptsCobalt · Indigo · Sapphire …
- The Deep31 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss10 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 31 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, Y and Z. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 70 answers in total, 50 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Aero”. Longest: “Argentinian blue”.
- C, P and S are the most common first letters; together they start 39% of the answers.
- 4 answers can be typed more than one way: “YInMn blue” counts as Yinmn blue.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 11 of the answers begin with it.
- Navy, Sky blue and Royal blue 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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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a shade of blue”?
- The usual first answers are Navy, Sky blue, Royal blue, Baby blue and Light blue. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a shade of blue”?
- 70 in all: 10 on The Tip, 18 Below the Surface, 31 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a shade of blue” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Aero” and the longest is “Argentinian blue”.
- How hard is “Name a shade of blue”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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