What is a rare answer for "Name an ancient writing system"?

A rare answer for "Name an ancient writing system" is Ogham — specific and valid, but uncommon enough to land in the Deep Cut or One in a Krillion tier (85–100 points). Avoid the crowd defaults like Hieroglyphics, Alphabet.

How is "Name an ancient writing system" scored in Krillion?

Like every Krillion prompt, "Name an ancient writing system" is scored by rarity across six tiers: One in a Krillion (100 pts), Deep Cut (85), Rare (60), Schooler (30), Too Clever (15), Plankton (10). Points convert to depth at 10 meters each.

History prompt

Name an ancient writing system — Best Krillion Answers

Difficulty

Facing “Name an ancient writing system” in a dive? Here is how to think rare: the best picks, the safe backups, and the crowd defaults to avoid. Every answer below is real and valid — rarity decides the tier.

Best rare pick: Ogham — specific, valid, and uncommon enough for Deep Cut or better.

Avoid (Plankton): Hieroglyphics, Alphabet — correct, but the crowd's first thought.

One in a Krillion — 100 pts

The rarest valid answers — maximum depth.

Ogham · Runes

Deep Cut — 85 pts

Extremely rare picks most players miss.

Cuneiform · Linear B

Rare — 60 pts

Genuinely uncommon — strong scoring.

Demotic script · Oracle bone script

Schooler — 30 pts

Known but not top-of-mind.

Sanskrit · Mayan glyphs

Too Clever — 15 pts

A bit too obvious.

Egyptian hieroglyphs · Latin alphabet

Plankton — 10 pts

The crowd's default — avoid these.

Hieroglyphics · Alphabet

How to play this prompt

Strategy notes specific to “Name an ancient writing system” — not generic advice.

History prompts punish the textbook answer. Think past the bolded names.

The winning instinct on this one: skip your first thought entirely and type your second. Ogham is a perfect example — completely valid, just not the reflex answer. Cuneiform plays the same role as a backup.

Hieroglyphics feels safe because it's obviously right. That's precisely why it's worth the least — safety is crowded. Alphabet is the same kind of comfortable, low-scoring pick.

Notice how Demotic script (Rare) outscores Hieroglyphics (Plankton) without being obscure at all. Rarity isn't about difficulty — it's about what the crowd overlooks.

Rare answers travel in packs: if Linear B comes to mind, Oracle bone script and Cuneiform are usually one thought away. Train yourself to pull the whole cluster, not just the first name that surfaces.

Rated 4/5 difficulty — only 12 banked answers, so matching the bank is genuinely hard. Precision matters more than speed here.

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