Animals prompt
Name an insect that pollinates — Best Krillion Answers
Facing “Name an insect that pollinates” 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: Fig wasp — specific, valid, and uncommon enough for Deep Cut or better.
Avoid (Plankton): Honeybee, Bee — correct, but the crowd's first thought.
One in a Krillion — 100 pts
The rarest valid answers — maximum depth.
Fig wasp · Yucca moth
Deep Cut — 85 pts
Extremely rare picks most players miss.
Hoverfly · Carpenter bee
Rare — 60 pts
Genuinely uncommon — strong scoring.
Mason bee · Leafcutter bee
Schooler — 30 pts
Known but not top-of-mind.
Bumblebee · Sweat bee
Too Clever — 15 pts
A bit too obvious.
Moth · Butterfly
Plankton — 10 pts
The crowd's default — avoid these.
Honeybee · Bee
How to play this prompt
Strategy notes specific to “Name an insect that pollinates” — not generic advice.
Animal prompts look friendly until you realize everyone names the same five creatures.
Lead with Fig wasp. It's the kind of answer that makes other players say 'I knew that!' after the reveal — which is exactly why they didn't type it. Hoverfly works the same way if you want a second bullet in the chamber.
Watch out for Honeybee. It's valid, but validity isn't the game — rarity is. Bee has the same problem: everyone knows it, so everyone types it, so it scores like everyone.
Notice how Mason bee (Rare) outscores Honeybee (Plankton) without being obscure at all. Rarity isn't about difficulty — it's about what the crowd overlooks.
Rare answers travel in packs: if Carpenter bee comes to mind, Leafcutter bee and Hoverfly are usually one thought away. Train yourself to pull the whole cluster, not just the first name that surfaces.
Rated 2/5 difficulty — 12 banked answers give you room to match, so the real skill is picking the rare ones, not just valid ones.
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