Animals prompt
Name a toothed whale — Best Krillion Answers
Facing “Name a toothed whale” 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: Pygmy sperm whale — specific, valid, and uncommon enough for Deep Cut or better.
Avoid (Plankton): Dolphin, Killer whale — correct, but the crowd's first thought.
One in a Krillion — 100 pts
The rarest valid answers — maximum depth.
Pygmy sperm whale · Dwarf sperm whale
Deep Cut — 85 pts
Extremely rare picks most players miss.
Narwhal · Risso's dolphin
Rare — 60 pts
Genuinely uncommon — strong scoring.
Beluga whale · Pilot whale
Schooler — 30 pts
Known but not top-of-mind.
Bottlenose dolphin · False killer whale
Too Clever — 15 pts
A bit too obvious.
Sperm whale · Orca
Plankton — 10 pts
The crowd's default — avoid these.
Dolphin · Killer whale
How to play this prompt
Strategy notes specific to “Name a toothed whale” — not generic advice.
Animal prompts look friendly until you realize everyone names the same five creatures.
Lead with Pygmy sperm whale. 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. Narwhal works the same way if you want a second bullet in the chamber.
Watch out for Dolphin. It's valid, but validity isn't the game — rarity is. Killer whale has the same problem: everyone knows it, so everyone types it, so it scores like everyone.
The middle of the bank tells the real story: Beluga whale lands in Rare while Dolphin sits in Plankton — same prompt, wildly different rarity. That gap is exactly where the points hide.
Rare answers travel in packs: if Risso's dolphin comes to mind, Pilot whale and Narwhal 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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