Science prompt
Name a type of cloud — Best Krillion Answers
Facing “Name a type of cloud” 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: Mammatus — specific, valid, and uncommon enough for Deep Cut or better.
Avoid (Plankton): Cumulus, Cumulonimbus — correct, but the crowd's first thought.
One in a Krillion — 100 pts
The rarest valid answers — maximum depth.
Mammatus · Lenticular
Deep Cut — 85 pts
Extremely rare picks most players miss.
Cirrocumulus · Altocumulus
Rare — 60 pts
Genuinely uncommon — strong scoring.
Cirrostratus · Altostratus
Schooler — 30 pts
Known but not top-of-mind.
Stratocumulus · Nimbostratus
Too Clever — 15 pts
A bit too obvious.
Stratus · Cirrus
Plankton — 10 pts
The crowd's default — avoid these.
Cumulus · Cumulonimbus
How to play this prompt
Strategy notes specific to “Name a type of cloud” — not generic advice.
Science prompts reward precision — the vague version of your answer is common, the exact term is rare.
Your edge here is Mammatus: specific, valid, and far from the crowd's first thought. If it feels slightly too obscure to say out loud, that's usually the sign it's worth real points. Bank Cirrocumulus as your backup — same logic, different answer.
The trap is Cumulus — correct, but it's the reflex answer for a reason: it's the first thing the category suggests. Cumulonimbus is the same story. Typing either one puts you shoulder-to-shoulder with most of the player base at 10 points.
Cirrostratus and Nimbostratus are the honest middle of this prompt — answers most players know but few type first. If your instinct answer feels too easy, reach for this layer instead of the obvious.
Think in clusters, not singles. Altocumulus, Altostratus, and Cirrocumulus sit in the same rarity band — knowing one should unlock the others when the clock is running.
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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