Animals prompt
Name a type of spider — Best Krillion Answers
Facing “Name a type of spider” 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: Goliath birdeater — specific, valid, and uncommon enough for Deep Cut or better.
Avoid (Plankton): Garden spider, Daddy longlegs — correct, but the crowd's first thought.
One in a Krillion — 100 pts
The rarest valid answers — maximum depth.
Goliath birdeater · Peacock spider
Deep Cut — 85 pts
Extremely rare picks most players miss.
Brazilian wandering spider · Sydney funnel-web spider
Rare — 60 pts
Genuinely uncommon — strong scoring.
Black widow · Brown recluse
Schooler — 30 pts
Known but not top-of-mind.
Wolf spider · Jumping spider
Too Clever — 15 pts
A bit too obvious.
Tarantula · Orb-weaver spider
Plankton — 10 pts
The crowd's default — avoid these.
Garden spider · Daddy longlegs
How to play this prompt
Strategy notes specific to “Name a type of spider” — not generic advice.
Animal prompts look friendly until you realize everyone names the same five creatures.
Lead with Goliath birdeater. 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. Brazilian wandering spider works the same way if you want a second bullet in the chamber.
Watch out for Garden spider. It's valid, but validity isn't the game — rarity is. Daddy longlegs has the same problem: everyone knows it, so everyone types it, so it scores like everyone.
Notice how Black widow (Rare) outscores Garden spider (Plankton) without being obscure at all. Rarity isn't about difficulty — it's about what the crowd overlooks.
Think in clusters, not singles. Sydney funnel-web spider, Brown recluse, and Brazilian wandering spider sit in the same rarity band — knowing one should unlock the others when the clock is running.
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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