How are Krillion rarity tiers decided?

Each accepted answer is ranked against what other players typed the same day: the more players gave the same answer, the shallower the tier. Six tiers run from Plankton (10 points) to One in a Krillion (100 points).

Where can I browse answers from other dates?

The Krillion answer library archives every official reveal sheet by date with search across all past prompts and answers.

Krillion daily answers

Krillion Answers for Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Q: What time do Krillion answers reveal?

Answers reveal after the daily dive resets at midnight US Eastern Time. The official reveal sheet for each date is public for that day only, and this wiki archives it with a source link.

The 2026-08-05 daily dive asked 7 prompts and accepted 295 answers in total. Each answer sits in one of six rarity tiers — the fewer players who typed it, the deeper it sinks and the more points it earns. Today's rarest pick: “sao tome and principe” for the prompt “Name a country whose name starts with S”. Every answer below comes from the official reveal sheet (source, checked 2026-09-14).

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1. Name a country whose name starts with S

Deep dive: the rarest answer was “sao tome and principe” (One in a Krillion, 100 points) . Full tier breakdown below.

Answer	Tier	Points
sao tome and principe	One in a Krillion	100
saint kitts and nevis	Deep Cut	85
saint lucia	Deep Cut	85
saint vincent and the grenadines	Deep Cut	85
seychelles	Deep Cut	85
solomon islands	Deep Cut	85
suriname	Deep Cut	85
samoa	Rare	60
san marino	Rare	60
senegal	Rare	60
sierra leone	Rare	60
slovakia	Rare	60
slovenia	Rare	60
south sudan	Rare	60
sri lanka	Rare	60

All 13 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

saudi arabia (30) · serbia (30) · singapore (30) · somalia (30) · south africa (30) · south korea (30) · sudan (30) · syria (30) · scotland (15) · swaziland (15) · spain (10) · sweden (10) · switzerland (10)

2. Name a crab or other crustacean

Deep dive: the rarest answer was “tadpole shrimp” (One in a Krillion, 100 points) . Full tier breakdown below.

Answer	Tier	Points
tadpole shrimp	One in a Krillion	100
amphipod	Deep Cut	85
brine shrimp	Deep Cut	85
chinese mitten crab	Deep Cut	85
cleaner shrimp	Deep Cut	85
green crab	Deep Cut	85
isopod	Deep Cut	85
langoustine	Deep Cut	85
mole crab	Deep Cut	85
mud crab	Deep Cut	85
mysid shrimp	Deep Cut	85
pea crab	Deep Cut	85
pill bug	Deep Cut	85
pistol shrimp	Deep Cut	85
porcelain crab	Deep Cut	85
slipper lobster	Deep Cut	85
spiny lobster	Deep Cut	85
velvet crab	Deep Cut	85
water flea	Deep Cut	85
yeti crab	Deep Cut	85
copepod	Rare	60
dungeness crab	Rare	60
fiddler crab	Rare	60
ghost crab	Rare	60
mantis shrimp	Rare	60
spider crab	Rare	60
stone crab	Rare	60

All 13 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

barnacle (30) · blue crab (30) · crawfish (30) · hermit crab (30) · king crab (30) · krill (30) · prawn (30) · snow crab (30) · coconut crab (15) · horseshoe crab (15) · crab (10) · lobster (10) · shrimp (10)

3. Name a cooking method

Deep dive: the rarest answer was “nixtamalization” (One in a Krillion, 100 points) . Full tier breakdown below.

Answer	Tier	Points
nixtamalization	One in a Krillion	100
bain-marie	Deep Cut	85
brining	Deep Cut	85
charbroiling	Deep Cut	85
dehydrating	Deep Cut	85
en papillote	Deep Cut	85
flambeing	Deep Cut	85
griddling	Deep Cut	85
parboiling	Deep Cut	85
reducing	Deep Cut	85
rendering	Deep Cut	85
sweating	Deep Cut	85
tempering	Deep Cut	85
barbecuing	Rare	60
basting	Rare	60
blanching	Rare	60
caramelizing	Rare	60
curing	Rare	60
deglazing	Rare	60
fermenting	Rare	60
marinating	Rare	60
pickling	Rare	60
pressure cooking	Rare	60
rotisserie	Rare	60
slow cooking	Rare	60
stewing	Rare	60

All 19 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

air frying (30) · braising (30) · broiling (30) · microwaving (30) · poaching (30) · roasting (30) · sauteing (30) · searing (30) · simmering (30) · smoking (30) · steaming (30) · stir-frying (30) · toasting (30) · confit (15) · sous vide (15) · baking (10) · boiling (10) · frying (10) · grilling (10)

4. Name a Simpsons character

Deep dive: the rarest answer was “gabbo” (One in a Krillion, 100 points) . Full tier breakdown below.

Answer	Tier	Points
gabbo	One in a Krillion	100
agnes skinner	Deep Cut	85
artie ziff	Deep Cut	85
baby gerald	Deep Cut	85
blinky	Deep Cut	85
bobo	Deep Cut	85
bumblebee man	Deep Cut	85
cecil	Deep Cut	85
cletus	Deep Cut	85
cookie kwan	Deep Cut	85
database	Deep Cut	85
disco stu	Deep Cut	85
dolph	Deep Cut	85
dr. marvin monroe	Deep Cut	85
eddie	Deep Cut	85
fallout boy	Deep Cut	85
gil	Deep Cut	85
hans moleman	Deep Cut	85
helen lovejoy	Deep Cut	85
herb powell	Deep Cut	85
jasper	Deep Cut	85
jessica lovejoy	Deep Cut	85
jub-jub	Deep Cut	85
kearney	Deep Cut	85
kirk van houten	Deep Cut	85
lindsey naegle	Deep Cut	85
ling	Deep Cut	85
lou	Deep Cut	85
luann van houten	Deep Cut	85
luigi	Deep Cut	85
lurleen lumpkin	Deep Cut	85
manjula	Deep Cut	85
miss hoover	Deep Cut	85
mona simpson	Deep Cut	85
mr. teeny	Deep Cut	85
princess kashmir	Deep Cut	85
radioactive man	Deep Cut	85
rich texan	Deep Cut	85
rod flanders	Deep Cut	85
sanjay	Deep Cut	85
sherri and terri	Deep Cut	85
sideshow mel	Deep Cut	85
snake	Deep Cut	85
squeaky-voiced teen	Deep Cut	85
stampy	Deep Cut	85
todd flanders	Deep Cut	85
uter	Deep Cut	85
wendell	Deep Cut	85
bleeding gums murphy	Rare	60
carl	Rare	60
comic book guy	Rare	60
crazy cat lady	Rare	60
dr. hibbert	Rare	60
dr. nick	Rare	60
duffman	Rare	60
edna krabappel	Rare	60
fat tony	Rare	60
frank grimes	Rare	60
hank scorpio	Rare	60
itchy	Rare	60
jimbo	Rare	60
kang	Rare	60
kent brockman	Rare	60
kodos	Rare	60
lenny	Rare	60
lionel hutz	Rare	60
martin prince	Rare	60
maude flanders	Rare	60
mayor quimby	Rare	60
otto	Rare	60
poochie	Rare	60
professor frink	Rare	60
reverend lovejoy	Rare	60
scratchy	Rare	60
sea captain	Rare	60
sideshow bob	Rare	60
snowball	Rare	60
spider-pig	Rare	60
superintendent chalmers	Rare	60
willie	Rare	60

All 22 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

apu (30) · barney (30) · chief wiggum (30) · grandpa (30) · krusty the clown (30) · maggie (30) · milhouse (30) · moe (30) · mr. burns (30) · ned flanders (30) · nelson (30) · patty (30) · principal skinner (30) · ralph wiggum (30) · santa's little helper (30) · selma (30) · smithers (30) · troy mcclure (15) · bart (10) · homer (10) · lisa (10) · marge (10)

5. Name a state of matter

Deep dive: the rarest answer was “time crystal” (One in a Krillion, 100 points) . Full tier breakdown below.

Answer	Tier	Points
time crystal	One in a Krillion	100
bose-einstein condensate	Deep Cut	85
degenerate matter	Deep Cut	85
fermionic condensate	Deep Cut	85
quark-gluon plasma	Deep Cut	85
superfluid	Deep Cut	85
supersolid	Deep Cut	85
liquid crystal	Rare	60

All 4 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

plasma (15) · gas (10) · liquid (10) · solid (10)

6. Name a position in American football

Deep dive: the rarest answer was “wingback” (One in a Krillion, 100 points) . Full tier breakdown below.

Answer	Tier	Points
wingback	One in a Krillion	100
dimeback	Deep Cut	85
flanker	Deep Cut	85
gunner	Deep Cut	85
h-back	Deep Cut	85
holder	Deep Cut	85
return specialist	Deep Cut	85
split end	Deep Cut	85
edge rusher	Rare	60
guard	Rare	60
nose tackle	Rare	60
offensive tackle	Rare	60
slot receiver	Rare	60

All 18 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

center (30) · cornerback (30) · defensive back (30) · defensive end (30) · defensive lineman (30) · defensive tackle (30) · fullback (30) · kicker (30) · linebacker (30) · offensive lineman (30) · punter (30) · safety (30) · tight end (30) · long snapper (15) · nickelback (15) · quarterback (10) · running back (10) · wide receiver (10)

7. Name a Steven Spielberg movie

Deep dive: the rarest answer was “duel” (One in a Krillion, 100 points) . Full tier breakdown below.

Answer	Tier	Points
duel	One in a Krillion	100
always	Deep Cut	85
amistad	Deep Cut	85
empire of the sun	Deep Cut	85
firelight	Deep Cut	85
the sugarland express	Deep Cut	85
twilight zone: the movie	Deep Cut	85
a.i. artificial intelligence	Rare	60
bridge of spies	Rare	60
hook	Rare	60
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull	Rare	60
lincoln	Rare	60
munich	Rare	60
the adventures of tintin	Rare	60
the bfg	Rare	60
the color purple	Rare	60
the fabelmans	Rare	60
the post	Rare	60
war horse	Rare	60
west side story	Rare	60

All 17 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

catch me if you can (30) · close encounters of the third kind (30) · disclosure day (30) · indiana jones and the last crusade (30) · indiana jones and the raiders of the lost ark (30) · indiana jones and the temple of doom (30) · minority report (30) · ready player one (30) · saving private ryan (30) · schindler's list (30) · the terminal (30) · war of the worlds (30) · 1941 (15) · the lost world: jurassic park (15) · e.t. the extra-terrestrial (10) · jaws (10) · jurassic park (10)

Krillion answers FAQ

What time do Krillion answers reveal?

After the daily dive resets at midnight US Eastern Time. The official reveal sheet for each date is public for that day only — this wiki archives every sheet with its source link.

How are the rarity tiers decided?

Each accepted answer is compared against every answer typed the same day: the more players who gave it, the shallower the tier. Six tiers run from Plankton (10 points) to One in a Krillion (100 points).

Where can I see answers from other dates?

Use the date navigation above or the searchable answer library, which archives every official reveal sheet with search across all prompts and answers.

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