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 Thursday, August 6, 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 2026-08-06 daily dive asked 7 prompts and accepted 448 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: “bloemfontein” for the prompt “Name an African capital city”. Every answer below comes from the official reveal sheet (source, checked 2026-09-14).

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1. Name an African capital city

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

Answer	Tier	Points
bloemfontein	One in a Krillion	100
asmara	Deep Cut	85
bangui	Deep Cut	85
banjul	Deep Cut	85
bissau	Deep Cut	85
bujumbura	Deep Cut	85
djibouti city	Deep Cut	85
dodoma	Deep Cut	85
gitega	Deep Cut	85
libreville	Deep Cut	85
lobamba	Deep Cut	85
malabo	Deep Cut	85
maseru	Deep Cut	85
mbabane	Deep Cut	85
moroni	Deep Cut	85
nouakchott	Deep Cut	85
port louis	Deep Cut	85
porto-novo	Deep Cut	85
praia	Deep Cut	85
sao tome	Deep Cut	85
victoria	Deep Cut	85
yamoussoukro	Deep Cut	85
antananarivo	Rare	60
bamako	Rare	60
brazzaville	Rare	60
conakry	Rare	60
freetown	Rare	60
gaborone	Rare	60
harare	Rare	60
juba	Rare	60
kigali	Rare	60
lilongwe	Rare	60
lome	Rare	60
luanda	Rare	60
lusaka	Rare	60
maputo	Rare	60
mogadishu	Rare	60
monrovia	Rare	60
ndjamena	Rare	60
niamey	Rare	60
windhoek	Rare	60
yaounde	Rare	60

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

abuja (30) · accra (30) · addis ababa (30) · algiers (30) · dakar (30) · kampala (30) · khartoum (30) · kinshasa (30) · pretoria (30) · rabat (30) · tripoli (30) · tunis (30) · abidjan (15) · cotonou (15) · ouagadougou (15) · cairo (10) · cape town (10) · nairobi (10)

2. Name a type of waterfowl

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

Answer	Tier	Points
torrent duck	One in a Krillion	100
american black duck	Deep Cut	85
bar-headed goose	Deep Cut	85
bewick's swan	Deep Cut	85
cackling goose	Deep Cut	85
garganey	Deep Cut	85
harlequin duck	Deep Cut	85
long-tailed duck	Deep Cut	85
nene	Deep Cut	85
pochard	Deep Cut	85
ruddy duck	Deep Cut	85
scoter	Deep Cut	85
shelduck	Deep Cut	85
smew	Deep Cut	85
swan goose	Deep Cut	85
tufted duck	Deep Cut	85
tundra swan	Deep Cut	85
whistling duck	Deep Cut	85
white-fronted goose	Deep Cut	85
whooper swan	Deep Cut	85
barnacle goose	Rare	60
brant	Rare	60
bufflehead	Rare	60
canvasback	Rare	60
coot	Rare	60
egyptian goose	Rare	60
eider	Rare	60
gadwall	Rare	60
goldeneye	Rare	60
grebe	Rare	60
greylag goose	Rare	60
loon	Rare	60
merganser	Rare	60
moorhen	Rare	60
pintail	Rare	60
redhead	Rare	60
scaup	Rare	60
shoveler	Rare	60
snow goose	Rare	60
trumpeter swan	Rare	60
wigeon	Rare	60

All 11 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

muscovy duck (30) · pekin duck (30) · teal (30) · wood duck (30) · black swan (15) · mandarin duck (15) · canada goose (10) · duck (10) · goose (10) · mallard (10) · swan (10)

3. Name a Mexican dish

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

Answer	Tier	Points
escamoles	One in a Krillion	100
aguachile	Deep Cut	85
albondigas	Deep Cut	85
arroz con leche	Deep Cut	85
cabrito	Deep Cut	85
caldo de pollo	Deep Cut	85
camarones a la diabla	Deep Cut	85
cemita	Deep Cut	85
chapulines	Deep Cut	85
chile en nogada	Deep Cut	85
cochinita pibil	Deep Cut	85
enfrijoladas	Deep Cut	85
esquites	Deep Cut	85
huarache	Deep Cut	85
machaca	Deep Cut	85
molletes	Deep Cut	85
pambazo	Deep Cut	85
queso fundido	Deep Cut	85
sincronizada	Deep Cut	85
tacos de canasta	Deep Cut	85
tinga	Deep Cut	85
tlayuda	Deep Cut	85
al pastor	Rare	60
barbacoa	Rare	60
carnitas	Rare	60
ceviche	Rare	60
chilaquiles	Rare	60
chile relleno	Rare	60
empanada	Rare	60
flautas	Rare	60
gordita	Rare	60
huevos rancheros	Rare	60
menudo	Rare	60
pico de gallo	Rare	60
pozole	Rare	60
refried beans	Rare	60
sope	Rare	60
taco salad	Rare	60
tortilla soup	Rare	60
tres leches	Rare	60

All 20 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

carne asada (30) · chimichanga (30) · churros (30) · fajitas (30) · fish tacos (30) · flan (30) · salsa (30) · tamale (30) · taquitos (30) · tortas (30) · tostada (30) · birria (15) · elote (15) · mole (15) · burrito (10) · enchilada (10) · guacamole (10) · nachos (10) · quesadilla (10) · taco (10)

4. Name a Disney villain

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

Answer	Tier	Points
the coachman	One in a Krillion	100
alameda slim	Deep Cut	85
amos slade	Deep Cut	85
auto	Deep Cut	85
barbossa	Deep Cut	85
big bad wolf	Deep Cut	85
bill cipher	Deep Cut	85
bowler hat guy	Deep Cut	85
charles muntz	Deep Cut	85
chick hicks	Deep Cut	85
commander rourke	Deep Cut	85
dr. calico	Deep Cut	85
duke of weselton	Deep Cut	85
edgar	Deep Cut	85
ercole	Deep Cut	85
ernesto de la cruz	Deep Cut	85
flintheart glomgold	Deep Cut	85
gantu	Deep Cut	85
honest john	Deep Cut	85
horned king	Deep Cut	85
king magnifico	Deep Cut	85
lucifer	Deep Cut	85
madam mim	Deep Cut	85
madame medusa	Deep Cut	85
magica de spell	Deep Cut	85
man	Deep Cut	85
miles axlerod	Deep Cut	85
monstro	Deep Cut	85
morgana	Deep Cut	85
namaari	Deep Cut	85
negaduck	Deep Cut	85
percival mcleach	Deep Cut	85
pete	Deep Cut	85
professor callaghan	Deep Cut	85
queen narissa	Deep Cut	85
ratigan	Deep Cut	85
sabor	Deep Cut	85
scroop	Deep Cut	85
sheriff of nottingham	Deep Cut	85
si and am	Deep Cut	85
stinky pete	Deep Cut	85
stromboli	Deep Cut	85
sykes	Deep Cut	85
te ka	Deep Cut	85
the ringmaster	Deep Cut	85
willie the giant	Deep Cut	85
zira	Deep Cut	85
bellwether	Rare	60
clayton	Rare	60
davy jones	Rare	60
dr. doofenshmirtz	Rare	60
dr. facilier	Rare	60
governor ratcliffe	Rare	60
hopper	Rare	60
kaa	Rare	60
king candy	Rare	60
lady tremaine	Rare	60
lotso	Rare	60
oogie boogie	Rare	60
prince john	Rare	60
randall	Rare	60
shan yu	Rare	60
shere khan	Rare	60
sid	Rare	60
syndrome	Rare	60
tamatoa	Rare	60
yzma	Rare	60
zurg	Rare	60

All 15 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

evil queen (30) · frollo (30) · gaston (30) · hades (30) · mother gothel (30) · prince hans (30) · queen of hearts (30) · bruce (15) · chernabog (15) · captain hook (10) · cruella de vil (10) · jafar (10) · maleficent (10) · scar (10) · ursula (10)

5. Name a geometric shape

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

Answer	Tier	Points
reuleaux triangle	One in a Krillion	100
annulus	Deep Cut	85
arrow	Deep Cut	85
cardioid	Deep Cut	85
chevron	Deep Cut	85
chiliagon	Deep Cut	85
ellipsoid	Deep Cut	85
frustum	Deep Cut	85
helix	Deep Cut	85
hendecagon	Deep Cut	85
heptadecagon	Deep Cut	85
hexagram	Deep Cut	85
hyperboloid	Deep Cut	85
icosagon	Deep Cut	85
klein bottle	Deep Cut	85
lemniscate	Deep Cut	85
mobius strip	Deep Cut	85
myriagon	Deep Cut	85
paraboloid	Deep Cut	85
rhombicosidodecahedron	Deep Cut	85
rhomboid	Deep Cut	85
sector	Deep Cut	85
spiral	Deep Cut	85
squircle	Deep Cut	85
teardrop	Deep Cut	85
tridecagon	Deep Cut	85
vesica piscis	Deep Cut	85
cross	Rare	60
cuboid	Rare	60
decagon	Rare	60
dodecagon	Rare	60
dodecahedron	Rare	60
ellipse	Rare	60
equilateral triangle	Rare	60
hemisphere	Rare	60
heptagon	Rare	60
icosahedron	Rare	60
isosceles triangle	Rare	60
kite	Rare	60
nonagon	Rare	60
octahedron	Rare	60
parallelogram	Rare	60
pentagram	Rare	60
polygon	Rare	60
prism	Rare	60
quadrilateral	Rare	60
right triangle	Rare	60
scalene triangle	Rare	60
semicircle	Rare	60
tetrahedron	Rare	60

All 20 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

cone (30) · crescent (30) · cube (30) · cylinder (30) · diamond (30) · heart (30) · hexagon (30) · octagon (30) · oval (30) · pentagon (30) · pyramid (30) · rhombus (30) · sphere (30) · trapezoid (30) · torus (15) · circle (10) · rectangle (10) · square (10) · star (10) · triangle (10)

6. Name a country that has hosted the FIFA World Cup

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

Answer	Tier	Points
chile	One in a Krillion	100
sweden	Deep Cut	85
switzerland	Deep Cut	85
canada	Rare	60
uruguay	Rare	60

All 14 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

argentina (30) · england (30) · italy (30) · japan (30) · mexico (30) · russia (30) · south africa (30) · south korea (30) · spain (30) · qatar (15) · brazil (10) · france (10) · germany (10) · united states (10)

7. Name a famous poet

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

Answer	Tier	Points
enheduanna	One in a Krillion	100
a.e. housman	Deep Cut	85
adrienne rich	Deep Cut	85
alexander pope	Deep Cut	85
alexander pushkin	Deep Cut	85
anna akhmatova	Deep Cut	85
anne sexton	Deep Cut	85
arthur rimbaud	Deep Cut	85
billy collins	Deep Cut	85
carl sandburg	Deep Cut	85
carol ann duffy	Deep Cut	85
catullus	Deep Cut	85
charles baudelaire	Deep Cut	85
christina rossetti	Deep Cut	85
derek walcott	Deep Cut	85
du fu	Deep Cut	85
edna st. vincent millay	Deep Cut	85
edward lear	Deep Cut	85
elizabeth bishop	Deep Cut	85
federico garcia lorca	Deep Cut	85
gerard manley hopkins	Deep Cut	85
gwendolyn brooks	Deep Cut	85
hafiz	Deep Cut	85
horace	Deep Cut	85
john betjeman	Deep Cut	85
john donne	Deep Cut	85
joy harjo	Deep Cut	85
leonard cohen	Deep Cut	85
lewis carroll	Deep Cut	85
li bai	Deep Cut	85
louise glück	Deep Cut	85
marianne moore	Deep Cut	85
mary oliver	Deep Cut	85
mirza ghalib	Deep Cut	85
nikki giovanni	Deep Cut	85
ocean vuong	Deep Cut	85
octavio paz	Deep Cut	85
omar khayyam	Deep Cut	85
ovid	Deep Cut	85
pam ayres	Deep Cut	85
petrarch	Deep Cut	85
philip larkin	Deep Cut	85
rainer maria rilke	Deep Cut	85
rita dove	Deep Cut	85
robert lowell	Deep Cut	85
sara teasdale	Deep Cut	85
seamus heaney	Deep Cut	85
spike milligan	Deep Cut	85
ted hughes	Deep Cut	85
thomas hardy	Deep Cut	85
victor hugo	Deep Cut	85
virgil	Deep Cut	85
w.h. auden	Deep Cut	85
wallace stevens	Deep Cut	85
warsan shire	Deep Cut	85
william carlos williams	Deep Cut	85
wisława szymborska	Deep Cut	85
alfred tennyson	Rare	60
allen ginsberg	Rare	60
charles bukowski	Rare	60
dorothy parker	Rare	60
dylan thomas	Rare	60
e.e. cummings	Rare	60
elizabeth barrett browning	Rare	60
emily bronte	Rare	60
ezra pound	Rare	60
geoffrey chaucer	Rare	60
goethe	Rare	60
henry wadsworth longfellow	Rare	60
khalil gibran	Rare	60
matsuo basho	Rare	60
ogden nash	Rare	60
oscar wilde	Rare	60
pablo neruda	Rare	60
percy shelley	Rare	60
rabindranath tagore	Rare	60
ralph waldo emerson	Rare	60
robert browning	Rare	60
robert burns	Rare	60
rudyard kipling	Rare	60
samuel taylor coleridge	Rare	60
sappho	Rare	60
william butler yeats	Rare	60

All 21 common answers (Schooler, Too Clever & Plankton tiers)

amanda gorman (30) · dante (30) · john keats (30) · john milton (30) · langston hughes (30) · lord byron (30) · rupi kaur (30) · shel silverstein (30) · sylvia plath (30) · t.s. eliot (30) · walt whitman (30) · william blake (30) · william wordsworth (30) · dr. seuss (15) · homer (15) · rumi (15) · edgar allan poe (10) · emily dickinson (10) · maya angelou (10) · robert frost (10) · william shakespeare (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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