Krillion Answers for July 18, 2026

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Valletta— Europe's smallest national capital: a walled city in Malta barely a kilometer across. The school goes to London.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Andorra la Vella
• Astana
• Baku
• Luxembourg City
• Monaco
• Nicosia
• San Marino
• Tbilisi
• Vaduz
• Vatican City
• Yerevan

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Belgrade
• Bratislava
• Chisinau
• Ljubljana
• Minsk
• Podgorica
• Pristina
• Riga
• Sarajevo
• Skopje
• Sofia
• Tallinn
• Tirana
• Vilnius
• Zagreb

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Amsterdam
• Athens
• Brussels
• Bucharest
• Budapest
• Copenhagen
• Dublin
• Helsinki
• Kyiv
• Lisbon
• Moscow
• Oslo
• Prague
• Reykjavik
• Stockholm
• Vienna
• Warsaw

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Ankara— The 'actually it's not Istanbul' move. Bern's Turkish cousin.
• Bern— The 'actually it's not Zurich' flex. Correct, and completely predictable.

The most common answer on the board.

• Berlin
• London
• Madrid
• Paris
• Rome

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Etrog— The ritual citrus of Sukkot, more prized than eaten. Rabbis debate its perfection; trivia players rarely find it.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Buddha's hand
• Calamansi
• Chinotto
• Finger lime
• Kabosu
• Kinnow
• Limequat
• Ponkan
• Rangpur
• Sudachi

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Bergamot
• Bitter orange
• Cara cara orange
• Citron
• Dekopon
• Kaffir lime
• Key lime
• Meyer lemon
• Navel orange
• Satsuma
• Tangelo
• Ugli fruit
• Valencia orange

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Blood orange
• Clementine
• Mandarin
• Pomelo
• Tangerine

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Kumquat— The fun-to-say novelty pick. Can't spell it, but everyone tries it first.
• Yuzu— The chef's citrus flex. Japanese fine-dining energy. The school has yuzu'd itself to death.

The most common answer on the board.

• Grapefruit
• Lemon
• Lime
• Orange

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Wings— The very first Best Picture winner, 1927. A silent war epic that started it all. The original and still the deepest cut.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• A Man for All Seasons
• All About Eve
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• All the King's Men
• Around the World in 80 Days
• Cavalcade
• Chariots of Fire
• Cimarron
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Gentleman's Agreement
• Gigi
• Going My Way
• Grand Hotel
• Hamlet
• How Green Was My Valley
• It Happened One Night
• Marty
• Mrs. Miniver
• Mutiny on the Bounty
• Oliver!
• Ordinary People
• Out of Africa
• Terms of Endearment
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• The Broadway Melody
• The Great Ziegfeld
• The Greatest Show on Earth
• The Life of Emile Zola
• The Lost Weekend
• Tom Jones
• You Can't Take It with You

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Amadeus
• An American in Paris
• Annie Hall
• Dances with Wolves
• From Here to Eternity
• Gandhi
• In the Heat of the Night
• Kramer vs. Kramer
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Midnight Cowboy
• My Fair Lady
• On the Waterfront
• Patton
• Platoon
• Rain Man
• Rebecca
• The Apartment
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• The Deer Hunter
• The English Patient— Elaine Benes hated it. The Academy did not.
• The French Connection
• The Last Emperor
• The Silence of the Lambs
• The Sting
• Unforgiven
• West Side Story

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• 12 Years a Slave
• A Beautiful Mind
• American Beauty
• Anora
• Argo
• Ben-Hur
• Birdman
• Braveheart
• Casablanca
• Chicago
• CODA
• Crash
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Gladiator
• Gone with the Wind
• Green Book
• Million Dollar Baby
• Moonlight
• No Country for Old Men
• Nomadland
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Oppenheimer
• Parasite
• Rocky
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Spotlight
• The Artist
• The Departed
• The Godfather Part II
• The Hurt Locker
• The King's Speech
• The Shape of Water
• The Sound of Music

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Shakespeare in Love— The upset that still starts arguments. The school never forgave 1998.

The most common answer on the board.

• Forrest Gump
• Schindler's List
• The Godfather
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Titanic

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Equuleus— The second-smallest constellation in the sky, representing a foal. Even astronomy buffs need the catalog to find it.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Antlia
• Apus
• Ara
• Caelum
• Camelopardalis
• Canes Venatici
• Carina
• Cetus
• Chamaeleon
• Circinus
• Columba
• Coma Berenices
• Corona Australis
• Corvus
• Crater
• Delphinus
• Dorado
• Eridanus
• Fornax
• Grus
• Horologium
• Hydrus
• Indus
• Lacerta
• Leo Minor
• Lupus
• Lynx
• Mensa
• Microscopium
• Monoceros
• Musca
• Norma
• Octans
• Pictor
• Piscis Austrinus
• Puppis
• Pyxis
• Reticulum
• Sagitta
• Sculptor
• Scutum
• Serpens
• Sextans
• Telescopium
• Triangulum
• Triangulum Australe
• Vela
• Volans
• Vulpecula

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Aquila
• Auriga
• Bootes
• Canis Minor
• Centaurus
• Cepheus
• Corona Borealis
• Crux
• Cygnus
• Hydra
• Lepus
• Lyra
• Ophiuchus
• Pavo
• Phoenix
• Tucana

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Andromeda
• Aquarius
• Aries
• Cancer
• Canis Major
• Capricornus
• Draco
• Gemini
• Hercules
• Libra
• Pegasus
• Perseus
• Pisces
• Sagittarius
• Taurus
• Ursa Minor
• Virgo

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Big Dipper— Not a constellation; it's an asterism within Ursa Major. The school reaches for the dipper and misses the bear.
• Pleiades— A star cluster inside Taurus, not a constellation. Like the Dipper crowd, you get points and a lecture.

The most common answer on the board.

• Cassiopeia
• Leo
• Orion
• Scorpius
• Ursa Major

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Kansas City Kings— The Kings' former identity, lost to Sacramento in 1985. The franchise ghost that KC still mourns.
• Toronto Huskies— Played in the NBA's first-ever game in 1946, folded after one season. The trench floor of NBA history.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Anderson Packers
• Baltimore Bullets
• Buffalo Braves
• Capital Bullets
• Charlotte Bobcats
• Chicago Packers
• Chicago Stags
• Chicago Zephyrs
• Cincinnati Royals
• Cleveland Rebels
• Detroit Falcons
• Fort Wayne Pistons
• Indianapolis Jets
• Indianapolis Olympians
• Milwaukee Hawks
• Minneapolis Lakers
• New Jersey Nets
• New Orleans Hornets
• New Orleans Jazz
• Philadelphia Warriors
• Pittsburgh Ironmen
• Providence Steamrollers
• Rochester Royals
• San Diego Clippers
• San Diego Rockets
• San Francisco Warriors
• Sheboygan Red Skins
• St. Louis Bombers
• St. Louis Hawks
• Syracuse Nationals
• Tri-Cities Blackhawks
• Vancouver Grizzlies
• Washington Bullets
• Washington Capitols
• Waterloo Hawks

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Atlanta Hawks
• Charlotte Hornets
• Indiana Pacers
• Los Angeles Clippers
• Memphis Grizzlies
• Minnesota Timberwolves
• New Orleans Pelicans
• Oklahoma City Thunder
• Portland Trail Blazers
• Sacramento Kings
• Utah Jazz
• Washington Wizards

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Brooklyn Nets
• Cleveland Cavaliers
• Dallas Mavericks
• Denver Nuggets
• Detroit Pistons
• Houston Rockets
• Milwaukee Bucks
• New York Knicks
• Orlando Magic
• Philadelphia 76ers
• Phoenix Suns
• San Antonio Spurs
• Toronto Raptors

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Seattle SuperSonics— The 'RIP the Sonics' flex. Every fan who wants credit for remembering names them.

The most common answer on the board.

• Boston Celtics
• Chicago Bulls
• Golden State Warriors
• Los Angeles Lakers
• Miami Heat

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Crosne— A knobbly little tuber from Japan, beloved in French haute cuisine. Even vegetable nerds blink at this one.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Arracacha
• Arrowroot
• Burdock
• Galangal
• Maca
• Malanga
• Oca
• Salsify
• Scorzonera
• Turmeric
• Ulluco
• Wasabi
• Water chestnut
• Yacon

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Cassava
• Celeriac
• Daikon
• Fennel bulb
• Jerusalem artichoke
• Jicama
• Kohlrabi
• Leek
• Lotus root
• Shallot
• Taro
• Ube

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Beet
• Ginger
• Horseradish
• Parsnip
• Radish
• Sweet potato
• Turnip
• Yam

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Rutabaga— The funny-word flex. Swedes call it a swede; the school calls it predictable.

The most common answer on the board.

• Carrot
• Garlic
• Onion
• Potato

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Coeus— Titan of intellect, father of Leto, grandfather of Apollo. Zero statues. Zero temples. Infinite obscurity.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Aeolus
• Aether
• Amphitrite
• Ananke
• Asclepius
• Boreas
• Calypso
• Chaos
• Charon— The ferryman who rows the dead across the Styx, for the price of a coin.
• Crius
• Deimos
• Dione
• Enyo
• Epimetheus
• Erebus
• Eurus
• Hebe
• Hemera
• Hygeia
• Hypnos
• Iapetus
• Kratos— The god of strength, chained Prometheus to his rock — and lent his name to a video game.
• Leto
• Maia
• Metis
• Nemesis
• Nereus
• Notus
• Phobos
• Phoebe
• Pontus
• Priapus
• Proteus
• Styx— Goddess of the underworld river. An oath sworn on her name bound even Zeus.
• Tartarus
• Thanatos
• Theia
• Triton
• Zephyrus

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Circe
• Cronus
• Eos
• Eris— Goddess of discord. One golden apple, one Trojan War.
• Gaia
• Hecate
• Helios
• Hestia
• Hyperion
• Iris
• Mnemosyne
• Morpheus
• Nyx
• Oceanus
• Pan
• Rhea
• Selene
• Tethys
• Themis
• Tyche
• Uranus

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Aphrodite
• Ares
• Artemis
• Atlas
• Demeter
• Dionysus
• Eros
• Hephaestus
• Hercules— Born mortal, died flammable, promoted to god. The paperwork went through on Olympus.
• Hermes
• Persephone
• Prometheus

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Nike— The goddess of victory, and everyone's favorite brand connection. The school swooshes here instantly.

The most common answer on the board.

• Apollo
• Athena
• Hades
• Hera
• Poseidon
• Zeus