Krillion Answers for July 19, 2026

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Tuvalu— A nation of nine atolls so low-lying that rising seas threaten to erase it entirely. A country racing the ocean.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Bahrain
• Brunei
• Dominica
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia
• Palau
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Cabo Verde
• Comoros
• Grenada
• Mauritius
• Papua New Guinea
• Saint Lucia
• Samoa
• Seychelles
• Taiwan— An island, a country by most definitions, and a debate by all others.
• Timor-Leste
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago

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

• Cyprus
• Dominican Republic
• Fiji
• Haiti
• Iceland
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Jamaica
• Madagascar
• Maldives
• Malta
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka

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

• Nauru— The 'world's smallest island nation' factoid, deployed on schedule. The school mined this one out years ago.

The most common answer on the board.

• Australia
• Cuba
• Japan
• New Zealand
• United Kingdom

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Iriomote cat— Discovered in 1967 on a single Japanese island. Fewer than 100 remain. The world's most landlocked secret.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• African golden cat
• Asian golden cat
• Bay cat
• Black-footed cat
• Chinese mountain cat
• Fishing cat
• Flat-headed cat
• Iberian lynx
• Jungle cat
• Leopard cat
• Marbled cat
• Rusty-spotted cat
• Sunda clouded leopard

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• African wildcat
• Andean cat
• Canada lynx
• Eurasian lynx
• Geoffroy's cat
• Jaguarundi
• Kodkod
• Margay
• Oncilla
• Pampas cat
• Sand cat

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

• Bobcat
• Caracal
• Clouded leopard
• Cougar
• Jaguar
• Lynx
• Ocelot
• Panther— Not its own species, but we know who you mean.
• Serval
• Snow leopard

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

• Pallas's cat— The grumpy flat-faced steppe cat that went viral on the internet. The school Pallas-pilled itself years ago.

The most common answer on the board.

• Cheetah
• Leopard
• Lion
• Tiger

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Pane di Altamura— Italy's only DOP-protected bread: a dense durum loaf that by law must be made within the ancient walls of Altamura.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Anadama bread
• Bannock
• Barbari
• Batard
• Beer bread
• Bialy
• Bolillo
• Boule
• Brazilian cheese bread
• Cuban bread
• Damper
• Dutch crunch
• Einkorn bread
• Ezekiel bread
• Frybread
• Knackebrod
• Markook
• Miche
• Pain de campagne
• Pane carasau
• Rugbrod
• Semolina bread
• Stollen
• Texas toast
• Vollkornbrot

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Arepa
• Babka
• Breadstick
• Crumpet
• Hawaiian sweet bread
• Injera
• Lavash
• Matzo
• Milk bread
• Monkey bread
• Pane di Casa
• Panettone
• Paratha
• Poori
• Potato bread
• Pumpkin bread
• Roti
• Soda bread
• Spelt bread
• Zucchini bread

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

• Bagel
• Banana bread
• Brioche
• Challah
• Ciabatta
• Cornbread
• Croissant— A pastry with bread ambitions. The lamination lobby says it counts.
• Dinner roll
• English muffin
• Flatbread
• Focaccia
• Garlic bread
• Multigrain bread
• Naan
• Pita
• Pretzel bread
• Raisin bread
• Rye bread
• Tortilla

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

• Pumpernickel— The giggle loaf. Fun to say, funnier to spell, and the school says it first every time.

The most common answer on the board.

• Baguette
• Sourdough
• White bread
• Whole wheat bread

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Boro the Caterpillar— A 14-minute short screened only at the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo. You can't stream it. You can barely see it. Pure krillion.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Earwig and the Witch
• Ocean Waves
• On Your Mark

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• From Up on Poppy Hill
• My Neighbors the Yamadas
• Tales from Earthsea
• The Red Turtle
• The Tale of Princess Kaguya
• When Marnie Was There

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

• Arrietty
• Castle in the Sky
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
• Only Yesterday
• Pom Poko
• Ponyo
• Porco Rosso
• The Boy and the Heron
• The Cat Returns
• The Wind Rises
• Whisper of the Heart

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

• Grave of the Fireflies— The 'I watched it once and never again' Ghibli flex. The school checks in with its trauma immediately.

The most common answer on the board.

• Howl's Moving Castle
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Princess Mononoke
• Spirited Away

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Stapes— The stirrup: the smallest bone in the human body at 3mm, tucked in the middle ear, transmitting sound to the cochlea.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Atlas
• Axis
• Capitate
• Cuboid
• Cuneiforms
• Ethmoid
• Hamate
• Hyoid
• Incus
• Inferior nasal concha
• Lacrimal bone
• Lunate
• Malleus
• Navicular
• Palatine bone
• Pisiform
• Scaphoid
• Sphenoid
• Trapezium
• Trapezoid bone
• Triquetrum
• Vomer

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Calcaneus
• Carpals
• Frontal bone
• Ilium
• Ischium
• Maxilla
• Metacarpals
• Metatarsals
• Nasal bone
• Occipital bone
• Parietal bone
• Phalanges
• Pubis
• Sacrum
• Talus
• Tarsals
• Temporal bone
• Zygomatic bone

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

• Clavicle
• Fibula
• Humerus
• Mandible
• Patella
• Pelvis
• Radius
• Scapula
• Sternum
• Tibia
• Ulna
• Vertebra

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

• Coccyx— The tailbone. Everyone's embarrassing X-ray. The school sits on this answer immediately.

The most common answer on the board.

• Femur
• Rib
• Skull
• Spine

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Nain Jaune— A French betting game played since the 17th century. 'Yellow Dwarf,' named after the suit card worth most. Le trench floor des jeux de cartes.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• 6 Nimmt!
• Bang!
• Bezique
• Big Two
• Briscola
• Casino
• Durak
• Dutch Blitz
• Five Crowns
• Garbage
• Golf
• Hanabi
• Hanafuda
• Klabberjass
• Lost Cities
• Mao
• Monopoly Deal
• Mus
• Nertz
• Oh Hell
• Palace
• Piquet
• Pitch
• Rook
• Schnapsen
• Scopa
• Skat
• Skull
• Sushi Go
• Truco

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Apples to Apples
• Baccarat
• Belote— France's national card game — as everyday there as spades is in the States.
• Concentration
• Coup
• Cribbage
• Dominion— The game that invented the deck-builder, and every deck-builder since owes it rent.
• Exploding Kittens
• Freecell
• Hand and Foot
• Hearthstone
• Kings
• Klondike
• Love Letter
• Magic: The Gathering
• Munchkin
• Phase 10
• Pinochle
• Pokemon Trading Card Game
• President
• Set
• Skip-Bo
• Slapjack
• Spider Solitaire
• Spit
• Whist
• Yu-Gi-Oh

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

• Bridge
• BS
• Canasta
• Cards Against Humanity
• Crazy Eights
• Euchre
• Hearts
• Old Maid
• Rummy
• Snap
• Spades
• Speed
• Spoons
• War

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

• Egyptian Ratscrew— The slapping game every college dorm rediscovers and acts like they invented. The school's palm stings with nostalgia.

The most common answer on the board.

• Blackjack
• Go Fish
• Poker
• Solitaire
• Uno

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Martin Van Buren— The first president born an American citizen. Old Kinderhook himself, and the origin of 'OK.'

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Benjamin Harrison
• Chester A. Arthur
• Franklin Pierce
• James A. Garfield
• James Buchanan
• John Quincy Adams
• John Tyler
• Rutherford B. Hayes
• Warren G. Harding
• Zachary Taylor

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Andrew Johnson
• Calvin Coolidge
• Gerald Ford
• Grover Cleveland
• Herbert Hoover
• James K. Polk
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• William Howard Taft
• William McKinley
• Woodrow Wilson

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

• Andrew Jackson
• Bill Clinton
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• George H.W. Bush
• George W. Bush
• Harry S. Truman
• Jimmy Carter
• Joe Biden
• John Adams
• Richard Nixon
• Ronald Reagan
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Thomas Jefferson
• Ulysses S. Grant

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

• Millard Fillmore— The go-to 'name the most forgotten president' flex. The school forgot him on purpose too.
• William Henry Harrison— Thirty-one days in office. The 'he died of a cold' guy. The school caught the same cold.

The most common answer on the board.

• Abraham Lincoln
• Barack Obama
• Donald Trump
• George Washington
• John F. Kennedy