Krillion Answers for July 20, 2026

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Timor-Leste— Asia's newest nation: voted itself into existence in 2002 after 450 years of everyone else's flags.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Bahrain
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Hong Kong
• Kyrgyzstan
• Macau
• Maldives
• Palestine
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Cambodia
• Cyprus
• Georgia
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Mongolia
• Oman
• Qatar
• Syria
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Yemen

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

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Taiwan— Officially the Republic of China: a geopolitical puzzle wrapped in an island. The brave call.
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Vietnam

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

• Kazakhstan— Borat says hello. The geography trivia crowd runs straight here.

The most common answer on the board.

• China
• India
• Japan
• Russia
• South Korea

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Spanish dancer nudibranch— A sea slug that steals stinging cells from its prey and reuses them. Weaponized elegance.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Assassin bug
• Beaded lizard
• Boomslang
• Brown snake
• Bushmaster
• Fer-de-lance
• Hooded pitohui— A poisonous bird. Same toxin as the dart frogs, worn as feathers.
• Krait
• Puff adder
• Scorpionfish
• Sea anemone
• Sea snake
• Sea urchin
• Shrew
• Slow loris
• Solenodon
• Stinging catfish
• Tarantula hawk— A wasp that hunts tarantulas. Pain scale: 'lie down and scream.'
• Tiger snake
• Vampire bat
• Velvet ant
• Wandering spider
• Weever fish

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Adder
• Brown recluse spider
• Bullet ant
• Cane toad
• Centipede
• Cone snail
• Coral snake
• Cottonmouth
• Death adder
• Fire ant
• Gila monster
• Komodo dragon
• Portuguese man o' war
• Redback spider
• Sydney funnel-web spider
• Taipan
• Yellow jacket

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

• Bee
• Blue-ringed octopus
• Box jellyfish
• Copperhead
• Hornet
• Jellyfish
• Lionfish
• Mamba
• Poison dart frog— Poisonous, not venomous, technically. We'll allow it; the frog won't apologize either.
• Pufferfish— Poisonous rather than venomous, strictly. The fish declines to apologize.
• Stingray
• Stonefish
• Tarantula
• Viper
• Wasp

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

• Platypus— 'Did you know the platypus is venomous?' The go-to well-actually. Venomous ankle spurs, deployed on schedule.

The most common answer on the board.

• Black widow spider
• Cobra
• Rattlesnake
• Scorpion

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Mahleb— Ground cherry pits from the Levant, used in pastry. The spice cabinet nobody has but bakers swear by.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Annatto
• Asafoetida
• Borage
• Celery seed
• Chervil
• Curry leaf
• Epazote
• Galangal
• Grains of paradise
• Herbes de Provence
• Juniper berries
• Long pepper
• Lovage
• Mace
• Makrut lime leaves
• Nigella
• Ras el hanout
• Savory
• Shiso
• Sorrel
• Szechuan pepper
• Za'atar

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Allspice
• Anise
• Caraway
• Chipotle
• Chives
• Fennel
• Fenugreek
• Five spice
• Garam masala
• Horseradish
• Lemongrass
• Marjoram
• Mustard seed
• Onion powder
• Poppy seeds
• Sesame seeds
• Star anise
• Sumac
• Tarragon
• Wasabi
• White pepper

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

• Bay leaf
• Cardamom
• Cayenne
• Chili powder
• Cilantro
• Cloves
• Cumin
• Curry powder
• Dill
• Ginger
• Mint
• Nutmeg
• Oregano
• Paprika
• Parsley
• Red pepper flakes
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Thyme
• Turmeric
• Vanilla

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

• Saffron— 'More expensive than gold by weight.' The school has heard the exchange rate, thanks.

The most common answer on the board.

• Basil
• Cinnamon
• Garlic
• Pepper
• Salt— A mineral, technically. But we're not monsters.

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Dinosaur— Disney's forgotten CG/live-action hybrid from 2000. The hadrosaurs deserve more credit.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• 101 Dalmatians
• Alice in Wonderland
• Fantasia 2000
• Fun and Fancy Free
• Home on the Range
• Lady and the Tramp
• Make Mine Music
• Melody Time
• Oliver and Company
• Peter Pan
• Robin Hood
• Saludos Amigos
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
• The Aristocats
• The Black Cauldron
• The Fox and the Hound
• The Great Mouse Detective
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• The Rescuers
• The Rescuers Down Under
• The Sword in the Stone
• The Three Caballeros

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Atlantis: The Lost Empire
• Bolt
• Brother Bear
• Chicken Little
• Frozen 2
• Hercules
• Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Meet the Robinsons
• Moana 2
• Pocahontas
• Ralph Breaks the Internet
• Raya and the Last Dragon
• Strange World
• Tarzan
• The Princess and the Frog
• Wish

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

• Bambi
• Big Hero 6
• Dumbo
• Encanto
• Fantasia
• Lilo and Stitch
• Moana
• Mulan
• Pinocchio
• Sleeping Beauty
• Tangled
• The Emperor's New Groove
• The Jungle Book
• Wreck-It Ralph
• Zootopia

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

• Treasure Planet— 'The one Disney buried.' The film-bro pick. The school mourns together.

The most common answer on the board.

• Aladdin
• Beauty and the Beast
• Cinderella
• Frozen
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• The Lion King
• The Little Mermaid

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Ell— A medieval cloth-measuring unit that varied wildly by country and era. A meter of chaos.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Angstrom
• Astronomical unit
• Barn— Nuclear cross-section unit. 'As big as a barn,' in particle physics terms.
• Becquerel
• Bit
• Bushel
• Candela
• Chain
• Coulomb
• Cubit
• Dram
• Erg
• Farad
• Fathom
• Fortnight— Two weeks. Beloved by British people and crossword setters.
• Gauss
• Gill
• Grain
• Gray
• Hand— How you measure a horse. Four inches per hand, no fingers involved.
• Henry
• Hogshead— 63 gallons of wine, one delightful word.
• League
• Lumen
• Lux
• Mach
• Micron
• Mole
• Ohm
• Peck
• Radian
• Rod
• Sievert
• Slug— The imperial unit of mass nobody asked for. Physics students still have nightmares.
• Smoot— Oliver Smoot's body, used to measure the Harvard Bridge. 364.4 smoots plus one ear.
• Steradian
• Tesla

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Barrel
• Byte
• Calorie
• Carat
• Cubic meter
• Day
• Degree
• Fluid ounce
• Hectare
• Horsepower
• Joule
• Kilowatt hour
• Knot
• Light year
• Milligram
• Milliliter
• Millimeter
• Nanometer
• Nautical mile
• Newton
• Parsec
• Pascal
• PSI
• Stone
• Week
• Year

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

• Acre
• Ampere
• Celsius
• Centimeter
• Cup
• Decibel
• Fahrenheit
• Gallon
• Gram
• Hertz
• Hour
• Inch
• Kelvin
• Kilometer
• Liter
• Minute
• Ounce
• Pint
• Quart
• Tablespoon
• Teaspoon
• Ton
• Volt
• Watt
• Yard

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

• Furlong— The horseracing unit everyone brings up when quizzed. You're not the first to feel clever here.

The most common answer on the board.

• Foot
• Kilogram
• Meter
• Mile
• Pound
• Second

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Chamonix— Hosted the very first Winter Olympics in 1924, before anyone knew that was a thing.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Colombes— Paris 1924 used the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes: the city technically hosting, if you care about venues.
• Cortina d'Ampezzo
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen
• Hong Kong
• Oslo
• Sapporo
• Squaw Valley
• St. Moritz

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Albertville
• Amsterdam
• Antwerp
• Calgary
• Grenoble
• Helsinki
• Innsbruck
• Lake Placid
• Lillehammer
• Melbourne
• Nagano
• Sarajevo
• Stockholm
• Turin

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

• Atlanta
• Barcelona
• Berlin
• Mexico City
• Milan
• Montreal
• Moscow
• Munich
• Pyeongchang
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rome
• Salt Lake City
• Seoul
• Sochi
• Sydney
• Vancouver

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

• St. Louis— 1904 Summer Olympics, attached to the World's Fair and mostly ignored by the world. The history-buff flex.

The most common answer on the board.

• Athens
• Beijing
• London
• Los Angeles
• Paris
• Tokyo

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Middlemist's Red— Possibly the rarest flower on Earth: two known plants, one in New Zealand, one in an English greenhouse.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Agapanthus
• Alstroemeria
• Anthurium
• Bleeding heart
• Columbine
• Coneflower
• Cornflower
• Delphinium
• Edelweiss
• Fritillary
• Goldenrod
• Heather
• Hellebore
• Impatiens
• Lupine
• Nasturtium
• Nigella
• Protea
• Rafflesia— The other giant stinker. Largest single flower in the world.
• Ranunculus
• Scabiosa
• Snowdrop
• Thistle
• Trillium
• Verbena
• Yarrow

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Amaryllis
• Anemone
• Aster
• Azalea
• Baby's breath
• Begonia
• Bird of paradise
• Black-eyed Susan
• Bougainvillea
• Calla lily
• Camellia
• Chamomile
• Cosmos
• Crocus
• Dahlia
• Forget-me-not
• Foxglove
• Freesia
• Gardenia
• Gerbera
• Gladiolus
• Honeysuckle
• Hyacinth
• Morning glory
• Petunia
• Plumeria
• Poinsettia
• Primrose
• Snapdragon
• Sweet pea
• Wisteria
• Zinnia

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

• Bluebell
• Buttercup
• Carnation
• Cherry blossom
• Chrysanthemum
• Daffodil
• Dandelion
• Geranium
• Hibiscus
• Hydrangea
• Iris
• Jasmine
• Lavender
• Lilac
• Lotus
• Magnolia
• Marigold
• Orchid
• Pansy
• Peony
• Poppy
• Violet

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

• Corpse flower— Smells like death, streams like a celebrity. Every bloom gets a news cycle and the school tunes in.

The most common answer on the board.

• Daisy
• Lily
• Rose
• Sunflower
• Tulip