Prompt 7 of 7
Name a nut
39 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion2 answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Boab nut— Fruit of the baobab, a tree that can live for well over a thousand years and still bear crops. The powdery pulp around the seeds tastes faintly of cream of tartar.
- Mongongo nut— A Kalahari staple that fed the San people for seven thousand years. The shells are so tough that foragers happily collect the nuts after elephants have eaten the fruit and passed them, intact.
85 ptsDeep Cut12 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Baru nut
- Bunya nut
- Chilgoza nut
- Gevuina nut
- Monkey puzzle nut
- Pili nut
- Sacha inchi
- Sandalwood nut
- Sapucaia nut
- Shea nut
- Tigernut
- Tonka bean
60 ptsRare12 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Acorn
- Beechnut
- Betel nut
- Black walnut
- Breadnut
- Butternut
- Candlenut
- Ginkgo nut
- Hickory nut
- Lotus seed
- Nutmeg— Technically the seed of a tropical evergreen, but it has 'nut' right there in the name. We are reasonable people.
- Water chestnut
30 ptsSchooler8 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Brazil nut
- Chestnut
- Coconut
- Hazelnut
- Macadamia
- Pecan
- Pine nut
- Pistachio
15 ptsToo Clever1 answer
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Kola nut— The trivia-night caffeine source that everyone's heard is in the original Coca-Cola. First pick for anyone who's been to a quiz night.
10 ptsPlankton4 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Almond
- Cashew
- Peanut
- Walnut