Prompt 2 of 7
Name a creature that lives in the deep sea
53 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion2 answersShow answersHide answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Abyssal sea pig— Technically a sea cucumber (Scotoplanes), it waddles on leg-like appendages across the abyssal plain in herds of thousands. The deep sea's most surprising livestock.
- Bristlemouth— A finger-sized fish so numerous it outnumbers every other vertebrate on Earth, with population estimates in the quadrillions. The most common backboned animal in existence, and almost nobody knows its name.
85 ptsDeep Cut20 answersShow answersHide answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Bigfin squid
- Black swallower
- Chilean sea bass
- Chimaera
- Cookiecutter shark
- Firefly squid
- Footballfish
- Lancetfish
- Megamouth shark
- Orange roughy
- Sea spider
- Siphonophore
- Sixgill shark
- Snailfish
- Spookfish
- Stoplight loosejaw
- Tripod fish
- Whalefish
- Yeti crab
- Zombie worm
60 ptsRare19 answersShow answersHide answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Brittle star
- Coelacanth
- Colossal squid
- Frilled shark
- Goblin shark
- Greenland shark
- Hagfish
- Hatchetfish
- Humboldt squid
- Hydrothermal vent worm
- Isopod
- Krill— Our namesake. We see you. Tiny, numerous, and absolutely essential. Which is to say, just like the right answer.
- Lanternfish
- Monkfish
- Nautilus
- Oarfish
- Rattail fish
- Sea cucumber
- Snipe eel
30 ptsSchooler10 answersShow answersHide answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Barreleye fish
- Bioluminescent jellyfish
- Blobfish
- Dragonfish
- Dumbo octopus
- Fangtooth fish
- Gulper eel
- Sperm whale
- Vampire squid
- Viperfish
15 ptsToo Clever1 answerShow answersHide answers
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Angler fish— The photogenic nightmare of every deep-sea documentary. Famous-for-being-scary. The school has seen the meme.
10 ptsPlankton1 answerShow answersHide answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Giant squid