Krillion Answers for August 3, 2026

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• North Dakota— The single most forgotten state in every 50-state challenge. You beat the buzzer.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• South Dakota
• Vermont
• Wyoming

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Idaho
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Maine
• Maryland
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Utah
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin

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

• Alaska
• Arizona
• Colorado
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Louisiana
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• North Carolina
• Ohio— Only in Ohio. The meme state reporting for duty.
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Tennessee
• Virginia
• Washington

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

• Delaware— The 'first state' nobody can place on a map. Your incorporation papers salute you.
• Rhode Island— The smallest one, blurted with a smirk. We know it isn't an island.

The most common answer on the board.

• California
• Florida
• New York
• Texas

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Devils Hole pupfish— The rarest fish on Earth, living in one single desert pool in Nevada. The whole species could fit in a bathtub.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Arctic char
• Barbel
• Bowfin
• Bullhead
• Burbot
• Chub
• Dace
• Freshwater drum
• Goby
• Grayling
• Killifish
• Molly
• Mosquitofish
• Oscar
• Pacu
• Paddlefish
• Peacock bass
• Platy
• Roach
• Rudd
• Sauger
• Smelt
• Snakehead— The invasive fish that can breathe air and wriggle across land. Nightmare fuel.
• Sucker
• Swordtail
• Tench
• Whitefish
• Zander
• Zebrafish

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Angelfish
• Betta
• Bream
• Cichlid
• Crappie
• Discus
• Eel
• Electric eel
• Gar
• Minnow
• Muskie
• Pleco
• Sturgeon
• Tetra

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

• Bluegill
• Carp
• Goldfish
• Guppy
• Koi
• Perch
• Pike
• Sunfish
• Tilapia
• Walleye

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

• Arapaima— The giant Amazon fish every aquarium nerd names to flex. Predictably enormous.
• Piranha— The river-monster pick from the horror movies. It is freshwater. Everyone knows.

The most common answer on the board.

• Bass
• Catfish
• Salmon
• Trout

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Culurgiones— A Sardinian dumpling pleated by hand to look like a wheat stalk. Hours of work per piece and almost nobody outside the island can make them.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Banh bot loc
• Banku
• Buuz
• Cepelinai
• Chochoyotes
• Dango
• Fufu
• Fun guo
• Gujiya
• Halusky
• Idli
• Kenkey
• Klepon
• Kluski
• Modak
• Plum dumpling
• Spatzle
• Tangyuan
• Vareniki
• Zongzi

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Apple dumpling
• Drop dumpling
• Har gow
• Jiaozi
• Knish
• Knödel
• Kreplach
• Mandu
• Matzo ball
• Pelmeni
• Shumai

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

• Bao
• Empanada
• Gnocchi
• Momo
• Pierogi
• Ravioli
• Samosa
• Soup dumpling
• Tortellini

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

• Khinkali— The Georgian soup dumpling the well-traveled love to mention. We saw you.
• Manti— The tiny Turkish dumpling foodies love to name-drop. Yogurt optional, smugness included.

The most common answer on the board.

• Gyoza
• Potsticker
• Wonton

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Custom Robo— A GameCube robot-battler with a devoted cult and almost no Western releases. The deep-cut Nintendo heads whisper its name.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• 1080 Snowboarding
• Advance Wars
• ARMS
• Astral Chain
• Balloon Fight
• Big Brain Academy
• Brain Age
• Chibi-Robo
• Clubhouse Games
• Duck Hunt
• Endless Ocean
• Excitebike
• Famicom Detective Club
• Fossil Fighters
• Game & Watch
• Golden Sun
• Ice Climber
• Mario Strikers
• Miitopia
• Nintendogs
• Picross
• Pilotwings
• Rhythm Heaven
• Ring Fit Adventure
• Sin and Punishment
• Style Savvy
• Tomodachi Life
• Wave Race
• Wii Play

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Dr. Mario
• Kid Icarus
• Mario & Luigi
• Mario Golf
• Mario Party
• Mario Tennis
• Metroid Prime
• Paper Mario
• Pikmin
• Punch-Out
• Super Mario Maker
• Wario
• WarioWare
• Wii Fit
• Wii Sports
• Xenoblade

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

• Animal Crossing
• Donkey Kong
• Fire Emblem
• Kirby
• Luigi's Mansion
• Mario Kart
• Metroid
• Splatoon
• Star Fox
• Super Smash Bros
• Yoshi

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

• EarthBound— The cult RPG every gamer name-drops for indie cred. Ness would be proud.
• F-Zero— The 'why won't Nintendo make a new one' pick. We hear you, Falcon.

The most common answer on the board.

• Mario
• Pokemon
• The Legend of Zelda

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Ball lightning— A glowing orb of lightning that drifts through the air and even scientists barely understand. Half-legend, fully real.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Atmospheric river
• Bomb cyclone
• Chinook
• Dust devil
• Fire whirl
• Graupel
• Haboob
• Halo
• La Niña
• Microburst
• Nor'easter
• Sirocco
• Smog
• St. Elmo's fire
• Sun dog
• Supercell
• Thundersnow
• Virga
• Wind shear

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Aurora
• Cold snap
• Cyclone
• Dew
• Dust storm
• El Niño
• Freezing rain
• Heat wave
• Monsoon
• Typhoon
• Waterspout
• Windstorm

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

• Blizzard
• Cloud
• Drought
• Flood
• Fog
• Frost
• Hail
• Hurricane
• Lightning
• Rainbow
• Sleet

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

• Derecho— The word weather nerds live to correct you on. Straight-line winds, very cool, very predictable.
• Polar vortex— The news-cycle buzzword everyone learned in 2014 and never let go.

The most common answer on the board.

• Rain
• Snow
• Thunderstorm
• Tornado
• Wind

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• John L. Sullivan— The last bare-knuckle heavyweight champion of the world, from the 1880s. Boxing history starts with him.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Bermane Stiverne
• Bob Fitzsimmons
• Buster Douglas
• Charles Martin
• Chris Byrd
• Corrie Sanders
• Daniel Dubois
• David Haye
• Ernie Terrell
• Ezzard Charles
• Frank Bruno
• Gene Tunney
• Gerrie Coetzee
• Greg Page
• Hasim Rahman
• Henry Akinwande
• Herbie Hide
• Ingemar Johansson
• Jack Sharkey
• James "Bonecrusher" Smith
• James J. Corbett
• Jersey Joe Walcott
• Jess Willard
• Jim Jeffries
• Jimmy Ellis
• John Ruiz
• John Tate
• Joseph Parker
• Lamon Brewster
• Marvin Hart
• Max Baer
• Max Schmeling
• Michael Bentt
• Michael Moorer
• Michael Spinks
• Mike Weaver
• Nikolai Valuev
• Oliver McCall
• Pinklon Thomas
• Primo Carnera
• Ray Mercer
• Ruslan Chagaev
• Samuel Peter
• Sergei Liakhovich
• Shannon Briggs
• Sultan Ibragimov
• Tim Witherspoon
• Tommy Burns
• Tommy Morrison
• Tony Tubbs
• Tony Tucker
• Trevor Berbick

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Andy Ruiz Jr
• Floyd Patterson
• Jack Dempsey
• James J. Braddock
• Ken Norton
• Larry Holmes
• Leon Spinks
• Riddick Bowe
• Sonny Liston
• Vitali Klitschko

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

• Anthony Joshua
• Deontay Wilder
• Evander Holyfield
• George Foreman
• Joe Frazier
• Joe Louis
• Lennox Lewis
• Oleksandr Usyk
• Rocky Marciano
• Tyson Fury
• Wladimir Klitschko

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

• Jack Johnson— The first Black heavyweight champ, cited by everyone who watched the documentary. History deployed on cue.

The most common answer on the board.

• Mike Tyson
• Muhammad Ali

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• The Butter Battle Book— A children's book about nuclear arms escalation, ending with the world about to blow up. Seuss went there.
• The Seven Lady Godivas— Seuss's 1939 book for grown-ups, starring seven nude sisters. It flopped so hard he went back to children's books — he admitted he couldn't draw sexy anyway.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Bartholomew and the Oobleck
• Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!
• Daisy-Head Mayzie
• Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
• Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
• Great Day for Up!
• Happy Birthday to You!
• Hunches in Bunches
• I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!
• I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
• I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew
• I Wish That I Had Duck Feet
• If I Ran the Circus
• If I Ran the Zoo
• Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
• McElligot's Pool
• My Book About Me
• Oh Say Can You Say?
• Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
• On Beyond Zebra!
• Scrambled Eggs Super!
• Ten Apples Up on Top!
• The King's Stilts
• The Shape of Me and Other Stuff
• Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
• Wacky Wednesday
• What Pet Should I Get?
• You're Only Old Once!

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Dr. Seuss's ABC
• Horton Hatches the Egg
• Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
• The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
• The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
• The Foot Book
• The Sneetches
• There's a Wocket in My Pocket!
• Yertle the Turtle

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

• Fox in Socks
• Hop on Pop
• Horton Hears a Who!
• Oh, the Places You'll Go!
• One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
• The Lorax

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

• And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street— His very first book, cited by everyone proving they know Seuss beyond the movies.

The most common answer on the board.

• Green Eggs and Ham
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• The Cat in the Hat