Krillion Answers for August 7, 2026

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Petite Martinique— A speck off Grenada, barely a square mile, historically a boatbuilding and smuggling haven. Trench floor of the Caribbean.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Abaco
• Ambergris Caye
• Andros
• Anegada
• Barbuda
• Bequia
• Bimini
• Bonaire
• Carriacou
• Cayo Coco
• Culebra
• Eleuthera
• Exuma
• Hispaniola— The whole island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The one people forget has a name.
• Isla de la Juventud
• Isla Mujeres
• Margarita Island
• Marie-Galante
• New Providence
• Providencia
• Roatan
• Saba
• Saint Barthelemy
• Saint Croix
• Saint John
• San Andres
• Sint Eustatius
• Tortola
• Vieques— A Puerto Rican island with a bay that glows blue with bioluminescence.
• Virgin Gorda

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Anguilla
• Cayman Islands
• Cozumel
• Curacao
• Grand Bahama
• Guadeloupe
• Martinique
• Montserrat— Half of it is an exclusion zone under an active volcano.
• Nevis
• Saint Kitts
• Saint Martin
• Saint Thomas
• Saint Vincent
• Tobago
• Turks and Caicos

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

• Antigua
• Aruba
• Dominican Republic
• Grenada
• Haiti
• Saint Lucia
• Trinidad

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

• Dominica— Not the Dominican Republic. The 'well actually' pick, and yes we know they're different.

The most common answer on the board.

• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Cuba
• Jamaica
• Puerto Rico

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Violin beetle— Flattened into the exact shape of a violin so it can slide between fungus layers. Nature's luthier.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Ambrosia beetle
• Atlas beetle
• Bess beetle
• Burying beetle
• Cardinal beetle
• Carrion beetle
• Christmas beetle
• Cockchafer
• Cucumber beetle
• Darkling beetle
• Deathwatch beetle— Taps inside old timber, once thought to foretell a death in the house.
• Elephant beetle
• Figeater beetle
• Flea beetle
• Flour beetle
• Furniture beetle
• Jewel beetle
• Pine beetle
• Powderpost beetle
• Rove beetle
• Soldier beetle
• Titan beetle— The Amazon's six-inch monster, said to snap pencils with its jaws.
• Tortoise beetle
• Whirligig beetle

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Bark beetle
• Blister beetle
• Carpet beetle
• Click beetle
• Colorado potato beetle
• Emerald ash borer
• Goliath beetle— One of the heaviest insects on Earth.
• Ground beetle
• Hercules beetle
• Japanese beetle
• Leaf beetle
• Longhorn beetle
• Tiger beetle
• Water beetle

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

• Dung beetle
• June bug
• Rhinoceros beetle
• Stag beetle
• Weevil

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

• Bombardier beetle— The one that shoots boiling chemical spray. The nature-doc party fact, right on cue.
• Scarab— The Ancient Egypt flex. Rolls right off the tongue, every time.

The most common answer on the board.

• Firefly
• Ladybug

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Salmagundi— The 17th-century English everything-salad of meats, eggs, pickles, and flowers, beloved in the age of sail. The word now means any glorious jumble.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Crab salad
• Gado gado
• Ham salad
• Israeli salad
• Jello salad
• Kachumbari
• Kani salad
• Larb
• Olivier salad
• Orzo salad
• Salade lyonnaise
• Seven layer salad
• Shrimp salad
• Snickers salad— Apples, whipped cream, and chopped candy bars. The Midwest stands by the word 'salad.'
• Som tum
• Watergate salad— Pistachio pudding, canned pineapple, Cool Whip, and a Nixon-era name nobody can explain.

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Ambrosia salad
• Antipasto salad
• Arugula salad
• Beet salad
• Broccoli salad
• Chef salad
• Chopped salad
• Cucumber salad
• Fattoush
• House salad
• Kale salad
• Nicoise salad
• Seaweed salad
• Spinach salad
• Tabbouleh
• Taco salad
• Three bean salad
• Tomato salad
• Watermelon salad
• Wedge salad

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

• Chicken salad
• Coleslaw
• Egg salad
• Fruit salad
• Green salad
• Macaroni salad
• Pasta salad
• Tuna salad
• Waldorf salad

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

• Caprese— The 'I know real Italian food' flex. Tomato, mozzarella, basil, and a smug grin.
• Panzanella— Tuscan bread salad. The foodie deep-menu pick everyone has heard of now.

The most common answer on the board.

• Caesar salad
• Cobb salad
• Garden salad
• Greek salad
• Potato salad

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Michael O'Donoghue— Spoke the very first line in SNL history in the very first sketch, in 1975. The show's original head writer.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• A. Whitney Brown
• Abby Elliott
• Al Franken
• Alex Moffat
• Andrew Dismukes
• Ashley Padilla
• Ben Stiller— Six episodes in 1989 before leaving to make movies. Genuinely counts.
• Chris Redd
• Christopher Guest
• Damon Wayans
• Don Novello
• Emil Wakim
• Garrett Morris
• Harry Shearer
• Jan Hooks
• Jane Wickline
• Jenny Slate
• Jim Breuer
• Joe Piscopo
• Julia Sweeney
• Laraine Newman
• Michael Longfellow
• Michaela Watkins
• Nasim Pedrad
• Nora Dunn
• Punkie Johnson
• Robert Downey Jr— A single season in 1985 before he was Iron Man. Genuinely was a cast member.
• Sarah Sherman
• Sarah Silverman
• Sasheer Zamata
• Victoria Jackson

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Aidy Bryant
• Ana Gasteyer
• Beck Bennett
• Billy Crystal
• Bobby Moynihan
• Bowen Yang
• Cecily Strong
• Cheri Oteri
• Chloe Fineman
• Chris Kattan
• Chris Parnell
• Colin Jost
• Colin Quinn
• Darrell Hammond
• David Spade
• Dennis Miller
• Ego Nwodim
• Fred Armisen
• Gilda Radner
• Heidi Gardner
• Horatio Sanz
• James Austin Johnson
• Jane Curtin
• Jason Sudeikis
• Jay Pharoah
• Jon Lovitz
• Kevin Nealon
• Kyle Mooney
• Leslie Jones
• Marcello Hernandez
• Martin Short
• Melissa Villaseñor
• Michael Che
• Mikey Day
• Molly Shannon
• Phil Hartman
• Rachel Dratch
• Rob Schneider
• Seth Meyers
• Taran Killam
• Tim Meadows
• Tracy Morgan
• Vanessa Bayer
• Will Forte

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

• Amy Poehler
• Andy Samberg
• Bill Hader
• Chevy Chase
• Chris Farley
• Chris Rock
• Dan Aykroyd
• Dana Carvey
• Jimmy Fallon
• John Belushi
• Kate McKinnon
• Kenan Thompson
• Maya Rudolph
• Mike Myers
• Pete Davidson

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

• Bill Murray— Yes, he was a cast member. The 'did you know' pick, and everyone knows.
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus— A three-season cast member before Seinfeld. The trivia flex, right on schedule.
• Norm Macdonald— The comedian's comedian. Every SNL fan reaches for him to prove taste.

The most common answer on the board.

• Adam Sandler
• Eddie Murphy
• Kristen Wiig
• Tina Fey
• Will Ferrell

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Choline— Officially named an essential nutrient only in 1998, the newest member of the list and the one almost nobody names.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Cobalt— Essential only as the atom at the center of B12. Sneaky.
• Pantothenic acid

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Chloride
• Chromium
• Copper
• Fluoride
• Manganese
• Phosphorus
• Selenium
• Vitamin B1
• Vitamin B2
• Vitamin B3

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

• Folate
• Iodine
• Magnesium
• Potassium
• Sodium
• Vitamin B12
• Vitamin B6
• Vitamin E
• Vitamin K
• Zinc

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

• Biotin— The hair-and-nails supplement everyone's influencer swears by. Also vitamin B7.
• Molybdenum— The 'bet you can't spell it' trace mineral. The school can.

The most common answer on the board.

• Calcium
• Iron
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin D

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Arizona Cardinals— Founded in 1898 as Chicago's Morgan Athletic Club — the oldest professional football team on Earth, still waiting on its first dynasty.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Houston Texans
• Jacksonville Jaguars

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Carolina Panthers
• Tennessee Titans
• Washington Commanders

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

• Atlanta Falcons
• Baltimore Ravens
• Buffalo Bills
• Chicago Bears
• Cincinnati Bengals
• Cleveland Browns
• Denver Broncos
• Detroit Lions
• Indianapolis Colts
• Las Vegas Raiders
• Los Angeles Chargers
• Los Angeles Rams
• Miami Dolphins
• Minnesota Vikings
• New Orleans Saints
• New York Giants
• New York Jets
• Philadelphia Eagles
• San Francisco 49ers
• Seattle Seahawks
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The most common answer on the board.

• Dallas Cowboys
• Green Bay Packers
• Kansas City Chiefs
• New England Patriots
• Pittsburgh Steelers

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Kate Crackernuts— A Scottish tale where a stepsister saves the day and marries a prince, an old story with a rare heroine who rescues everyone else.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Baba Yaga
• Diamonds and Toads
• Donkeyskin
• East of the Sun and West of the Moon
• Frau Holle
• Hans in Luck
• Snow White and Rose Red
• Tatterhood
• The Brave Little Tailor
• The Bremen Town Musicians
• The Firebird
• The Fisherman and His Wife
• The Girl Without Hands
• The Golden Goose
• The Goose Girl
• The Juniper Tree— One of the grimmest Grimm tales, involving a stepmother and a stew best not described.
• The Magic Porridge Pot
• The Red Shoes
• The Six Swans
• The Steadfast Tin Soldier
• The Three Spinners
• The Tinderbox
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses
• The Wild Swans
• Tom Thumb
• Vasilisa the Beautiful

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Ali Baba
• Bluebeard
• Chicken Little
• Puss in Boots
• Stone Soup
• The Elves and the Shoemaker
• The Emperor's New Clothes
• The Gingerbread Man
• The Little Match Girl
• The Nightingale
• The Pied Piper
• The Princess and the Pea
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff
• Thumbelina

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

• Aladdin
• Beauty and the Beast
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• Pinocchio
• Rapunzel
• Rumpelstiltskin
• The Frog Prince
• The Little Mermaid
• The Three Little Pigs
• The Ugly Duckling

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

• The Snow Queen— 'The one Frozen is based on.' Yes. The school has heard.

The most common answer on the board.

• Cinderella
• Hansel and Gretel
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Sleeping Beauty
• Snow White