Prompt 2 of 7
Name a mollusk or shellfish
41 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answer
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Vampire squid— Latin for 'vampire squid from hell,' though it eats drifting crumbs.
85 ptsDeep Cut12 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Bivalve
- Cephalopod
- Chiton
- Coconut crab— Cracks coconuts bare-clawed, with a pinch outmuscling a lion's bite.
- Colossal squid
- Cone snail— Its harpoon sting has no antivenom and can kill a human.
- Gastropod
- Geoduck
- Limpet
- Quahog
- Razor clam
- Squat lobster
60 ptsRare13 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Abalone
- Barnacle
- Cockle
- Conch
- Cuttlefish
- Giant clam
- Giant squid
- Langoustine
- Mantis shrimp— Punches with the acceleration of a fired bullet.
- Periwinkle
- Sea urchin
- Soft-shell crab
- Whelk
30 ptsSchooler8 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Crab
- Crayfish
- Lobster
- Mussel
- Oyster
- Scallop
- Shrimp
- Slug
15 ptsToo Clever3 answers
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Krill— Crustacean, not mollusk, but shellfish enough to count here.
- Nautilus— Unchanged for 500 million years, it jet-propels backward through the deep.
- Nudibranch— Some steal stinging cells from their prey and fire them secondhand.
10 ptsPlankton4 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Clam
- Octopus
- Snail
- Squid