How to score deeper in Krillion
The game is not about knowing more. It is about knowing one answer further than the crowd. Eight habits that reliably move answers from Schooler to Deep Cut:
The strategies
- Your first instinct is everyone’s first instinct. Whatever pops into your head in the first second is almost always a Plankton answer. Treat it as a warm-up, not a submission.
- Think in categories, then pick the edge. Silently list five members of the set (“countries in South America: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru…”) — then submit the one you listed last.
- Get specific. “Fish” is broader than “shark”, and “shark” is broader than “Greenland shark”. A precise name (species, full title, proper noun) almost always out-scores the generic one — as long as it clearly fits the prompt.
- Bank a safe answer first, then upgrade. Type the obvious valid answer mentally, keep 10 seconds, and only swap in the exotic pick if you are sure it is still unambiguous. A shaky 100-point guess that gets rejected is worth zero.
- Exploit your own niches. The dive mixes categories. Your odd corner of knowledge — old sitcoms, chess openings, minor-league stadiums — is where your Deep Cuts live. Go deeper exactly there.
- Watch the letter constraints. Prompts with a twist (“…that has a G in its name”) have smaller answer sets. Small sets mean the rare tier is reachable with ordinary knowledge plus one careful second.
- Study yesterday’s distribution. After each dive, look at which answers actually landed in the deep tiers on the answer archive. Patterns repeat: sequels nobody watched, capitals of small countries, fourth-most-famous cheeses.
- Stay calm on the last prompt. Most wasted dives end with a rushed, obvious final answer. The last prompt scores exactly like the first — give it the same extra three seconds.
The 15-second mental routine
1
Seconds 0–3
Note the obvious answer. Congratulate it. Discard it.
2
Seconds 3–15
Run the category list. Find the member nobody else will type.
3
Seconds 15–25
Sanity-check that it truly fits the prompt, then commit. No third thoughts.
Spoiler etiquette: check the answers after your dive, not before.
The daily ritual is the fun part.