Krillion Recorded answers
5,213 recorded answers
How to approach it
A productive route runs through technique rather than through a memorized list of famous sweets. Ask which mixtures are stiff enough to hold a shape: enriched yeasted ones, short crumbly ones, laminated ones, stretched ones, and plain flour-and-water ones sweetened only at the end. For each technique, sweep the world's baking cultures mentally and let each one suggest its own small named specialties, including festival items, monastery and bakery traditions, and names that survive in minority dialects. Because scoring rewards rarity, deliberately skip the half-dozen globally famous items and hunt for the local, the seasonal and the obscure. Spelling variants are usually accepted, so write whatever form you know and keep going until you have a dozen candidates to choose from.
Get a hint
Start from the broad family of sweet foods built on a workable, flour-based mixture, and picture the many world cuisines that have their own version of it.
A little more
Narrow it down by preparation: the mixture must be shaped by hand — rolled, twisted, stamped or folded — before it meets the heat, whether oven, griddle or oil.
One step further
Aim for the smaller and more local end of the spectrum: named regional sweets, festival specialties and long-standing shop items score better than the everyday staples everybody thinks of.
Reveal answers 5,213
- Blackburn CracknelsDeep Cut85points
- Blaeberry tartDeep Cut85points
- BlöchlaDeep Cut85points
- BloozDeep Cut85points
- Blue corn cookieDeep Cut85points
- Bo'somatDeep Cut85points
- Bob Andy pieDeep Cut85points
- BobalkiDeep Cut85points
- BobbesDeep Cut85points
- Bobbies' FeetDeep Cut85points
- BobićiDeep Cut85points
- BocadoDeep Cut85points
- BocagianoDeep Cut85points
- Bocchan dangoDeep Cut85points
- Bocconcini di EriceDeep Cut85points
- BocconettiDeep Cut85points
- BocconottoDeep Cut85points
- BodigoDeep Cut85points
- Bofeh shekariDeep Cut85points
- Bohne beroggiDeep Cut85points
- Boiled Gooseberry PuddingDeep Cut85points
- Bola doce mirandesaDeep Cut85points
- Bola ubiDeep Cut85points
- Bolacha pintadaDeep Cut85points
- Bolachas do Bom JesusDeep Cut85points
- BolanchaoDeep Cut85points
- Bolang-balingDeep Cut85points
- Bolchener MacaronsDeep Cut85points
- BoleimaDeep Cut85points
- BolenDeep Cut85points
- Bolinhas de cocoDeep Cut85points
- Bolinho de estudanteDeep Cut85points
- Bolinho de gomaDeep Cut85points
- Bolinho de polvilho (Paraná)Deep Cut85points
- Bolinhos de amorDeep Cut85points
- Bolinhos de azeiteDeep Cut85points
- Bolinhos de gema de VouzelaDeep Cut85points
- Bolinhos de mandiocaDeep Cut85points
- Bolinhos de manteiga de CinfãesDeep Cut85points
- Bolinhos de suraDeep Cut85points
- Bolivian pastelDeep Cut85points
- Bolla de PascuaDeep Cut85points
- Bolla dulce gallegaDeep Cut85points
- BollbeisjesDeep Cut85points
- BollerDeep Cut85points
- Bollo de anísDeep Cut85points
- Bollo de chicharronesDeep Cut85points
- Bollo de lecheDeep Cut85points
- Bollo de mantequillaDeep Cut85points
- Bollo de Pascua de AvilésDeep Cut85points
Why these answers count
The reveal shows a steep pyramid: one single entry took the top 100-point tier, 4716 entries landed at 85 and 411 at 60. That shape tells you the scoring engine already expected this to be an easy, wide-open category, so almost everything recognizable settles into the middle band. The sole 100-point answer, Mock apple pie, is the outlier — familiar as a concept but unusual as a written guess, which is exactly what pushes a response above the crowd. The 85 band is where the long tail of regional and minority-language sweets lives: 'Nfocacatti, 'Nzuddi, 'Nzullini, Aachener Printen and Aachtchen all sit there, and so do hundreds of similarly obscure names. The 60-point floor is reserved for the handful of defaults, the obvious everyday items most players type first. Practical lesson: an obscure but genuine regional name beats a famous one by 25 points, and a clean, recognized spelling is what keeps a guess on the board.