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
- Paste di meligaDeep Cut85points
- Paste di viscioli di SezzeDeep Cut85points
- Paste PuddingDeep Cut85points
- Paste velateDeep Cut85points
- Pastéis de arroz da GraciosaDeep Cut85points
- Pastéis de BejaDeep Cut85points
- Pastéis de feijão de MangualdeDeep Cut85points
- Pastéis de São FranciscoDeep Cut85points
- Pastéis de toucinhoDeep Cut85points
- Pastel cordobésDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de arrozDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de bananaDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de cabello de ángelDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de CamiguínDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de castanha de MarvãoDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de ChilaDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de cocoDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de feijãoDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de GloriaDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de hojaldreDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de LorvãoDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de piñaDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de queso pastusoDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de Santa ClaraDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de TentúgalDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de TondelaDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de TudelaDeep Cut85points
- Pastel de VouzelaDeep Cut85points
- Pastelito de guayabaDeep Cut85points
- PastelitosDeep Cut85points
- PastiDeep Cut85points
- Pasticci di RapinoDeep Cut85points
- PasticciottoDeep Cut85points
- Pasticella di AcernoDeep Cut85points
- PastieraDeep Cut85points
- Pastiera lucanaDeep Cut85points
- PastifuortiDeep Cut85points
- Pastilla au laitDeep Cut85points
- PastillasDeep Cut85points
- Pastina de BortolinDeep Cut85points
- Pastine di mandorleDeep Cut85points
- PastișDeep Cut85points
- Pastis béarnaisDeep Cut85points
- Pastís de pobreDeep Cut85points
- Pastis gasconDeep Cut85points
- PastissetDeep Cut85points
- Pastisset de MenorcaDeep Cut85points
- PastissolDeep Cut85points
- Pastisson de BeaucaireDeep Cut85points
- PastissusDeep 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.