Krillion Recorded answers
2,284 recorded answers
How to approach it
Work outward from the most ordinary kitchen drawer and keep going until the words start to feel strange. Begin with the everyday cohort almost everyone would list, since those will be there but will sit at the bottom of the scoring band. Then push into trades, institutions, religions and holiday customs, because each of those preserves implements the general public never names. Vocabulary from older periods pays especially well, as do terms borrowed from other languages for vessels that English never bothered to name. Before committing, check that the object is truly a thing you hold or set down, not a substance, a machine or a piece of furniture, and prefer the narrower name over the generic one whenever both exist.
Get a hint
Start at the table itself: everything laid out at a single place setting, then widen the sweep outward to the kitchen, the bar and the serving sideboard.
A little more
Add the pieces that never touch the diner but do the carrying: the vessels food is brought in, the stands that lift a dish, the small tools that portion out a shared plate.
One step further
Now go historical and regional: ancient ritual vessels, measuring vessels kept for medicinal use, implements built around one single ingredient, and festival wares that appear only once a year.
Reveal answers 2,284
- Currywurst trayDeep Cut85points
- Custard cupDeep Cut85points
- Custard jugDeep Cut85points
- Cutlery dispenserDeep Cut85points
- CuttyDeep Cut85points
- ČuturaDeep Cut85points
- CymbiumDeep Cut85points
- CzaraDeep Cut85points
- Dabara setDeep Cut85points
- DachibinDeep Cut85points
- DaejeobDeep Cut85points
- DaepotjanDeep Cut85points
- DaktylotonDeep Cut85points
- DalamakDeep Cut85points
- DallahDeep Cut85points
- DapaDeep Cut85points
- DariDeep Cut85points
- DaumenglasDeep Cut85points
- Daun simpurDeep Cut85points
- DaunglanDeep Cut85points
- DaveniyaqonaDeep Cut85points
- Decanter labelDeep Cut85points
- Decanter wagonDeep Cut85points
- Decanting cradleDeep Cut85points
- DechewaerDeep Cut85points
- Deli crockDeep Cut85points
- Deli forkDeep Cut85points
- Demitasse spoonDeep Cut85points
- DemlikDeep Cut85points
- DepasDeep Cut85points
- Dessert wine glassDeep Cut85points
- Dhan-chaDeep Cut85points
- DhiilDeep Cut85points
- Dim sum cartDeep Cut85points
- DingDeep Cut85points
- DinosDeep Cut85points
- Dish crossDeep Cut85points
- Dizi potDeep Cut85points
- DobinDeep Cut85points
- DokiDeep Cut85points
- DolsotDeep Cut85points
- DomboDeep Cut85points
- DonaDeep Cut85points
- DonabeDeep Cut85points
- DonburiDeep Cut85points
- Donut wallDeep Cut85points
- DoongaDeep Cut85points
- DornilloDeep Cut85points
- DosirakDeep Cut85points
- DostokanDeep Cut85points
Why these answers count
Scoring here is driven almost entirely by obscurity, and the reveal makes the gradient unusually clean. The lone hundred-point entry, Penny lick, is a vanished street-trade object that most solvers cannot even picture, so practically nobody reaches it. The great middle tier at eighty-five points is where the contest really sits: 1824 answers, spanning archaeological vessel names, regional drinking glasses, single-ingredient service tools and ceremonial wares, all scoring alike because each is rare enough to surprise yet still a genuine implement. Abalone shell, Absinthe fountain and Asparagus tongs show how wide that band is, since a natural shell, an elaborate bar fixture and a single-purpose pair of tongs land on exactly the same mark. The 390 answers at sixty points are ordinary but still precise words, and only about fifty of the 2265 recorded answers fall below that line, which suggests the plainest everyday terms were largely filtered out before the list was built. Rarity, not usefulness, sets the price.