Krillion Recorded answers
287 recorded answers
How to approach it
Treat the prompt as a tour of the home rather than a word-association test. Walk through each room in your head and ask one question at every stop: what does this thing collect, and who clears it out? Kitchens, bathrooms, laundry corners, garages, balconies and pet areas all hold devices with a hidden collection chamber. Then stretch the idea of home to include digital space, because folders and inboxes fill and get cleared too. With a rough list in hand, sort by how often the clearing genuinely happens; anything annual or one-off drops away. Finally, prefer the specific over the generic: a named fixture with an obvious emptying ritual beats a broad category every time. Aim for a dozen candidates before you commit to one.
Get a hint
Begin with the chores that come back on a schedule: cleaning, maintenance, pet care, personal care and digital housekeeping all depend on a container that has to be cleared before it works again.
A little more
Walk room by room and ask what each device or fixture is collecting, whether water, dust, debris, condensation or stale data. Every collection point implies somebody has to empty it sooner or later.
One step further
Get concrete about mechanism and rhythm: look for objects with a lid, a filter, a chamber or a chute that you clear weekly or monthly. The more specific and domestic the object sounds, the stronger it usually scores.
Reveal answers 287
- Recycle Bin (computer)Rare60points
- Robot vacuumRare60points
- Septic tankRare60points
- Shopping bagsRare60points
- Shower hair catcherRare60points
- Sink strainerRare60points
- Soap dispenserRare60points
- Spam folderRare60points
- StomachRare60points
- SuitcaseRare60points
- Swear jarRare60points
- Swimming poolRare60points
- TeapotRare60points
- Toaster crumb trayRare60points
- Toaster ovenRare60points
- Trash compactorRare60points
- WalletRare60points
- Water bottleRare60points
- Water filter pitcherRare60points
- Wood stoveRare60points
- Yard waste binRare60points
- BowelsSchooler30points
- Coffee makerSchooler30points
- Compost binSchooler30points
- DehumidifierSchooler30points
- DryerSchooler30points
- Laundry hamperSchooler30points
- MailboxSchooler30points
- PocketsSchooler30points
- RefrigeratorSchooler30points
- SinkSchooler30points
- Vacuum cleanerSchooler30points
- Washing machineSchooler30points
- DishwasherPlankton10points
- Litter boxPlankton10points
- Recycling binPlankton10points
- Trash canPlankton10points
Why these answers count
The points cluster into three very different bands. The great majority of recognized answers sit at 85, and they share a profile: specific household hardware with an obvious emptying ritual, such as a dishwasher filter, a contact lens case, a coffee grinder or a bird bath. These are things people genuinely maintain but rarely mention out loud, so they feel earned without being obvious. A single entry reaches 100, spittoon, which wins purely on surprise: antique, memorable and almost never offered, so whoever says it collects the whole prize. Below that lies the 60 band, where broader and more predictable choices gather and every player crowds onto the same few ideas. The lesson is that rarity, not effort, moves the score. A named component with a visible job reads as legitimate; a vague category reads as a guess. So when two candidates are equally true, choose the one a guest would ask you to explain, because that is usually the one fewer people thought of.