Krillion Answers #16

Friday, July 31, 2026

The 7 prompts from this daily dive, each with a hint. Open "Show answers" for the gem, some rare finds and the most common answers. Want to play them yourself instead? Every past prompt is in the Krillion Unlimited pool.

Krillion #16 prompts and answers

  1. Prompt 1

    Name a strait (a narrow sea passage between two landmasses)

    Hint: 58 accepted answers. The gem starts with “G” and is 2 words.

    Gems

    • Golden Gate
    • Strait of Tartary

    Rare finds

    • Juan de Fuca Strait
    • Strait of Sicily
    • Beagle Channel
    • Tsugaru Strait
    • Bab-el-Mandeb
    • Palk Strait

    Most common

    • Bering Strait
    • Strait of Gibraltar
    • Cook Strait
    • Strait of Florida
    • Bass Strait
    • Torres Strait

  2. Prompt 2

    Name a creature that lives in the deep sea

    Hint: 53 accepted answers. The gem starts with “A” and is 3 words.

    Gems

    • Abyssal sea pig
    • Bristlemouth

    Rare finds

    • Hagfish
    • Rattail fish
    • Brittle star
    • Hydrothermal vent worm
    • Nautilus
    • Lanternfish

    Most common

    • Giant squid
    • Sperm whale
    • Dragonfish
    • Bioluminescent jellyfish
    • Dumbo octopus
    • Barreleye fish

  3. Prompt 3

    Name a variety of chili pepper

    Hint: 50 accepted answers. The gem starts with “A” and is 2 words.

    Gems

    • Aji Cito

    Rare finds

    • New Mexico pepper
    • Mulato pepper
    • Padrón pepper
    • Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
    • Piri piri
    • Pasilla pepper

    Most common

    • Bell pepper
    • Habanero
    • Jalapeño
    • Serrano
    • Chipotle
    • Fresno pepper

  4. Prompt 4

    Name a Pokémon from the original 151

    Hint: 151 accepted answers. The gem starts with “P” and is 1 word.

    Gems

    • Porygon

    Rare finds

    • Kingler
    • Pidgeot
    • Raticate
    • Clefable
    • Graveler
    • Scyther

    Most common

    • Bulbasaur
    • Charizard
    • Charmander
    • Eevee
    • Jigglypuff
    • Pikachu

  5. Prompt 5

    Name a phobia (its formal name, like 'arachnophobia')

    Hint: 71 accepted answers. The gem starts with “V” and is 1 word.

    Gems

    • Venustraphobia

    Rare finds

    • Atychiphobia
    • Thanatophobia
    • Megalophobia
    • Astraphobia
    • Phasmophobia
    • Galeophobia

    Most common

    • Acrophobia
    • Agoraphobia
    • Arachnophobia
    • Claustrophobia
    • Ornithophobia
    • Trypanophobia

  6. Prompt 6

    Name a world chess champion

    Hint: 29 accepted answers. The gem starts with “N” and is 2 words.

    Gems

    • Nona Gaprindashvili

    Rare finds

    • Jose Raul Capablanca
    • Ding Liren
    • Gukesh Dommaraju
    • Alexander Alekhine
    • Wilhelm Steinitz
    • Mikhail Botvinnik

    Most common

    • Magnus Carlsen
    • Vladimir Kramnik
    • Anatoly Karpov
    • Viswanathan Anand
    • Boris Spassky
    • Bobby Fischer

  7. Prompt 7

    Name a famous ship (real or fictional)

    Hint: 87 accepted answers. The gem starts with “C” and is 1 word.

    Gems

    • Caleuche

    Rare finds

    • Calypso
    • Battlestar Galactica
    • Potemkin
    • Endeavour
    • Bounty
    • Yamato

    Most common

    • Titanic
    • Mayflower
    • Black Pearl
    • USS Enterprise
    • Argo
    • Nautilus