Krillion is a free daily browser game at krillion.io. Everyone gets the same seven open prompts each day, any valid answer counts, and rarer answers score more points, taking you deeper on a dive down to 7,000 metres.

How many points is each Krillion tier worth?

One in a Krillion 100, Deep Cut 85, Rare 60, Schooler 30, Too Clever 15, Plankton 10. Every point takes you 10 metres deeper.

What does 15 points mean in Krillion?

15 points means your answer landed in the Too Clever tier: an “obscure” pick that isn’t actually that obscure. It’s only 5 points more than Plankton, the tier for the most obvious answers.

Which Krillion tier is the most common?

Deep Cut, by a wide margin: 94% of the 997,403 accepted answers in our archive of 46 dives.

Is One in a Krillion always the rarest answer?

No. According to the game’s FAQ, past a certain depth the gem is also picked for how satisfying it is to land on, so some Deep Cuts can be rarer.

When does the Krillion answer sheet change?

A new dive starts every day at midnight New York time (04:00 UTC in summer, 05:00 UTC in winter). This site picks up the new sheet within minutes.

Where do the answers come from?

From the answer sheet the game itself publishes for the current day. We save a copy each day, so older dives stay free to read here, while the game itself keeps past dives behind a paid unlock.

Why is my answer not listed?

The sheet only contains answers the game accepts. If a fair answer is missing, it was most likely left out of the official set. Our checker also tries simple spelling variants such as plurals.

Is this the official Krillion site?

No. krillion.wiki is a fan-made companion. The game lives at krillion.io.

How it works

How to play Krillion

The obvious answer sinks you least.

Last revised October 4, 2026

What is Krillion?

Krillion is a free daily word game you play in the browser. Everyone gets the same seven open prompts, and instead of hunting for the one right answer you try to name a valid answer that few other players would think of. The rarer it is, the deeper you dive. It launched in July 2026 at krillion.io, made by a solo developer (more on who made Krillion), with a new dive every day.

How a dive works

Krillion gives everyone the same seven prompts each day, like “Name a laptop brand”. You get a few seconds per prompt. Any valid answer counts, but the less common it is, the more points it earns.

Every point takes you 10 metres down. Land the gem on all seven prompts and you score 700, which puts you on the trench floor at 7,000 m. Seven Rare answers make 420 points (4,200 m), and seven Plankton answers make 70 (700 m).

The six tiers

Numbers from 46 archived dives (Krillion #75 to #120), updated November 12, 2026.

Krillion sorts every accepted answer into one of six tiers. The rarer the tier, the more points it scores. Here’s what each tier means, with real numbers from the 997,403 answers in our archive.

Tier	Points	Depth	Share of answers	Typical per prompt
One in a Krillion	+100	1,000 m	0.042%	1
Deep Cut	+85	850 m	94%	648
Rare	+60	600 m	5%	77
Schooler	+30	300 m	0.9%	19
Too Clever	+15	150 m	0.001%	0 (7 in total)
Plankton	+10	100 m	0.2%	5

“Typical per prompt” is the median: half of all prompts have more answers in that tier, half have fewer. We use it instead of an average because a few prompts accept tens of thousands of answers.

One in a Krillion +100

The gem: the answer the game picks as the prize for each prompt. Every prompt in the archive has 0 to 3 of them, 417 gems across 322 prompts, and each comes with a one-line fact from the game.

The gem isn’t always the rarest answer. According to Krillion’s FAQ, past a certain depth rarity gets hard to tell apart, so the gem is also chosen for how satisfying it is to land on.

Dotto for Name a TV game show · #120 In 1958 it became the first game show proven rigged.
Takahe for Name a one-word animal that starts with T · #119 Presumed extinct after 1898, it was rediscovered in New Zealand in 1948.
Pinwheel for Name a Disney Channel, Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network show · #118 It premiered in 1977 on an Ohio cable system before Nickelodeon existed.

Deep Cut +85

Real obscurity, and by far the biggest tier: 94% of every answer in the archive. A typical prompt has about 648 Deep Cuts, but the biggest had 100,165. When a prompt accepts thousands of answers, nearly all of them land here.

Ain for Name something you can see in the sky (no living or manmade things) · #120
Tai for Name a one-word animal that starts with T · #119
Bia for Name a Disney Channel, Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network show · #118

Rare +60

Genuinely uncommon answers: 5% of the archive, about 77 on a typical prompt. Rare is often the most practical target, because these are still words you can recall and type in a few seconds. The quick picks on every dive page are drawn mostly from this tier.

Leo for Name something you can see in the sky (no living or manmade things) · #120
Tit for Name a one-word animal that starts with T · #119
Zen for Name a branch or denomination of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, or Buddhism · #118

Schooler +30

Solid answers that swim with the crowd: 0.9% of the archive, about 19 on a typical prompt. You’re clearly on topic, just not alone.

Fog for Name something you can see in the sky (no living or manmade things) · #120
Sex for Name a bodily function or biological process (like breathing) · #119
Red for Name a song by Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Olivia Rodrigo, or Sabrina Carpenter. · #118

Too Clever +15

If you scored 15 points on a prompt, your answer was Too Clever. Krillion’s FAQ sums it up as “the go-to ‘obscure’ pick that isn’t actually that obscure.” It’s the answer you reach for when you’re trying to be clever, and it scores only 5 points more than Plankton.

It’s also the rarest label on the published answer sheets: 7 answers out of 997,403 in our archive. So far that’s Haystack for Name something that has a needle (Krillion #119): the kind of answer that feels inspired, which is exactly what the tier warns about.

To steer clear of it, go for the specific rather than the surprising: a named variety, a regional word or a technical term usually lands deeper than a punchline.

Plankton +10

The first answers everyone thinks of. There are only 1,991 in the whole archive, about 5 on a typical prompt, so a handful of obvious answers is all it takes to fill this tier.

Sun for Name something you can see in the sky (no living or manmade things) · #120
Sun for Name a named object in space that's bigger than Earth's Moon (like Jupiter) · #119
Rose for Name a flower that naturally blooms blue, purple, or red · #118

Getting deeper

Skip your first thought. It is almost always Plankton, because it is everyone else’s first thought too.
Watch out for the second thought. The “clever” pick that feels obscure is often Too Clever, and scores barely more than Plankton. Every Too Clever answer so far shows what to avoid.
Go specific. A named variety, a regional word or a technical term tends to land in Rare or Deep Cut.
Stay valid. A wrong answer scores nothing, so a safe Deep Cut beats a risky guess.

Want to practise? Every daily dive has a guess box on each prompt that tells you which tier a word lands in. For the numbers behind a high score, see are there Krillion cheats?, and every term is defined in the Krillion glossary.

Questions

What is Krillion?: Krillion is a free daily browser game at krillion.io. Everyone gets the same seven open prompts each day, any valid answer counts, and rarer answers score more points, taking you deeper on a dive down to 7,000 metres.
How many points is each Krillion tier worth?: One in a Krillion 100, Deep Cut 85, Rare 60, Schooler 30, Too Clever 15, Plankton 10. Every point takes you 10 metres deeper.
What does 15 points mean in Krillion?: 15 points means your answer landed in the Too Clever tier: an “obscure” pick that isn’t actually that obscure. It’s only 5 points more than Plankton, the tier for the most obvious answers.
What does Too Clever mean in Krillion?: Krillion’s FAQ describes Too Clever as “the go-to ‘obscure’ pick that isn’t actually that obscure.” It scores 15 points, only 5 more than Plankton.
Which Krillion tier is the most common?: Deep Cut, by a wide margin: 94% of the 997,403 accepted answers in our archive of 46 dives.
Is One in a Krillion always the rarest answer?: No. According to the game’s FAQ, past a certain depth the gem is also picked for how satisfying it is to land on, so some Deep Cuts can be rarer.
When does the Krillion answer sheet change?: A new dive starts every day at midnight New York time (04:00 UTC in summer, 05:00 UTC in winter). This site picks up the new sheet within minutes.
Where do the answers come from?: From the answer sheet the game itself publishes for the current day. We save a copy each day, so older dives stay free to read here, while the game itself keeps past dives behind a paid unlock.
Why is my answer not listed?: The sheet only contains answers the game accepts. If a fair answer is missing, it was most likely left out of the official set. Our checker also tries simple spelling variants such as plurals.
Is this the official Krillion site?: No. krillion.wiki is a fan-made companion. The game lives at krillion.io.