Krillion prompt · October 7, 2026
Name a food you'd grate (kinds of cheese count once)
Krillion accepted 141 answers for this prompt in Dive #84. They’re all below, starting at the trench floor with the gems and rising to the Plankton everyone thinks of first.
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Notes on this prompt
- With 141 accepted answers, this prompt is narrower than a typical Krillion prompt (about 403), so there’s less room to go deep.
- 96 answers (68%) are Deep Cuts and 33 are Rare, while 3 sit at Plankton.
Quick picks
The shortest Rare or deeper answers, easy to type before the timer runs out.
Ice +60 Yam +60 Beet +60
Also accepted elsewhere
The same answer counted for a different prompt in the archive.
Every accepted answer
One in a Krillion
The gem picked for each prompt. Trench floor.
- Cured egg yolk
Salt and sugar turn a yolk into an amber puck for grating.
- Tonka bean
Vanilla-scented seed the FDA has banned from food since 1954.
Deep Cut
Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.
- Almond
- Ambarella
- Amla
- Ash gourd
- Asian pear
- Bambangan
- Bergamot
- Black mangrove propagule
- Bottarga
- Bottle gourd
- Brazil nut
- Bread
- Breadfruit
- Broccoli
- Brussels sprouts
- Buddha's hand
- Burdock
- Calamansi
- Cantaloupe
- Cashew
- Cassava
- Celeriac
- Chayote
- Chestnut
- Chili pepper
- Citron
- Cocoa butter
- Corn
- Cured tuna heart
- Dill pickle
- Ensete
- Fennel
- Foie gras
- Frozen milk
- Galangal
- Grapefruit
- Green banana
- Green mango
- Green papaya
- Guarana
- Hazelnut
- Jaggery
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Jicama
- Kabosu
- Katsuobushi
- Khoa
- Kiwi
- Kohlrabi
- Kombu
- Konjac
- Lard
- Lemongrass
- Lotus root
- Lovage
- Macadamia
- Makrut lime
- Malanga
- Mango ginger
- Maple sugar
- Margarine
- Marzipan
- Mashua
- Moringa root
- Okra
- Palm sugar
- Parsley root
- Pasta dough
- Peanut candy
- Piloncillo
- Pineapple
- Pistachio
- Plantain
- Polynesian arrowroot
- Pomelo
- Quince
- Rangpur
- Rutabaga
- Salsify
- Salt
- Santol
- Shallot
- Skirret
- Sudachi
- Suet
- Tangelo
- Taro
- Tempeh
- Tofu
- Turnip
- Ube
- Walnut
- Water chestnut
- Watermelon rind
- Yamaimo
- Yuzu
Rare
Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.
- Apple
- Beet
- Butter
- Butternut squash
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Cinnamon
- Cucumber
- Daikon
- Eggplant
- Frozen peach
- Frozen watermelon
- Hard-boiled egg
- Horseradish
- Ice
- Lime
- Mandarin
- Mushroom
- Onion
- Orange
- Parsnip
- Pear
- Pumpkin
- Radish
- Red cabbage
- Squash
- Sweet potato
- Tomato
- Truffle
- Turmeric
- Wasabi
- White chocolate
- Yam
Schooler
Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.
- Chocolate
- Coconut
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Lemon
- Nutmeg
- Zucchini
Plankton
The first thing everyone thinks of.
- Carrot
- Cheese
- Potato