Krillion prompt · October 27, 2026
Name a type of ball outside of sports
Krillion accepted 357 answers for this prompt in Dive #104. They’re all below, starting at the trench floor with the gem and rising to the Plankton everyone thinks of first.
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Notes on this prompt
- With 357 accepted answers, this prompt is narrower than a typical Krillion prompt (about 598), so there’s less room to go deep.
- 236 answers (66%) are Deep Cuts and 88 are Rare, while 5 sit at Plankton.
Quick picks
The shortest Rare or deeper answers, easy to type before the timer runs out.
Cat ball +60 Dog ball +60 Gag ball +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.
- Time ball
Greenwich's time ball, installed in 1833, still drops at 1 p.m.
Deep Cut
Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.
- Activity ball
- Aniseed ball
- Antenna ball
- Bachelor and spinster ball
- Bagatelle ball
- Bait ball
- Bal blanc
- Ball burnisher
- Ball lens
- Ball lightning
- Ball of the hip
- Ball of the shoulder
- Ball of the thumb
- Ball sinker
- Ballot ball
- Barley ball
- Bead ball
- Beautillion
- Bee ball
- Billy balls
- Bio ball
- Bird toy ball
- Bitterballen
- Black and white ball
- Blooming tea ball
- Blowball
- Booger ball
- Boudin ball
- Bourbon ball
- Brandy ball
- Breathing ball
- Brinell ball
- Bubble ball
- Buckyball
- Bumble Ball
- Butter ball
- Buttonball
- Cassava ball
- Cedar ball
- Check ball
- Chicken rice ball
- Chrome ball
- Circus ball
- Clacker balls
- Coal ball
- Coconut ball
- Codfish ball
- Coffee ball
- Commemoration ball
- Concrete ball
- Confetti ball
- Corona ball
- Coronation ball
- Crab ball
- Cramp ball
- Crawfish ball
- Cuttlefish ball
- Date ball
- Decanter cleaning ball
- DNA nanoball
- Dorodango
- Dosing ball
- Drag ball
- Dung ball
- Earthball
- EM mudball
- Embroidered ball
- Eraser ball
- Fabric softener ball
- Fat ball
- Felt ball
- Fender ball
- Fibre ball
- Finial ball
- Fire extinguisher ball
- Fire pit ball
- Float ball
- Flower ball
- Frac ball
- Freshers' ball
- Gauze ball
- Gazing ball
- Gluten ball
- Grinding ball
- Gyro ball
- Haggis ball
- Ham ball
- Harmony ball
- Hay ball
- Headache ball
- Heelball
- Herbal compress ball
- Hitch ball
- Honey ball
- Honeycomb ball
- Hover ball
- Hundred days ball
- Hunt ball
- Ice cream ball
- Inaugural ball
- Ink ball
- Jacks ball
- Jellicle Ball
- Jolly Ball
- Kibbeh ball
- Kissing ball
- Koosh ball
- Kugel ball
- Kusudama
- Labneh ball
- Laundry bluing ball
- Lava ball
- Lavender ball
- Lentil ball
- Light ball
- Lightning rod ball
- Limescale ball
- Lip balm ball
- Madballs
- Mardi Gras ball
- Marker ball
- Mating ball
- Matura ball
- May Ball
- Maze ball
- Metaball
- Military ball
- Minié ball
- Mint ball
- Mooring ball
- Mozart ball
- Multiplying balls
- Mung bean ball
- Myoball
- Old ones' ball
- Oreo ball
- Pachinko ball
- Paint mixing ball
- Pancake ball
- Paper mache ball
- Party ball
- Peanut ball
- Peanut butter ball
- Pepper ball
- Pet hair remover ball
- Pigging ball
- Pith ball
- Plantain ball
- Plush ball
- Pogo ball
- Poi ball
- Policemen's ball
- Pollen ball
- Pomander ball
- Pool filter ball
- Pork ball
- Prawn ball
- Prism ball
- Puffed rice ball
- Puffer ball
- Punching ball
- Purity ball
- Rag ball
- Ragi ball
- Rattan ball
- Rattle ball
- Reaction ball
- Reef ball
- Reflex ball
- Regency ball
- Remembrall
- Ribbon ball
- Robot ball
- Rollerball
- Rope ball
- Ruby ball
- Sand ball
- Sandy stiltball
- Sauerkraut ball
- Sausage ball
- Scioptic ball
- Scum ball
- Sea ball
- Sewer ball
- Shade ball
- Shower filter ball
- Shrapnel ball
- Signal ball
- Slam ball
- Smash Ball
- Smoke ball
- Smut ball
- Sneaker ball
- Snuffle ball
- Soap ball
- Solder ball
- Soot ball
- Sour ball
- Splash ball
- Splat ball
- Spray ball
- Stink ball
- Stone ball
- Stuffing ball
- Surprise ball
- Sweet potato ball
- Sweetgum ball
- Tamarind ball
- Tank ball
- Tar ball
- Taro ball
- Teething ball
- Temari ball
- Termite ball
- Test ball
- Tofu ball
- Toning ball
- Tooling ball
- Topiary ball
- Treat ball
- Typeball
- Valentine's ball
- Velcro ball
- Viennese ball
- Wall ball
- Water Balz
- Water bouncing ball
- Willow ball
- Winter ball
- Witch ball
- Wonder Ball
- Worm ball
- Yam ball
- Yule Ball
- Zombie ball
- Zoom ball
Rare
Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.
- Ball and chain
- Ball of string
- Ball of the foot
- Ball-peen hammer
- Ballpoint pen ball
- Baoding balls
- Bean bag ball
- Beef ball
- Beer widget
- Bingo ball
- Blender ball
- Bosu ball
- Cake ball
- Cat ball
- Charity ball
- Chicken ball
- Clay ball
- Cookie dough ball
- Costume ball
- Cup and ball
- Debutante ball
- Dog ball
- Dough ball
- Doughnut ball
- Dragon Ball
- Energy ball
- Fidget ball
- Fish ball
- Foam ball
- Foil ball
- Gag ball
- Gel ball
- Glass ball
- Glutinous rice ball
- Hop ball
- Ice ball
- Joint ball
- Kegel balls
- Laundry ball
- Lint ball
- Lottery ball
- Mac and cheese ball
- Magnetic balls
- Malted milk ball
- Masquerade ball
- Matzo ball
- Medicine ball
- Melon ball
- Moss ball
- Mouse ball
- Mozzarella ball
- Mud ball
- Musket ball
- Nerf ball
- Octopus ball
- Paddle ball
- Paper ball
- Pendulum ball
- Piercing ball
- Pilates ball
- Plasma ball
- Pom-pom ball
- Popcorn ball
- Potato ball
- Puffball
- Puzzle ball
- Root ball
- Roulette ball
- Royal ball
- Rum ball
- School ball
- Scrubber ball
- Seed ball
- Sensory ball
- Sesame ball
- Silver ball
- Skee-Ball
- Slime ball
- Sock ball
- Spitball
- Sponge ball
- Tea ball
- Times Square ball
- Toy ball
- Trackball
- Vegetable ball
- Wooden ball
- Zorb ball
Schooler
Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.
- Ball bearing
- Ball of yarn
- Ball pit ball
- Beach ball
- Cannonball
- Cheese ball
- Chocolate ball
- Christmas ball
- Cotton ball
- Crystal ball
- Dryer ball
- Exercise ball
- Eyeball
- Fireball
- Gumball
- Hairball
- Hamster ball
- Juggling ball
- Magic 8 Ball
- Marble
- Mothball
- Pinball
- Poké Ball
- Rice ball
- Rubber band ball
- Tapioca ball
- Wrecking ball
Plankton
The first thing everyone thinks of.
- Bouncy ball
- Disco ball
- Meatball
- Snowball
- Stress ball
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