Krillion prompt · October 30, 2026
Name a way to contact someone (methods, not brands/apps)
Krillion accepted 179 answers for this prompt in Dive #107. 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 179 accepted answers, this prompt is narrower than a typical Krillion prompt (about 608), so there’s less room to go deep.
- 120 answers (67%) are Deep Cuts and 45 are Rare, while 4 sit at Plankton.
Quick picks
The shortest Rare or deeper answers, easy to type before the timer runs out.
Fax +60 Memo +60 Note +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.
- Rocket mail
In 1959, a US Navy submarine mailed letters by cruise missile.
Deep Cut
Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.
- Aerial banner
- Aerogram
- Aircraft radio
- Alphorn
- Anonymous message
- Arrow message
- Audio letter
- Balloon message
- Barrel mail
- Bluetooth
- Bugle call
- Building projection
- Bulletin board system
- Bullroarer
- Calendar invite
- Call the operator
- Calling card
- Candle in the window
- Candygram
- CB radio
- Chalk message
- Clap
- Classified ad
- Collect call
- Conch shell
- Conference call
- Contact form
- Cooee
- Dead drop
- Distress signal
- Dive slate
- E-card
- E-invite
- Emergency beacon
- Emergency broadcast
- Flash headlights
- Flyer
- Friend request
- Gong
- Graffiti
- Ground-to-air signal
- Ham radio
- Heliograph
- Hydraulic telegraph
- Invitation
- IRC
- Jumbotron message
- Letter to the editor
- Live chat
- Loudspeaker van
- Marine radio
- Mayday
- Message drop
- Message stick
- Messenger dog
- Missed call
- Newsletter
- Newspaper notice
- Note tied to a rock
- Notice board
- Nudge
- Numbers station
- Nurse call button
- Open letter
- Optical telegraph
- Pan-pan
- Panic button
- Paper airplane
- Party line
- Patient portal message
- Personal ad
- Phone tree
- Pneumatic post
- Pony Express
- Press release
- Prison toilet phone
- Radio dispatch
- Radio shout-out
- Relay service
- Robocall
- Rock the wings
- Rope signals
- Satellite messenger
- Sécurité
- Semaphore
- Serenade
- Serve papers
- Share a post
- Shofar
- Signal fire
- Signal flags
- Signal gun
- Signal mirror
- Singing telegram
- Speaking tube
- Strobe light
- Tag
- Talking drums
- Tank banger
- Tap code
- Telautograph
- Telex
- Three-way call
- Throw a pebble at the window
- Tin can mail
- Torch telegraph
- Town crier
- Train order
- Transponder code 7700
- TTY
- TV appeal
- Underwater telephone
- Usenet post
- V-mail
- Voice chat
- Watchman's rattle
- Welfare check
- Whistled language
- Wigwag
- Wink
Rare
Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.
- AirDrop
- Billboard
- Chat room
- Cold call
- Comment
- Courier
- Fax
- Flare
- Forum post
- Greeting card
- Hold up a sign
- Honk the horn
- In-game chat
- Instant message
- Intercom
- Internet call
- Knock on the door
- Megaphone
- Memo
- Message in a bottle
- Morse code
- Note
- PA announcement
- Poke
- Postcard
- Radio call
- Ring a bell
- Ring the doorbell
- Satellite phone
- Shout
- Signal lamp
- Siren
- Skywriting
- Smoke signals
- SOS
- Tap on the shoulder
- Telegram
- Tin-can telephone
- Video message
- Voice note
- Wave
- Whisper
- Whistle
- Word of mouth
- Yodelling
Schooler
Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.
- Carrier pigeon
- Direct message
- Group chat
- Pager
- Social media post
- Video call
- Visit in person
- Voicemail
- Walkie-talkie
Plankton
The first thing everyone thinks of.
- Letter
- Phone call
- Text message
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