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Krillion prompt · September 30, 2026

Name a word for an animal's home (nests and shelters, not habitats like the ocean)

Krillion accepted 177 answers for this prompt in Dive #77. 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 177 accepted answers, this prompt is narrower than a typical Krillion prompt (about 405), so there’s less room to go deep.
  • 95 answers (54%) are Deep Cuts and 49 are Rare, while 10 sit at Plankton.

Quick picks

The shortest Rare or deeper answers, easy to type before the timer runs out.

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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.

+100 · 1
  • Vespiary

    A wasps' nest, from Latin vespa for wasp.

Deep Cut

Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.

+85 · 95
  • Apery
  • Bawn
  • Bear pit
  • Beavery
  • Bee bole
  • Bird park
  • Bivouac
  • Boma
  • Brooder
  • Byke
  • Byre
  • Caddisfly case
  • Cattle post
  • Caviary
  • Cocoonery
  • Couch
  • Crabitat
  • Crawl
  • Deer park
  • Dolphinarium
  • Domatium
  • Duck house
  • Duckery
  • Eggery
  • Egretry
  • Elephant house
  • Farm park
  • Feedlot
  • Form
  • Fortress
  • Froggery
  • Gall
  • Gannetry
  • Gerbilarium
  • Giraffe house
  • Glirarium
  • Goosery
  • Goshala
  • Gullery
  • Hedgehog house
  • Heronry
  • Hibernaculum
  • Hogg house
  • Housebarn
  • Insectarium
  • Kraal
  • Lairage
  • Latibulum
  • Laystall
  • Leaf mine
  • Leaf tent
  • Lerp
  • Lie
  • Lion house
  • Livery yard
  • Loomery
  • Martin house
  • Mews
  • Mousery
  • Nesting platform
  • Nidary
  • Nidus
  • Nocturnal house
  • Oceanarium
  • Paludarium
  • Pelicanry
  • Penguin pool
  • Penguinery
  • Perchery
  • Pheasantry
  • Piggery
  • Pinjrapole
  • Prairie dog town
  • Puffinry
  • Push-up
  • Quailery
  • Rabbitry
  • Rattery
  • Ravenry
  • Redd
  • Riparium
  • Sand martin wall
  • Scrape
  • Serpentarium
  • Silk tent
  • Skep
  • Snailery
  • Swan pit
  • Swannery
  • Ternery
  • Toad abode
  • Tortoise table
  • Turkey house
  • Vaccary
  • Whelping box

Rare

Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.

+60 · 49
  • Animal shelter
  • Ant farm
  • Apiary
  • Barnyard
  • Bat box
  • Butterfly house
  • Cat house
  • Catio
  • Cattery
  • Corral
  • Cowshed
  • Crate
  • Crevice
  • Dairy
  • Dovecote
  • Drey
  • Earth
  • Eyrie
  • Fish farm
  • Fish pond
  • Fold
  • Grotto
  • Hatchery
  • Holt
  • Insect hotel
  • Loft
  • Menagerie
  • Monkey house
  • Mound
  • Owlery
  • Paddock
  • Pet hotel
  • Petting zoo
  • Puppy mill
  • Ranch
  • Reptile house
  • Rookery
  • Run
  • Safari park
  • Sanctuary
  • Sett
  • Shed
  • Stall
  • Stockyard
  • Stud farm
  • Termite mound
  • Terrarium
  • Vivarium
  • Wormery

Schooler

Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.

+30 · 22
  • Anthill
  • Aquarium
  • Aviary
  • Birdhouse
  • Cage
  • Cocoon
  • Farm
  • Fish tank
  • Fishbowl
  • Hole
  • Hollow
  • Hutch
  • Lair
  • Lodge
  • Pen
  • Roost
  • Shell
  • Stable
  • Sty
  • Tunnel
  • Warren
  • Zoo

Plankton

The first thing everyone thinks of.

+10 · 10
  • Barn
  • Burrow
  • Cave
  • Coop
  • Den
  • Doghouse
  • Hive
  • Kennel
  • Nest
  • Web

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