Krillion prompt · October 30, 2026
Name something used to grip or pick things up
Krillion accepted 1,388 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 1,388 accepted answers, this prompt is about 2.3 times wider than a typical Krillion prompt (about 608).
- 1,270 answers (91%) are Deep Cuts and 91 are Rare, while 3 sit at Plankton.
Quick picks
The shortest Rare or deeper answers, easy to type before the timer runs out.
Jaw +60 Net +60 Beak +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.
- Claw of Archimedes
Archimedes built it to hoist Roman warships and capsize them at Syracuse.
Deep Cut
Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.
- Acland clamp
- Acoustic tweezers
- Adaptive utensils
- Adhesive pads (plant)
- Adson forceps
- Aerial roots
- Ah-So
- Air jack
- All-terrain crane
- Alligator forceps
- Allis clamp
- Amphibious excavator
- Anchor
- Aneurysm clip
- Angle vise
- Angular gripper
- Anti-slip gloves
- Aortic cross-clamp
- Aquarium net
- Aquascaping tweezers
- Arcade digger
- Arrow puller
- Articulating paper forceps
- Ascender
- Ash shovel
- Ash vacuum
- Asparagus tongs
- Assisted-braking belay device
- Assistive robotic arm
- Autoclave gloves
- Automated side loader
- Automated storage and retrieval system
- Avocado tool
- Aye-aye finger
- Babcock forceps
- Baby spoon
- Backhaus towel clamp
- Backpack vacuum
- Bacon tongs
- Badge clip
- Bainbridge clamp
- Bait pump
- Bait scoop
- Bale fork
- Bale grab
- Bale spear
- Bale wagon
- Ball hopper
- Bamboo tweezers
- Band clamp
- Band removing pliers
- Bandage clips
- Bar clamp
- Bar magnet
- Bar spoon
- Barbecue fork
- Barbell collar
- Barton forceps
- Baseball rubbing mud
- Basin wrench
- Bat grip
- Bath lift
- Bath toy scoop
- Battery carrier
- Battery clamp
- Battery pliers
- Battery terminal puller
- Batting gloves
- Bayonet dental forceps
- Bayonet forceps
- Beach cleaner
- Bead scoop
- Bead spinner
- Beaker clamp
- Beaker tongs
- Beam clamp
- Bearing puller
- Bec de corbin forceps
- Belay gloves
- Bench dog
- Bench scraper
- Bending pliers
- Bent-nose pliers
- Bernoulli gripper
- Berry rake
- Berry spoon
- Bib clip
- Bin lifter
- Bin-picking robot
- Binder clip
- Bingo wand
- Biopsy forceps
- Bipolar forceps
- Bird beak pliers
- Bishop-Harmon forceps
- Bit holder
- Blacksmith tongs
- Bladderwort
- Blakesley forceps
- Block and tackle
- Block lifter
- Block-setting crane
- Boat hook
- Bobby pin
- Bolas
- Bolt extractor socket
- Bolt tongs
- Bomb disposal robot
- Bonbon spoon
- Bone hook
- Bone reduction forceps
- Bone-holding forceps
- Bonn forceps
- Bonney myomectomy clamp
- Bonney tissue forceps
- Boot hooks
- Boot jack
- Bottle jack
- Bottle tongs
- Bouillon spoon
- Boule lifter
- Bowling finger inserts
- Box spanner
- Box-end wrench
- Box-jaw tongs
- Bracket holder
- Brake spring pliers
- Branch hook
- Bread clip
- Bread fork
- Bread tongs
- Breaker-Grozier pliers
- Brick tongs
- Brown-Adson forceps
- Brush grubber
- Bucket chain excavator
- Bucket-wheel excavator
- Buckrake
- Bug vacuum
- Built-up handle
- Bull holder
- Bull staff
- Bulldog clamp
- Bulldog clip
- Burette clamp
- Burrs
- Butterfly clip
- Butterfly net
- Button hook
- Byssus
- C-clamp
- C-hook
- Cabinet jack
- Cable clamp
- Cable clip
- Cable crane
- Cable grip
- Cable puller
- Caddy spoon
- Cadiere forceps
- Cake lifter
- Cake server
- Calf catcher
- Calving jack
- Cam clamp
- Cam cleat
- Camming device
- Candy scoop
- Canister vacuum
- Cant hook
- Canvas pliers
- Capo
- Capstan
- Car lift
- Cargo hook
- Carmalt forceps
- Carpet cleaner
- Carpet sweeper
- Carry-deck crane
- Cartesian robot
- Cartridge puller
- Carver's vise
- Carving fork
- Cast net
- Castroviejo forceps
- Castroviejo needle holder
- Cat grasper
- Catch pole
- Catcher's mitt
- Catheter forceps
- Caviar fork
- Caviar spoon
- Ceiling lift
- Central vacuum
- Ceramic-tip tweezers
- Cesta
- Chain clamp
- Chain hoist
- Chain sling
- Chain whip
- Chain wrench
- Chain-nose pliers
- Chalazion clamp
- Charcoal tongs
- Cheatle forceps
- Cheese fork
- Chelicerae
- Cherry picker
- Chicken catcher
- Chimta
- Chinese spoon
- Chip fork
- Chocolate dipping fork
- Chork
- Chuck
- Chutney spoon
- Cilia forceps
- Circuit board holder
- Clam gun
- Clam rake
- Clamp holder
- Clamp truck
- Clamp-on vise
- Clamshell bucket
- Claspers (insect)
- Claw hammer
- Claw pickup tool
- Cleaning gel
- Cleco
- Climbing crane
- Climbing hooks
- Clip applier
- Clip hanger
- Clip pliers
- Clipboard
- CNC tool holder
- Cobot
- Coffee scoop
- Coffee spoon
- Coil tongs
- Coin tweezers
- Cold meat fork
- Colibri forceps
- Collet
- Colloblasts
- Colony picker
- Combination wrench
- Come-along
- Compact track loader
- Compact wheel loader
- Compost fork
- Condenser clamp
- Cone wrench
- Contact lens remover
- Contact lens tweezers
- Container crane
- Container handler
- Container spreader
- Cookie scoop
- Cookie spatula
- Cooking chopsticks
- Cooley clamp
- Cork retriever
- Corkscrew
- Corn picker
- Corn tongs
- Cornish shovel
- Cotter pin pliers
- Cotter pin puller
- Cotton picker
- Cotton pliers
- Cover slip forceps
- Cowhorn forceps
- Crab fork
- Crab net
- Crab tongs
- Crane fork
- Crane hook
- Crane tank locomotive
- Crawler crane
- Crawler loader
- Cream soup spoon
- Crile forceps
- Crile-Wood needle holder
- Crowfoot wrench
- Crucible tongs
- Crumb sweeper
- Crutchfield tongs
- Cryo tongs
- Cryogenic gripper
- Crystal lift
- Curtain clips
- Curved tweezers
- Cushing forceps
- Cut-and-hold pruner
- Cutlery
- Cycling gloves
- Dandy forceps
- Dart grip wax
- Davit
- DeBakey clamp
- DeBakey forceps
- Deck crane
- Deep socket
- Delta robot
- Demitasse spoon
- Demolition grapple
- Dent puller
- Dental forceps
- Dental key
- Dental pelican
- Depalletizer
- Derrick
- Deshedding glove
- Desoldering pump
- Dessert fork
- Dessert spoon
- Devil's claw
- Dewclaw
- Diamond painting pen
- Die pick-up collet
- Die stock
- Digger derrick
- Dip net
- Disc retriever
- Disher
- Dissecting forceps
- Door lifter
- Doorknob grip
- Dovetail clamp
- Doyen intestinal clamp
- Dragline
- Drain claw
- Drain hair remover
- Drain snake
- Dredger
- Dressing forceps
- Dressing stick
- Drift net
- Drill pipe elevator
- Drill pipe slips
- Drill press vise
- Driving gloves
- Drum lifter
- Drywall lift
- Duckbill clip
- Duckbill pliers
- Dust collector
- Dust extractor
- Duval forceps
- Dycem grip mat
- Ear forceps
- Ear hair forceps
- Ear spoon
- Earwax removal tweezers
- Edge clamp
- Edible spoon
- Eel tongs
- Egg lifter
- Egg separator
- Egg spoon
- Egg tongs
- Electroadhesive gripper
- Electrode holder
- Electronics tweezers
- Electrostatic tweezers
- Embroidery hoop
- End effector
- Endodontic locking pliers
- Endoscopic snare
- Engine hoist
- Epilator
- Escargot tongs
- Evidence tweezers
- Excavator thumb
- Extension clamp
- Eye forceps
- Eye magnet
- Eyelash extension tweezers
- F-clamp
- Fahnestock clip
- False eyelash applicator
- Farrier's shoe pullers
- Feeding robot
- Feeding tongs
- Feller buncher
- Fencing pliers
- Ferris Smith forceps
- Field ration eating device
- Fin Ray gripper
- Finger chopsticks
- Finger cot
- Finger moistener
- Finger tape
- Finger tongs
- Fingerprint lifting tape
- Fire gloves
- First baseman's mitt
- Fish bone tweezers
- Fish fork
- Fish gripper
- Fish spatula
- Fish tailer
- Fish tape
- Fishing gloves
- Fishing magnet
- Fishing pliers
- Fishing tap
- Flask clamp
- Flask tongs
- Flat tweezers
- Flat-jaw tongs
- Flat-nose pliers
- Flat-top tower crane
- Flatbed tow truck
- Flesh hook
- Flexor muscles
- Floating crane
- Floor jack
- Floor scrubber
- Floor sweeper
- Flooring clamp
- Flour scoop
- Fly-tying tweezers
- Fly-tying vise
- Fogarty catheter
- Fogarty clamp
- Fondue fork
- Forcipules
- Foreign body forceps
- Forestry harvester
- Forkchops
- Forklift drum attachment
- Forwarder
- Four-jaw chuck
- Four-prong holder
- Frame grip
- French fry scoop
- French fry tongs
- Front loader
- Fruit fork
- Fruit picker
- Fruit-picking robot
- Furniture lifter
- Fuse puller
- Fyke net
- Gaff
- Gallbladder forceps
- Game hoist
- Gantry crane
- Garage storage hoist
- Garden fork
- Gardner-Wells tongs
- Gear puller
- Gecko feet
- Gecko gripper
- Gelato spade
- Gerald forceps
- Gill net
- Gillies forceps
- Gin pole
- Gin wheel
- Glass running pliers
- Glassblowing blowpipe
- Glassblowing tweezers
- Glaze tongs
- Glazing pliers
- Glover clamp
- Goalie catching glove
- Golf ball pickup
- Golf glove
- Golf grip
- Goliath crane
- Gomco clamp
- Gooseneck snare
- Grab crane
- Grab sampler
- Grapefruit spoon
- Grapple
- Grapple bucket
- Grapple saw
- Grapple skidder
- Grapple truck
- Gravel vacuum
- Gravy ladle
- Greyhound forceps
- Grill basket
- Grill gloves
- Grill grate lifter
- Grill spatula
- Grip pads
- Grip spray
- Gripping aid
- Ground clamp
- Gumbo spoon
- Gutta-percha retrieval file
- Gutter cleaning tongs
- Gutter scoop
- Gutter vacuum
- Gymnastics grips
Rare
Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.
- Adjustable wrench
- Alligator clip
- Backhoe
- Baseball glove
- Beak
- Chalk
- Chelae
- Chip clip
- Claw clip
- Clip
- Clothespin
- Corn holders
- Dog ball launcher
- Dog poop bag
- Dustpan
- Electromagnet
- Electrostatic duster
- Excavator
- Eyebrow tweezers
- Fingernails
- Fireplace tongs
- Fish hook
- Fishing net
- Forceps
- Garbage truck
- Gardening gloves
- Goalkeeper gloves
- Golf ball retriever
- Grappling hook
- Grill tongs
- Grip tape
- Hair clip
- Handheld vacuum
- Hook-and-loop
- Ice cream scoop
- Ice tongs
- Jack
- Jar gripper
- Jar opener
- Jaw
- Ladle
- Lasso
- Lifting magnet
- Lifting straps
- Lint roller
- Lips
- Litter scoop
- Locking pliers
- Magnet
- Needle-nose pliers
- Net
- Paper clip
- Paws
- Pencil grip
- Phone grip
- Pincers
- Pipette
- Pitchfork
- Pooper scooper
- Pot holder
- Prehensile tail
- Prosthetic arm
- Prosthetic hand
- Pulley
- Receiver gloves
- Robot hand
- Robot vacuum
- Robotic arm
- Robotic gripper
- Salad tongs
- Skewer
- Snow shovel
- Spade
- Spork
- Sticky hand
- Sticky tongue
- Suckers
- Suction cup
- Suction phone mount
- Syringe
- Talons
- Tape
- Teeth
- Tentacles
- Tongue
- Toothpick
- Tow truck
- Trowel
- Trunk
- Vacuum cleaner
- Vise
Schooler
Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.
- Arms
- Chopsticks
- Clamp
- Claw machine
- Claws
- Crane
- Feet
- Fingers
- Fork
- Forklift
- Grabber
- Hook
- Mouth
- Oven mitt
- Pliers
- Scoop
- Shovel
- Spatula
- Spoon
- Thumb
- Toes
- Work gloves
- Wrench
Plankton
The first thing everyone thinks of.
- Hands
- Tongs
- Tweezers
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