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Krillion Unlimited #5 (September 5, 2026)

The daily dive from Saturday, September 5, 2026. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Seven prompts, 25 seconds each. Any correct answer counts — but the rarer it is, the deeper you sink.

Preview the seven prompts of #5
  1. Geography
    Name a US state
  2. Animals & Nature
    Name an insect
  3. Food & Drink
    Name a breakfast food
  4. Movies & TV
    Name a Studio Ghibli movie
  5. Music, Sports & Games
    Name a solo pop singer
  6. Brands & Things
    Name a soft drink brand
  7. Words & Knowledge
    Name a word related to weather

Answers stay hidden until you finish the dive — then every accepted answer and its tier is shown. Spoilers are further down the page, folded.

Krillion #5 in numbers

Dive #5 (Saturday, September 5, 2026) accepted 634 different answers across its seven prompts. The widest bank was Name a solo pop singer with 177 answers; the narrowest was Name a Studio Ghibli movie with 25, which is where a Deep Cut was hardest to find. A perfect dive is 700 points (7,000 m); the safe route of seven Plankton answers reaches 70 points, 700 m, and never leaves the sunlight zone.

Spoilers: the One in a Krillion answer for every prompt of #5

  • Geography · Name a US state (50 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): California · Deep Cuts (85): Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut

    One in a Krillion (100): Wyoming — Wyoming granted women the right to vote in 1869, making it the first place in the entire world to do so.

  • Animals & Nature · Name an insect (144 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Ant · Deep Cuts (85): Damselfly, Mayfly, Stonefly

    One in a Krillion (100): Honeypot Ant — Certain worker ants are turned into living pantries, gorged with nectar until their abdomens balloon up and they hang from the nest ceiling as food storage for the whole colony.

  • Food & Drink · Name a breakfast food (89 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Eggs · Deep Cuts (85): Frittata, Quiche, Huevos Rancheros

    One in a Krillion (100): Kedgeree — Kedgeree—smoked fish, rice, curry powder, and boiled eggs—was a staple Victorian breakfast that Brits adapted from Indian khichari brought home by colonial officers.

  • Movies & TV · Name a Studio Ghibli movie (25 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Spirited Away · Deep Cuts (85): Only Yesterday, My Neighbors the Yamadas, Earwig and the Witch

    One in a Krillion (100): Ocean Waves — Ghibli's founders challenged their own young staff to make it fast and cheap without them — the rookie crew was so inexperienced it blew the schedule anyway.

  • Music, Sports & Games · Name a solo pop singer (177 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Taylor Swift · Deep Cuts (85): Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez

    One in a Krillion (100): Rodriguez — This Detroit singer's albums flopped and he spent decades doing construction work, never knowing he'd become a bigger star than Elvis in South Africa.

  • Brands & Things · Name a soft drink brand (46 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Coca-Cola · Deep Cuts (85): Mirinda, Tizer, Lilt

    One in a Krillion (100): Moxie — Maine's official state soft drink outsold Coca-Cola nationwide in the early 1900s, powered by a bitter gentian-root extract.

  • Words & Knowledge · Name a word related to weather (103 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Rain · Deep Cuts (85): Cold Front, Warm Front, Precipitation

    One in a Krillion (100): Petrichor — Petrichor is the name for the smell of rain hitting dry earth, coined in 1964 from Greek words for 'stone' and 'the blood of gods.'

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