Archive · Dive #9
Krillion Unlimited #9 (September 9, 2026)
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Preview the seven prompts of #9
- Geography
Name a country in the Caribbean - Animals & Nature
Name an animal that hibernates - Food & Drink
Name a dessert from a European country - Movies & TV
Name a horror movie - Music, Sports & Games
Name a classic arcade game - Brands & Things
Name a hotel chain - Words & Knowledge
Name a word that means "beautiful"
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 #9 in numbers
Dive #9 (Wednesday, September 9, 2026) accepted 605 different answers across its seven prompts. The widest bank was Name a horror movie with 168 answers; the narrowest was Name a country in the Caribbean with 13, 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 #9
Geography · Name a country in the Caribbean (13 accepted answers)
Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Jamaica
One in a Krillion (100): Saint Kitts and Nevis — It's the smallest sovereign country in the Americas — smaller than most US counties.
Animals & Nature · Name an animal that hibernates (51 accepted answers)
Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Bear · Deep Cuts (85): Hamster, Jerboa, Echidna
One in a Krillion (100): Common Poorwill — The common poorwill is the only bird confirmed to go into true hibernation, tucking into rock crevices for weeks — the Hopi call it 'the sleeping one.'
Food & Drink · Name a dessert from a European country (89 accepted answers)
Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Tiramisu · Deep Cuts (85): Madeleine, Mille-feuille, Soufflé
One in a Krillion (100): Kremówka — This Polish vanilla cream slice is nicknamed the 'Papal Cake' because a young Karol Wojtyła — later Pope John Paul II — reportedly loved it in his hometown of Wadowice.
Movies & TV · Name a horror movie (168 accepted answers)
Safe answer (Plankton, 10): The Exorcist · Deep Cuts (85): Nosferatu, Dracula, Frankenstein
One in a Krillion (100): Deathdream — It's a Vietnam-War zombie horror directed by Bob Clark — who later went on to direct the beloved Christmas classic A Christmas Story.
Music, Sports & Games · Name a classic arcade game (60 accepted answers)
Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Pac-Man · Deep Cuts (85): Pole Position, Time Pilot, Sinistar
One in a Krillion (100): Computer Space — Released in 1971, it was the world's first commercially sold arcade video game, made a full year before its creators built Pong.
Brands & Things · Name a hotel chain (105 accepted answers)
Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Hilton · Deep Cuts (85): W Hotels, St. Regis, JW Marriott
One in a Krillion (100): Wigwam Village Motels — This 1930s-40s roadside chain rented out rooms shaped like giant concrete teepees, and a few — like the ones in Cave City, Kentucky and Holbrook, Arizona — still take guests on old Route 66 today.
Words & Knowledge · Name a word that means "beautiful" (119 accepted answers)
Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Pretty · Deep Cuts (85): Beauteous, Winsome, Bonny
One in a Krillion (100): Pulchritudinous — It's the dictionary's biggest joke: the fancy formal word for 'beautiful' sounds like one of the ugliest words in English.
Tiers are editorial estimates, not player statistics — how they are assigned is on the scoring page. Think an answer is missing or mis-tiered? Tell us.