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Krillion Unlimited #42 (October 12, 2026)

The daily dive from Monday, October 12, 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 #42
  1. Geography
    Name a country that is a member of the European Union
  2. Animals & Nature
    Name an animal whose name starts with the letter L
  3. Food & Drink
    Name a Spanish dish
  4. Movies & TV
    Name a movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
  5. Music, Sports & Games
    Name a member of the British royal family
  6. Brands & Things
    Name a brand of ice cream
  7. Words & Knowledge
    Name a word that ends with the letters "-tion"

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 #42 in numbers

Dive #42 (Monday, October 12, 2026) accepted 597 different answers across its seven prompts. The widest bank was Name a word that ends with the letters "-tion" with 274 answers; the narrowest was Name a country that is a member of the European Union with 27, 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 #42
  • Geography · Name a country that is a member of the European Union (27 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Germany · Deep Cuts (85): Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia

    One in a Krillion (100): Malta — Malta is the EU's smallest and least populous member — you could drive the length of the entire country in under an hour.

  • Animals & Nature · Name an animal whose name starts with the letter L (108 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Lion · Deep Cuts (85): Labrador Retriever, Lhasa Apso, Leonberger

    One in a Krillion (100): Leafy Seadragon — Despite looking like drifting seaweed, it's actually a fish closely related to seahorses — its 'leaves' are camouflage, not plant matter.

  • Food & Drink · Name a Spanish dish (35 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Paella · Deep Cuts (85): Pisto, Albondigas, Marmitako

    One in a Krillion (100): Ajoblanco — This white 'gazpacho' of almonds, garlic, and grapes predates the tomato version by centuries — tomatoes didn't even exist in Spain until after Columbus.

  • Movies & TV · Name a movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (38 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Iron Man · Deep Cuts (85): Thor: The Dark World, Eternals, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

    One in a Krillion (100): The Incredible Hulk — Edward Norton's Hulk technically counts as an MCU film, but Marvel recast the role right after and mostly pretends it didn't happen.

  • Music, Sports & Games · Name a member of the British royal family (42 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): King Charles III · Deep Cuts (85): Lady Louise Windsor, James, Earl of Wessex, Prince Michael of Kent

    One in a Krillion (100): Savannah Phillips — The Queen's eldest great-grandchild went viral at a royal wedding for gently clamping her hand over Prince George's mouth to quiet him down.

  • Brands & Things · Name a brand of ice cream (73 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Ben & Jerry's · Deep Cuts (85): Blue Bunny, Yasso, Enlightened

    One in a Krillion (100): Bassetts Ice Cream — It's America's oldest ice cream company, still scooping the same recipes from a stall in Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market since 1861.

  • Words & Knowledge · Name a word that ends with the letters "-tion" (274 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Nation · Deep Cuts (85): Situation, Population, Foundation

    One in a Krillion (100): Floccinaucinihilipilification — Dictionaries cite it as one of the longest non-technical words in English, and all it means is judging something to be worthless.

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.