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Krillion Unlimited #47 (October 17, 2026)

The daily dive from Saturday, October 17, 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 #47
  1. Geography
    Name a country that currently has a monarchy
  2. Animals & Nature
    Name an animal whose name starts with the letter R
  3. Food & Drink
    Name a Caribbean dish
  4. Movies & TV
    Name a character from the TV show The Walking Dead
  5. Music, Sports & Games
    Name a music genre that originated in the United States
  6. Brands & Things
    Name a brand of vacuum cleaner
  7. Words & Knowledge
    Name a word that means "expensive"

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 #47 in numbers

Dive #47 (Saturday, October 17, 2026) accepted 413 different answers across its seven prompts. The widest bank was Name an animal whose name starts with the letter R with 115 answers; the narrowest was Name a Caribbean dish with 39, 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 #47
  • Geography · Name a country that currently has a monarchy (42 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): United Kingdom · Deep Cuts (85): Lesotho, Canada, Australia

    One in a Krillion (100): Eswatini — Africa's last absolute monarchy, renamed from Swaziland to Eswatini in 2018 by royal decree.

  • Animals & Nature · Name an animal whose name starts with the letter R (115 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Rabbit · Deep Cuts (85): Red Deer, Red Squirrel, Red Kangaroo

    One in a Krillion (100): Ratel — The honey badger's official name is 'ratel' — fearless enough to raid beehives and shrug off cobra bites.

  • Food & Drink · Name a Caribbean dish (39 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Jerk Chicken · Deep Cuts (85): Mangu, Diri ak Djon Djon, Oxtail Stew

    One in a Krillion (100): Matoutou de Crabe — In Martinique, the land crabs for matoutou are traditionally caught weeks before Easter and fattened in wooden cages on peppers and coconut before going into the pot.

  • Movies & TV · Name a character from the TV show The Walking Dead (81 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Rick Grimes · Deep Cuts (85): Dr. Edwin Jenner, T-Dog, Dale Horvath

    One in a Krillion (100): Eastman — He appears in exactly one episode, teaches Morgan Aikido and a bit of Buddhist philosophy in a cabin, then quietly sets up the whole show's most redemptive character arc.

  • Music, Sports & Games · Name a music genre that originated in the United States (46 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Jazz · Deep Cuts (85): Cajun Music, Tejano, Boogie-woogie

    One in a Krillion (100): Go-Go — In 2020, Washington, D.C. made go-go its official music genre by law.

  • Brands & Things · Name a brand of vacuum cleaner (39 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Dyson · Deep Cuts (85): Panasonic, Philips, Rowenta

    One in a Krillion (100): Vorwerk — Vorwerk's Kobold vacuums are sold door-to-door in Germany by the same company behind the Thermomix.

  • Words & Knowledge · Name a word that means "expensive" (51 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Pricey · Deep Cuts (85): Upmarket, Plush, High-cost

    One in a Krillion (100): Ruinous — Ruinous literally means 'likely to cause ruin' — Georgian-era writers used it for prices steep enough to bankrupt you.

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.