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Krillion Unlimited #49 (October 19, 2026)

The daily dive from Monday, October 19, 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 #49
  1. Geography
    Name a country that spans three or more time zones
  2. Animals & Nature
    Name an animal whose name starts with the letter H
  3. Food & Drink
    Name a Filipino dish
  4. Movies & TV
    Name a character from a Pixar movie
  5. Music, Sports & Games
    Name an NBA team
  6. Brands & Things
    Name a brand of motorcycle
  7. Words & Knowledge
    Name a word that means "to begin"

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 #49 in numbers

Dive #49 (Monday, October 19, 2026) accepted 487 different answers across its seven prompts. The widest bank was Name a character from a Pixar movie with 166 answers; the narrowest was Name a country that spans three or more time zones with 12, 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 #49
  • Geography · Name a country that spans three or more time zones (12 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Russia · Deep Cuts (85): New Zealand, Denmark

    One in a Krillion (100): Kiribati — Kiribati redrew its own time zone map in 1995 just so it could become the first country on Earth to greet each new day.

  • Animals & Nature · Name an animal whose name starts with the letter H (118 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Horse · Deep Cuts (85): Hyrax, Hartebeest, Hog Badger

    One in a Krillion (100): Honduran White Bat — It's a snow-white bat the size of a golf ball that cuts Heliconia leaves into little tents to sleep under.

  • Food & Drink · Name a Filipino dish (52 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Adobo · Deep Cuts (85): Sinangag, Champorado, Puto

    One in a Krillion (100): Betamax — Grilled cubes of coagulated pig or chicken blood on a stick, nicknamed 'Betamax' because they're shaped like the old videotape cassettes.

  • Movies & TV · Name a character from a Pixar movie (166 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Woody · Deep Cuts (85): Rex, Slinky Dog, Mr. Potato Head

    One in a Krillion (100): Abominable Snowman — Monsters, Inc.'s terrifying Abominable Snowman just wants to be called the Adorable Snowman and spends his exile in the mountains making snow cones.

  • Music, Sports & Games · Name an NBA team (30 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Los Angeles Lakers · Deep Cuts (85): Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards

    One in a Krillion (100): Charlotte Hornets — The Charlotte Hornets' name moved to New Orleans in 2002, then in 2014 the Charlotte Bobcats legally renamed themselves back to 'Hornets' and reclaimed the original team's whole history.

  • Brands & Things · Name a brand of motorcycle (46 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Harley-Davidson · Deep Cuts (85): Benelli, Beta, GasGas

    One in a Krillion (100): Brough Superior — T. E. Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia,' died in a 1935 crash while riding his own Brough Superior.

  • Words & Knowledge · Name a word that means "to begin" (63 accepted answers)

    Safe answer (Plankton, 10): Start · Deep Cuts (85): Set Out, Set Off, Set In Motion

    One in a Krillion (100): Auspicate — Ancient Roman officials wouldn't begin any major venture without first reading omens in the flight of birds — that ritual was 'taking the auspices,' and to 'auspicate' meant launching something under their blessing.

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.