Name a bird of prey

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25-second pick · +85

Bateleur Deep Cut

8 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 63 accepted answers on the sheet

Don't name the zoo animal a six-year-old would shout first. We would type Bateleur: Deep Cut, +85, 8 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Eagle, Falcon, Hawk, or Owl — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Steller's sea eagle (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Steller's sea eagle +100

Skip Eagle · Falcon · Hawk · Owl

Hints

Hint 1. 63 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 8 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Condor

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Bateleur · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Bateleur Deep Cut 85 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • Bateleur 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Caracara 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Black kite 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Crane hawk 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Elf owl 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Little owl 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Spotted owl 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Tawny owl 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Condor 60 pts
  • Goshawk 60 pts
  • Gyrfalcon 60 pts
  • Hobby 60 pts
  • Kestrel 60 pts
  • Merlin 60 pts
  • Barn owl 60 pts
  • Barred owl 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Eagle 10
  • Falcon 10
  • Hawk 10
  • Owl 10

Public accepted list

Same buckets the game published. We do not re-grade. The pick above is the plan; this block is the record.

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Name a bird of prey

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 31 ● Rare · 14 ● Schooler · 11 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 4
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Steller's sea eagle +100
Deep Cut +85 31 answers — tap to reveal
  • African fish eagle +85
  • Bateleur +85
  • Black kite +85
  • Black vulture +85
  • Burrowing owl +85
  • Caracara +85
  • Cooper's hawk +85
  • Crane hawk +85
  • Crowned eagle +85
  • Egyptian vulture +85
  • Elf owl +85
  • Great gray owl +85
  • Griffon vulture +85
  • Honey buzzard +85
  • King vulture +85
  • Lammergeier +85
  • Lanner falcon +85
  • Laughing falcon +85
  • Little owl +85
  • Long-eared owl +85
  • Martial eagle +85
  • Philippine eagle +85
  • Rough-legged hawk +85
  • Saker falcon +85
  • Sharp-shinned hawk +85
  • Short-eared owl +85
  • Spotted owl +85
  • Swallow-tailed kite +85
  • Tawny owl +85
  • Wedge-tailed eagle +85
  • White-tailed eagle +85
Rare +60 14 answers — tap to reveal
  • Barn owl +60
  • Barred owl +60
  • Condor +60
  • Eagle owl +60
  • Goshawk +60
  • Gyrfalcon +60
  • Harris's hawk +60
  • Hobby +60
  • Kestrel +60
  • Merlin +60
  • Red kite +60
  • Screech owl +60
  • Snowy owl +60
  • Sparrowhawk +60
Schooler +30 11 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bald eagle +30
  • Buzzard +30
  • Golden eagle +30
  • Great horned owl +30
  • Harrier +30
  • Kite +30
  • Osprey +30
  • Peregrine falcon +30
  • Red-tailed hawk +30
  • Turkey vulture +30
  • Vulture +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Harpy eagle +15
  • Secretary bird +15
Plankton +10 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Eagle +10
  • Falcon +10
  • Hawk +10
  • Owl +10