Name a creature that lives in the deep sea

Last seen Dive #16. 53 accepted answers on the published sheet.

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Hints

Hint 1. 53 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 8 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Coelacanth

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Chimaera · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Chimaera 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

  • Chimaera 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Lancetfish 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Snailfish 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Spookfish 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Whalefish 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Sea spider 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Tripod fish 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Yeti crab 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Coelacanth 60 pts
  • Hagfish 60 pts
  • Isopod 60 pts
  • Krill 60 pts
  • Monkfish 60 pts
  • Nautilus 60 pts
  • Oarfish 60 pts
  • Snipe eel 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Giant squid 10

All accepted answers

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a creature that lives in the deep sea

● One in a Krillion · 2 ● Deep Cut · 20 ● Rare · 19 ● Schooler · 10 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 1
One in a Krillion +100 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Abyssal sea pig +100
  • Bristlemouth +100
Deep Cut +85 20 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bigfin squid +85
  • Black swallower +85
  • Chilean sea bass +85
  • Chimaera +85
  • Cookiecutter shark +85
  • Firefly squid +85
  • Footballfish +85
  • Lancetfish +85
  • Megamouth shark +85
  • Orange roughy +85
  • Sea spider +85
  • Siphonophore +85
  • Sixgill shark +85
  • Snailfish +85
  • Spookfish +85
  • Stoplight loosejaw +85
  • Tripod fish +85
  • Whalefish +85
  • Yeti crab +85
  • Zombie worm +85
Rare +60 19 answers — tap to reveal
  • Brittle star +60
  • Coelacanth +60
  • Colossal squid +60
  • Frilled shark +60
  • Goblin shark +60
  • Greenland shark +60
  • Hagfish +60
  • Hatchetfish +60
  • Humboldt squid +60
  • Hydrothermal vent worm +60
  • Isopod +60
  • Krill +60
  • Lanternfish +60
  • Monkfish +60
  • Nautilus +60
  • Oarfish +60
  • Rattail fish +60
  • Sea cucumber +60
  • Snipe eel +60
Schooler +30 10 answers — tap to reveal
  • Barreleye fish +30
  • Bioluminescent jellyfish +30
  • Blobfish +30
  • Dragonfish +30
  • Dumbo octopus +30
  • Fangtooth fish +30
  • Gulper eel +30
  • Sperm whale +30
  • Vampire squid +30
  • Viperfish +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Angler fish +15
Plankton +10 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Giant squid +10