Name a geologic eon, era, period, or epoch

This prompt last appeared Dive #30. For today's seven questions, start on the live run.

Today's Krillion answers Practice this dive Dated sheet

25-second pick · +100

Ediacaran One in a Krillion

9 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 57 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Ediacaran: One in a Krillion, +100, 9 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Cretaceous, Jurassic, or Triassic — those are Plankton. It is also the One in a Krillion on this sheet, so the rare pick and the typeable pick are the same.

Skip Cretaceous · Jurassic · Triassic

Hints

Hint 1. 57 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 9 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Archean

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Ediacaran · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Ediacaran One in a Krillion 100 pts

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

Best rare answers

  • Ediacaran 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Calymmian 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Cisuralian 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Cryogenian 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Ectasian 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Eoarchean 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Furongian 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Llandovery 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Archean 60 pts
  • Eocene 60 pts
  • Hadean 60 pts
  • Miocene 60 pts
  • Neogene 60 pts
  • Oligocene 60 pts
  • Ordovician 60 pts
  • Paleocene 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Cretaceous 10
  • Jurassic 10
  • Triassic 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.

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a geologic eon, era, period, or epoch

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 27 ● Rare · 15 ● Schooler · 9 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 3
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Ediacaran +100
Deep Cut +85 27 answers — tap to reveal
  • Calymmian +85
  • Cisuralian +85
  • Cryogenian +85
  • Ectasian +85
  • Eoarchean +85
  • Furongian +85
  • Guadalupian +85
  • Llandovery +85
  • Lopingian +85
  • Ludlow +85
  • Mesoarchean +85
  • Mesoproterozoic +85
  • Mississippian +85
  • Neoarchean +85
  • Neoproterozoic +85
  • Orosirian +85
  • Paleoarchean +85
  • Paleoproterozoic +85
  • Pennsylvanian +85
  • Pridoli +85
  • Rhyacian +85
  • Siderian +85
  • Statherian +85
  • Stenian +85
  • Terreneuvian +85
  • Tonian +85
  • Wenlock +85
Rare +60 15 answers — tap to reveal
  • Archean +60
  • Eocene +60
  • Hadean +60
  • Miocene +60
  • Neogene +60
  • Oligocene +60
  • Ordovician +60
  • Paleocene +60
  • Paleogene +60
  • Phanerozoic +60
  • Pliocene +60
  • Proterozoic +60
  • Quaternary +60
  • Silurian +60
  • Tertiary +60
Schooler +30 9 answers — tap to reveal
  • Cambrian +30
  • Cenozoic +30
  • Devonian +30
  • Holocene +30
  • Mesozoic +30
  • Paleozoic +30
  • Permian +30
  • Pleistocene +30
  • Precambrian +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Anthropocene +15
  • Carboniferous +15
Plankton +10 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Cretaceous +10
  • Jurassic +10
  • Triassic +10