Name a holiday from anywhere in the world

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25-second pick · +100

Up Helly Aa One in a Krillion

9 letters · 3 words · ~4s to type · 215 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Up Helly Aa: One in a Krillion, +100, 9 letters, about 4 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Christmas, Easter, Halloween, or New Year's Day — 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.

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Hints

Hint 1. 215 accepted answers. A strong pick is a two-or-more-word phrase, about 9 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Advent

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Up Helly Aa · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Up Helly Aa 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

  • Up Helly Aa 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Ati-Atihan 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Beltane 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Candlemas 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Chuseok 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Dongzhi 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Enkutatash 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Festivus 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Advent 60 pts
  • Ashura 60 pts
  • Carnival 60 pts
  • Dussehra 60 pts
  • Epiphany 60 pts
  • Hogmanay 60 pts
  • Holi 60 pts
  • Kwanzaa 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Christmas 10
  • Easter 10
  • Halloween 10
  • New Year's Day 10
  • Thanksgiving 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 holiday from anywhere in the world

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 139 ● Rare · 45 ● Schooler · 24 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 5
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Up Helly Aa +100
Deep Cut +85 139 answers — tap to reveal
  • Administrative Professionals Day +85
  • Africa Day +85
  • All Souls' Day +85
  • Aluth Avurudda +85
  • Arbor Day +85
  • Asalha Puja +85
  • Ascension Day +85
  • Assumption of Mary +85
  • Ati-Atihan +85
  • Beltane +85
  • Bhai Dooj +85
  • Bodhi Day +85
  • Boryeong Mud Festival +85
  • Boss's Day +85
  • Burns Night +85
  • Candlemas +85
  • Chaharshanbe Suri +85
  • Cheung Chau Bun Festival +85
  • Chhath Puja +85
  • Chuseok +85
  • Coming of Age Day +85
  • Corpus Christi +85
  • Crop Over +85
  • Day of Arafah +85
  • Dongzhi +85
  • Double Ninth Festival +85
  • Easter Monday +85
  • Enkutatash +85
  • Feria de Abril +85
  • Festa Junina +85
  • Festivus +85
  • Flag Day +85
  • Friendship Day +85
  • Galungan +85
  • German Unity Day +85
  • Ghost Festival +85
  • Golden Week +85
  • Grandparents Day +85
  • Guadalupe Day +85
  • Guru Nanak Jayanti +85
  • Hanami +85
  • Harbin Ice Festival +85
  • Heritage Day +85
  • Hinamatsuri +85
  • Human Rights Day +85
  • Imbolc +85
  • Immaculate Conception +85
  • Indian Independence Day +85
  • Inti Raymi +85
  • Islamic New Year +85
  • Isra and Mi'raj +85
  • Junkanoo +85
  • Karva Chauth +85
  • Khmer New Year +85
  • King's Day +85
  • Krampusnacht +85
  • La Tomatina +85
  • Lag BaOmer +85
  • Lao New Year +85
  • Las Fallas +85
  • Las Posadas +85
  • Laylat al-Qadr +85
  • Litha +85
  • Lohri +85
  • Losar +85
  • Loy Krathong +85
  • Lughnasadh +85
  • Mabon +85
  • Magha Puja +85
  • Mahavir Jayanti +85
  • Makar Sankranti +85
  • Maslenitsa +85
  • Matariki +85
  • Maundy Thursday +85
  • Mawlid +85
  • Mehregan +85
  • Meskel +85
  • Mexican Independence Day +85
  • Michaelmas +85
  • Midsummer +85
  • Monkey Buffet Festival +85
  • Naadam +85
  • Notting Hill Carnival +85
  • Nowruz +85
  • Nyepi +85
  • Obon +85
  • Old New Year +85
  • Orthodox Christmas +85
  • Ostara +85
  • Paryushana +85
  • Patriots' Day +85
  • Pchum Ben +85
  • Pentecost +85
  • Pi Day +85
  • Qingming +85
  • Ram Navami +85
  • Ratha Yatra +85
  • Republic Day +85
  • Samhain +85
  • Setsubun +85
  • Shavuot +85
  • Shichi-Go-San +85
  • Simbang Gabi +85
  • Simchat Torah +85
  • Sinulog +85
  • Sizdah Bedar +85
  • Songkran +85
  • St. Andrew's Day +85
  • St. David's Day +85
  • St. George's Day +85
  • St. Jean Baptiste Day +85
  • St. Joseph's Day +85
  • St. Lucia Day +85
  • St. Martin's Day +85
  • St. Nicholas Day +85
  • Sweetest Day +85
  • Syttende Mai +85
  • Tanabata +85
  • Teachers' Day +85
  • Teej +85
  • Thaipusam +85
  • Thingyan +85
  • Timkat +85
  • Tisha B'Av +85
  • Tsagaan Sar +85
  • Tu BiShvat +85
  • Ugadi +85
  • Vasant Panchami +85
  • Vassa +85
  • Vesak +85
  • Victoria Day +85
  • Victory Day +85
  • Waitangi Day +85
  • Walpurgis Night +85
  • Watch Night +85
  • White Day +85
  • Yalda +85
  • Yom HaAtzmaut +85
  • Yom HaShoah +85
Rare +60 45 answers — tap to reveal
  • Advent +60
  • All Saints' Day +60
  • Anzac Day +60
  • Ashura +60
  • Australia Day +60
  • Bastille Day +60
  • Canada Day +60
  • Carnival +60
  • Children's Day +60
  • Day of the Dead +60
  • Dragon Boat Festival +60
  • Durga Puja +60
  • Dussehra +60
  • Epiphany +60
  • Ganesh Chaturthi +60
  • Groundhog Day +60
  • Guy Fawkes Night +60
  • Hogmanay +60
  • Holi +60
  • Holy Week +60
  • International Women's Day +60
  • Janmashtami +60
  • Kumbh Mela +60
  • Kwanzaa +60
  • Lantern Festival +60
  • Lent +60
  • Maha Shivaratri +60
  • May Day +60
  • Mid-Autumn Festival +60
  • Navratri +60
  • Oktoberfest +60
  • Onam +60
  • Passover +60
  • Pongal +60
  • Pride +60
  • Purim +60
  • Raksha Bandhan +60
  • Rosh Hashanah +60
  • San Fermin +60
  • Sukkot +60
  • Tet +60
  • Vaisakhi +60
  • Winter Solstice +60
  • Yom Kippur +60
  • Yule +60
Schooler +30 24 answers — tap to reveal
  • April Fools' Day +30
  • Ash Wednesday +30
  • Cinco de Mayo +30
  • Columbus Day +30
  • Diwali +30
  • Earth Day +30
  • Eid +30
  • Father's Day +30
  • Good Friday +30
  • Hanukkah +30
  • Independence Day +30
  • Juneteenth +30
  • Labor Day +30
  • Lunar New Year +30
  • Mardi Gras +30
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day +30
  • Memorial Day +30
  • Mother's Day +30
  • Palm Sunday +30
  • Presidents' Day +30
  • Ramadan +30
  • St. Patrick's Day +30
  • Valentine's Day +30
  • Veterans Day +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Boxing Day +15
Plankton +10 5 answers — tap to reveal
  • Christmas +10
  • Easter +10
  • Halloween +10
  • New Year's Day +10
  • Thanksgiving +10