Name a Hollywood director

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25-second pick · +100

Frank Capra One in a Krillion

10 letters · 2 words · ~3s to type · 367 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Frank Capra: One in a Krillion, +100, 10 letters, about 3 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Clint Eastwood, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, or Quentin Tarantino — 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 Clint Eastwood · George Lucas · Martin Scorsese · Quentin Tarantino

Hints

Hint 1. 367 accepted answers. A strong pick is a two-or-more-word phrase, about 10 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Adam McKay

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Frank Capra · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Frank Capra 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

  • Frank Capra 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • John Ford 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Daniels 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Adrian Lyne 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Alan Parker 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Andy Serkis 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Ang Lee 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Ari Aster 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Adam McKay 60 pts
  • Ben Affleck 60 pts
  • Guy Ritchie 60 pts
  • James Gunn 60 pts
  • Jon Favreau 60 pts
  • Joss Whedon 60 pts
  • Kevin Smith 60 pts
  • Mel Brooks 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Clint Eastwood 10
  • George Lucas 10
  • Martin Scorsese 10
  • Quentin Tarantino 10
  • Steven Spielberg 10
  • Tim Burton 10
  • Woody Allen 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 Hollywood director

● One in a Krillion · 2 ● Deep Cut · 282 ● Rare · 43 ● Schooler · 31 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 7
One in a Krillion +100 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Frank Capra +100
  • John Ford +100
Deep Cut +85 282 answers — tap to reveal
  • Adrian Lyne +85
  • Alan J. Pakula +85
  • Alan Parker +85
  • Alejandro G. Iñárritu +85
  • Alex Garland +85
  • Alexander Payne +85
  • Alfonso Cuarón +85
  • Amy Heckerling +85
  • Andrew Adamson +85
  • Andrew Stanton +85
  • Andy Muschietti +85
  • Andy Serkis +85
  • Ang Lee +85
  • Angelina Jolie +85
  • Antoine Fuqua +85
  • Ari Aster +85
  • Arthur Penn +85
  • Barbra Streisand +85
  • Barry Levinson +85
  • Barry Sonnenfeld +85
  • Baz Luhrmann +85
  • Ben Stiller +85
  • Bennett Miller +85
  • Bill Condon +85
  • Billy Bob Thornton +85
  • Blake Edwards +85
  • Bo Burnham +85
  • Bob Fosse +85
  • Bong Joon-ho +85
  • Brad Bird +85
  • Brett Ratner +85
  • Bryan Singer +85
  • Busby Berkeley +85
  • Buster Keaton +85
  • Byron Howard +85
  • Cameron Crowe +85
  • Carl Reiner +85
  • Carlos Saldanha +85
  • Cary Joji Fukunaga +85
  • Catherine Hardwicke +85
  • Cecil B. DeMille +85
  • Chad Stahelski +85
  • Charlie Kaufman +85
  • Chloé Zhao +85
  • Chris Buck +85
  • Chris Renaud +85
  • Clarence Brown +85
  • Colin Trevorrow +85
  • Curtis Hanson +85
  • D.W. Griffith +85
  • Dan Gilroy +85
  • Daniels +85
  • Danny Boyle +85
  • Danny DeVito +85
  • David Ayer +85
  • David Cronenberg +85
  • David Gordon Green +85
  • David Lean +85
  • David Leitch +85
  • David Yates +85
  • David Zucker +85
  • Debra Granik +85
  • Dennis Dugan +85
  • Dennis Hopper +85
  • Denzel Washington +85
  • Destin Daniel Cretton +85
  • Don Bluth +85
  • Don Siegel +85
  • Doug Liman +85
  • Douglas Sirk +85
  • Edgar Wright +85
  • Edward Dmytryk +85
  • Elaine May +85
  • Eli Roth +85
  • Elia Kazan +85
  • Emerald Fennell +85
  • Emilio Estevez +85
  • Erich von Stroheim +85
  • Ernest Dickerson +85
  • Ernst Lubitsch +85
  • Ethan Hawke +85
  • F. Gary Gray +85
  • F.W. Murnau +85
  • Farrelly Brothers +85
  • Fede Alvarez +85
  • Francis Lawrence +85
  • Frank Borzage +85
  • Frank Darabont +85
  • Frank Lloyd +85
  • Frank Oz +85
  • Franklin J. Schaffner +85
  • Fred Zinnemann +85
  • Fritz Lang +85
  • Gareth Edwards +85
  • Garry Marshall +85
  • Gary Ross +85
  • Gene Kelly +85
  • Genndy Tartakovsky +85
  • George A. Romero +85
  • George Cukor +85
  • George Miller +85
  • George Roy Hill +85
  • George Stevens +85
  • Gina Prince-Bythewood +85
  • Gore Verbinski +85
  • Gus Van Sant +85
  • Hal Ashby +85
  • Harold Ramis +85
  • Henry Hathaway +85
  • Henry Selick +85
  • Herbert Ross +85
  • Howard Hawks +85
  • Hughes Brothers +85
  • Ida Lupino +85
  • Irvin Kershner +85
  • Ivan Reitman +85
  • J. Lee Thompson +85
  • James L. Brooks +85
  • James Mangold +85
  • James Wan +85
  • Jan de Bont +85
  • Jane Campion +85
  • Jason Reitman +85
  • Jay Roach +85
  • Jennifer Lee +85
  • Jerome Robbins +85
  • Jim Abrahams +85
  • Jim Jarmusch +85
  • Jodie Foster +85
  • Joe Dante +85
  • Joel Schumacher +85
  • John Badham +85
  • John Boorman +85
  • John Cassavetes +85
  • John Frankenheimer +85
  • John G. Avildsen +85
  • John Huston +85
  • John Krasinski +85
  • John Landis +85
  • John Lasseter +85
  • John McTiernan +85
  • John Milius +85
  • John Musker +85
  • John Singleton +85
  • John Sturges +85
  • John Waters +85
  • John Woo +85
  • Jon M. Chu +85
  • Jon Turteltaub +85
  • Jon Watts +85
  • Jonah Hill +85
  • Jonathan Demme +85
  • Josef von Sternberg +85
  • Joseph Kosinski +85
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz +85
  • Josh Boone +85
  • Jules Dassin +85
  • Julie Dash +85
  • Justin Lin +85
  • Karyn Kusama +85
  • Keenen Ivory Wayans +85
  • Kelly Reichardt +85
  • Kenneth Branagh +85
  • Kevin Reynolds +85
  • King Vidor +85
  • Lawrence Kasdan +85
  • Lee Daniels +85
  • Lee Unkrich +85
  • Leigh Whannell +85
  • Len Wiseman +85
  • Leo McCarey +85
  • Leonard Nimoy +85
  • Lewis Milestone +85
  • Louis Leterrier +85
  • Luca Guadagnino +85
  • Malcolm D. Lee +85
  • Marc Webb +85
  • Marielle Heller +85
  • Mario Van Peebles +85
  • Martin Brest +85
  • Matt Reeves +85
  • Matthew Vaughn +85
  • McG +85
  • Melvin Van Peebles +85
  • Mervyn LeRoy +85
  • Michael Cimino +85
  • Michael Curtiz +85
  • Michael Mann +85
  • Michel Gondry +85
  • Mike Flanagan +85
  • Mike Nichols +85
  • Miloš Forman +85
  • Nancy Meyers +85
  • Neil Breen +85
  • Nia DaCosta +85
  • Nicholas Meyer +85
  • Nicholas Ray +85
  • Nicole Holofcener +85
  • Niki Caro +85
  • Noah Baumbach +85
  • Norman Jewison +85
  • Norman Taurog +85
  • Olivia Wilde +85
  • Otto Preminger +85
  • Paul Feig +85
  • Paul Greengrass +85
  • Paul Schrader +85
  • Paul Verhoeven +85
  • Paul W.S. Anderson +85
  • Penny Marshall +85
  • Pete Docter +85
  • Peter Berg +85
  • Peter Bogdanovich +85
  • Peter Hyams +85
  • Peter Segal +85
  • Peter Weir +85
  • Phil Lord and Christopher Miller +85
  • Phillip Noyce +85
  • Pierre Coffin +85
  • Preston Sturges +85
  • Randal Kleiser +85
  • Raoul Walsh +85
  • Regina King +85
  • Renny Harlin +85
  • Richard Attenborough +85
  • Richard Donner +85
  • Richard Marquand +85
  • Rob Cohen +85
  • Rob Zombie +85
  • Robert Aldrich +85
  • Robert De Niro +85
  • Robert Eggers +85
  • Robert Mulligan +85
  • Robert Rossen +85
  • Robert Siodmak +85
  • Robert Wise +85
  • Roger Donaldson +85
  • Roland Emmerich +85
  • Roman Polanski +85
  • Ron Clements +85
  • Ron Shelton +85
  • Ron Underwood +85
  • Ruben Fleischer +85
  • Sam Mendes +85
  • Sam Peckinpah +85
  • Sam Taylor-Johnson +85
  • Scott Derrickson +85
  • Sean Baker +85
  • Sean Penn +85
  • Seth MacFarlane +85
  • Shawn Levy +85
  • Simon West +85
  • Spike Jonze +85
  • Stanley Donen +85
  • Stanley Kramer +85
  • Stephen Sommers +85
  • Steve McQueen +85
  • Sylvester Stallone +85
  • Taika Waititi +85
  • Taylor Sheridan +85
  • Ti West +85
  • Tim Miller +85
  • Tobe Hooper +85
  • Todd Haynes +85
  • Tom Hanks +85
  • Tom Hooper +85
  • Tom McCarthy +85
  • Tom McGrath +85
  • Tom Shadyac +85
  • Tony Gilroy +85
  • Tony Scott +85
  • Uwe Boll +85
  • Victor Fleming +85
  • Vincente Minnelli +85
  • Walter Hill +85
  • Warren Beatty +85
  • Wes Ball +85
  • William Wellman +85
  • William Wyler +85
  • Wolfgang Petersen +85
  • Yorgos Lanthimos +85
  • Zach Braff +85
Rare +60 43 answers — tap to reveal
  • Adam McKay +60
  • Ava DuVernay +60
  • Barry Jenkins +60
  • Ben Affleck +60
  • Billy Wilder +60
  • Bradley Cooper +60
  • Brian De Palma +60
  • Charlie Chaplin +60
  • Chris Columbus +60
  • Christopher McQuarrie +60
  • Damien Chazelle +60
  • Darren Aronofsky +60
  • David O. Russell +60
  • Denis Villeneuve +60
  • George Clooney +60
  • Guillermo del Toro +60
  • Guy Ritchie +60
  • James Gunn +60
  • Jon Favreau +60
  • Joss Whedon +60
  • Kevin Costner +60
  • Kevin Smith +60
  • Mel Brooks +60
  • Mel Gibson +60
  • Nora Ephron +60
  • Orson Welles +60
  • Patty Jenkins +60
  • Peter Jackson +60
  • Rian Johnson +60
  • Richard Linklater +60
  • Rob Reiner +60
  • Robert Altman +60
  • Robert Redford +60
  • Robert Rodriguez +60
  • Russo Brothers +60
  • Ryan Coogler +60
  • Safdie Brothers +60
  • Sidney Lumet +60
  • Sydney Pollack +60
  • The Wachowskis +60
  • Todd Phillips +60
  • Tyler Perry +60
  • William Friedkin +60
Schooler +30 31 answers — tap to reveal
  • Alfred Hitchcock +30
  • Christopher Nolan +30
  • Coen Brothers +30
  • David Fincher +30
  • David Lynch +30
  • Francis Ford Coppola +30
  • Greta Gerwig +30
  • J.J. Abrams +30
  • James Cameron +30
  • John Carpenter +30
  • John Hughes +30
  • Jordan Peele +30
  • Judd Apatow +30
  • Kathryn Bigelow +30
  • M. Night Shyamalan +30
  • Michael Bay +30
  • Michael Moore +30
  • Oliver Stone +30
  • Paul Thomas Anderson +30
  • Ridley Scott +30
  • Robert Zemeckis +30
  • Ron Howard +30
  • Sam Raimi +30
  • Sofia Coppola +30
  • Spike Lee +30
  • Stanley Kubrick +30
  • Steven Soderbergh +30
  • Terrence Malick +30
  • Wes Anderson +30
  • Wes Craven +30
  • Zack Snyder +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Ed Wood +15
  • Tommy Wiseau +15
Plankton +10 7 answers — tap to reveal
  • Clint Eastwood +10
  • George Lucas +10
  • Martin Scorsese +10
  • Quentin Tarantino +10
  • Steven Spielberg +10
  • Tim Burton +10
  • Woody Allen +10