Name a mammal or reptile that lives in the desert

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25-second pick · +85

Aardvark Deep Cut

8 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 288 accepted answers on the sheet

Don't name the zoo animal a six-year-old would shout first. We would type Aardvark: Deep Cut, +85, 8 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Camel, Lizard, Rattlesnake, or Snake — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Marsupial mole (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Marsupial mole +100

Skip Camel · Lizard · Rattlesnake · Snake

Hints

Hint 1. 288 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 8 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Antelope

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Aardvark · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Aardvark 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

  • Aardvark 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Aardwolf 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Ackie 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Addax 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Adder 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Agama 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Antechinus 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Aoudad 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Antelope 60 pts
  • Armadillo 60 pts
  • Bilby 60 pts
  • Bobcat 60 pts
  • Caracal 60 pts
  • Cheetah 60 pts
  • Cobra 60 pts
  • Deer 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Camel 10
  • Lizard 10
  • Rattlesnake 10
  • Snake 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 mammal or reptile that lives in the desert

● One in a Krillion · 2 ● Deep Cut · 211 ● Rare · 58 ● Schooler · 12 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 4
One in a Krillion +100 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Marsupial mole +100
  • Peringuey's adder +100
Deep Cut +85 211 answers — tap to reveal
  • Aardvark +85
  • Aardwolf +85
  • Ackie +85
  • Addax +85
  • Adder +85
  • African wild ass +85
  • African wildcat +85
  • Agama +85
  • Alligator lizard +85
  • Andean cat +85
  • Antechinus +85
  • Antelope squirrel +85
  • Aoudad +85
  • Arabian oryx +85
  • Argali +85
  • Baboon +85
  • Badger +85
  • Bandicoot +85
  • Bandy-bandy +85
  • Beaded lizard +85
  • Beaked snake +85
  • Bear +85
  • Beira +85
  • Beisa +85
  • Bettong +85
  • Bison +85
  • Black bear +85
  • Black-footed cat +85
  • Black-headed python +85
  • Blackbuck +85
  • Blind snake +85
  • Blue-tongued skink +85
  • Bolson tortoise +85
  • Boomslang +85
  • Bushbaby +85
  • Cactus mouse +85
  • Cape cobra +85
  • Cape ground squirrel +85
  • Cat +85
  • Cat-eyed snake +85
  • Cattle +85
  • Cavy +85
  • Chameleon +85
  • Chinchilla +85
  • Chinkara +85
  • Chipmunk +85
  • Chuckwalla +85
  • Coachwhip +85
  • Coati +85
  • Collared lizard +85
  • Coral snake +85
  • Crocodile +85
  • Curl snake +85
  • Dama gazelle +85
  • Death adder +85
  • Deer mouse +85
  • Degu +85
  • Desert black snake +85
  • Desert box turtle +85
  • Dibatag +85
  • Dik-dik +85
  • Dog +85
  • Dorcas gazelle +85
  • Dragon lizard +85
  • Duiker +85
  • Dunnart +85
  • Earless lizard +85
  • Echidna +85
  • Egyptian cobra +85
  • Egyptian tortoise +85
  • Eland +85
  • Elephant +85
  • Elephant shrew +85
  • Elk +85
  • Fat sand rat +85
  • Fringe-toed lizard +85
  • Garter snake +85
  • Gemsbok +85
  • Genet +85
  • Geoffroy's cat +85
  • Gerenuk +85
  • Giraffe +85
  • Girdled lizard +85
  • Glossy snake +85
  • Gobi bear +85
  • Goitered gazelle +85
  • Golden mole +85
  • Grasshopper mouse +85
  • Greek tortoise +85
  • Grey kangaroo +85
  • Grison +85
  • Ground snake +85
  • Ground squirrel +85
  • Guanaco +85
  • Gundi +85
  • Hartebeest +85
  • Hognose snake +85
  • Hook-nosed snake +85
  • Hopping mouse +85
  • Horned viper +85
  • House snake +85
  • Hyrax +85
  • Jaguar +85
  • Jaguarundi +85
  • Jungle cat +85
  • King brown snake +85
  • Klipspringer +85
  • Kowari +85
  • Krait +85
  • Kudu +85
  • Kultarr +85
  • Lava lizard +85
  • Leaf-nosed snake +85
  • Legless lizard +85
  • Leopard lizard +85
  • Leopard tortoise +85
  • Long-eared jerboa +85
  • Long-nosed snake +85
  • Lynx +85
  • Lyre snake +85
  • Mamba +85
  • Mara +85
  • Marmot +85
  • Mexican mole lizard +85
  • Mole +85
  • Mole snake +85
  • Monkey +85
  • Mulgara +85
  • Naked mole-rat +85
  • Namaqua chameleon +85
  • Night lizard +85
  • Night snake +85
  • Nilgai +85
  • Nine-banded armadillo +85
  • Ningaui +85
  • Nubian ibex +85
  • Numbat +85
  • Ocelot +85
  • Onager +85
  • Opossum +85
  • Pallas's cat +85
  • Pampas cat +85
  • Pangolin +85
  • Patch-nosed snake +85
  • Perentie +85
  • Phascogale +85
  • Pika +85
  • Pink fairy armadillo +85
  • Planigale +85
  • Pocket gopher +85
  • Pocket mouse +85
  • Polecat +85
  • Porcupine +85
  • Puff adder +85
  • Quoll +85
  • Raccoon +85
  • Rat snake +85
  • Rhinoceros +85
  • Ring-necked snake +85
  • Ringtail +85
  • Rock hyrax +85
  • Rosy boa +85
  • Russian tortoise +85
  • Saiga +85
  • Sand boa +85
  • Sand goanna +85
  • Sand lizard +85
  • Sand snake +85
  • Sandfish +85
  • Saw-scaled viper +85
  • Scimitar oryx +85
  • Shingleback +85
  • Shovel-nosed snake +85
  • Shrew +85
  • Side-blotched lizard +85
  • Skunk +85
  • Snow leopard +85
  • Sonoran mud turtle +85
  • Spiny lizard +85
  • Spiny mouse +85
  • Spiny softshell +85
  • Springhare +85
  • Steenbok +85
  • Stick-nest rat +85
  • Stiletto snake +85
  • Sulcata tortoise +85
  • Tahr +85
  • Tegu +85
  • Toad-headed agama +85
  • Trans-Pecos rat snake +85
  • Tree lizard +85
  • Tuco-tuco +85
  • Urial +85
  • Uromastyx +85
  • Vervet monkey +85
  • Vicuna +85
  • Vizcacha +85
  • Vole +85
  • Wallaroo +85
  • Warthog +85
  • Water snake +85
  • Weasel +85
  • Whip snake +85
  • Whiptail +85
  • Wildebeest +85
  • Woma python +85
  • Wombat +85
  • Woodrat +85
  • Xerus +85
  • Zebra +85
  • Zebra-tailed lizard +85
Rare +60 58 answers — tap to reveal
  • Antelope +60
  • Armadillo +60
  • Bat +60
  • Bilby +60
  • Boa +60
  • Bobcat +60
  • Brown snake +60
  • Caracal +60
  • Cheetah +60
  • Cobra +60
  • Deer +60
  • Desert bighorn sheep +60
  • Desert iguana +60
  • Dingo +60
  • Donkey +60
  • Gazelle +60
  • Gerbil +60
  • Goat +60
  • Gopher snake +60
  • Hamster +60
  • Hare +60
  • Hedgehog +60
  • Honey badger +60
  • Horned lizard +60
  • Horse +60
  • Hyena +60
  • Ibex +60
  • Iguana +60
  • Inland taipan +60
  • Jackal +60
  • Javelina +60
  • Jerboa +60
  • Kingsnake +60
  • Kit fox +60
  • Leopard +60
  • Lion +60
  • Mongoose +60
  • Monitor lizard +60
  • Mountain lion +60
  • Mouse +60
  • Mule deer +60
  • Oryx +60
  • Prairie dog +60
  • Pronghorn +60
  • Python +60
  • Rabbit +60
  • Rat +60
  • Red kangaroo +60
  • Sand cat +60
  • Sheep +60
  • Sidewinder +60
  • Skink +60
  • Springbok +60
  • Thorny devil +60
  • Turtle +60
  • Viper +60
  • Wallaby +60
  • Wolf +60
Schooler +30 12 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bearded dragon +30
  • Coyote +30
  • Desert tortoise +30
  • Fennec fox +30
  • Fox +30
  • Gecko +30
  • Gila monster +30
  • Jackrabbit +30
  • Kangaroo +30
  • Kangaroo rat +30
  • Meerkat +30
  • Tortoise +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Human +15
Plankton +10 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Camel +10
  • Lizard +10
  • Rattlesnake +10
  • Snake +10