Name a phobia (its formal name, like 'arachnophobia')

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25-second pick · +85

Ergophobia Deep Cut

10 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 71 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Ergophobia: Deep Cut, +85, 10 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Acrophobia, Agoraphobia, Arachnophobia, or Claustrophobia — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Venustraphobia (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

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

Skip Acrophobia · Agoraphobia · Arachnophobia · Claustrophobia

Hints

Hint 1. 71 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 10 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Aviophobia

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Ergophobia · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Ergophobia 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

  • Ergophobia 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Monophobia 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Musophobia 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Nomophobia 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Tokophobia 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Venustraphobia 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Ablutophobia 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Aichmophobia 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Aviophobia 60 pts
  • Hemophobia 60 pts
  • Xenophobia 60 pts
  • Anthropophobia 60 pts
  • Astraphobia 60 pts
  • Atychiphobia 60 pts
  • Dentophobia 60 pts
  • Emetophobia 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Acrophobia 10
  • Agoraphobia 10
  • Arachnophobia 10
  • Claustrophobia 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 phobia (its formal name, like 'arachnophobia')

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 35 ● Rare · 18 ● Schooler · 11 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 4
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Venustraphobia +100
Deep Cut +85 35 answers — tap to reveal
  • Ablutophobia +85
  • Aichmophobia +85
  • Alektorophobia +85
  • Amaxophobia +85
  • Arithmophobia +85
  • Athazagoraphobia +85
  • Automatonophobia +85
  • Chionophobia +85
  • Chiroptophobia +85
  • Deipnophobia +85
  • Ergophobia +85
  • Frigophobia +85
  • Gelotophobia +85
  • Globophobia +85
  • Gymnophobia +85
  • Heliophobia +85
  • Herpetophobia +85
  • Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia +85
  • Katsaridaphobia +85
  • Koumpounophobia +85
  • Melissophobia +85
  • Monophobia +85
  • Musophobia +85
  • Nomophobia +85
  • Ochlophobia +85
  • Paraskevidekatriaphobia +85
  • Pediophobia +85
  • Phonophobia +85
  • Pogonophobia +85
  • Somniphobia +85
  • Submechanophobia +85
  • Taphophobia +85
  • Telephonophobia +85
  • Tokophobia +85
  • Vestiphobia +85
Rare +60 18 answers — tap to reveal
  • Anthropophobia +60
  • Astraphobia +60
  • Atychiphobia +60
  • Aviophobia +60
  • Dentophobia +60
  • Emetophobia +60
  • Entomophobia +60
  • Galeophobia +60
  • Glossophobia +60
  • Hemophobia +60
  • Megalophobia +60
  • Necrophobia +60
  • Phasmophobia +60
  • Philophobia +60
  • Photophobia +60
  • Thalassophobia +60
  • Thanatophobia +60
  • Xenophobia +60
Schooler +30 11 answers — tap to reveal
  • Ailurophobia +30
  • Aquaphobia +30
  • Coulrophobia +30
  • Cynophobia +30
  • Mysophobia +30
  • Nyctophobia +30
  • Ophidiophobia +30
  • Ornithophobia +30
  • Pyrophobia +30
  • Trypanophobia +30
  • Trypophobia +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia +15
  • Triskaidekaphobia +15
Plankton +10 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Acrophobia +10
  • Agoraphobia +10
  • Arachnophobia +10
  • Claustrophobia +10