Name a prehistoric mammal

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25-second pick · +85

Amphicyon Deep Cut

9 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 114 accepted answers on the sheet

Don't name the zoo animal a six-year-old would shout first. We would type Amphicyon: Deep Cut, +85, 9 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Saber-toothed tiger or Woolly mammoth — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Repenomamus (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

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

Skip Saber-toothed tiger · Woolly mammoth

Hints

Hint 1. 114 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 9 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Diprotodon

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Amphicyon · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Amphicyon 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

  • Amphicyon 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Anancus 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Apidium 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Aurochs 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Borophagus 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Camelops 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Coryphodon 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Denisovan 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Diprotodon 60 pts
  • Eohippus 60 pts
  • Glyptodon 60 pts
  • Hyaenodon 60 pts
  • Livyatan 60 pts
  • Pakicetus 60 pts
  • Thylacoleo 60 pts
  • Toxodon 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Saber-toothed tiger 10
  • Woolly mammoth 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.

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Name a prehistoric mammal

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 85 ● Rare · 21 ● Schooler · 4 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 2
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Repenomamus +100
Deep Cut +85 85 answers — tap to reveal
  • Aepycamelus +85
  • Ambulocetus +85
  • American cheetah +85
  • Amphicyon +85
  • Anancus +85
  • Ancylotherium +85
  • Andrewsarchus +85
  • Apidium +85
  • Ardipithecus +85
  • Arsinoitherium +85
  • Aurochs +85
  • Barbourofelis +85
  • Basilosaurus +85
  • Borophagus +85
  • Camelops +85
  • Cave hyena +85
  • Ceratogaulus +85
  • Chalicotherium +85
  • Coryphodon +85
  • Cuvieronius +85
  • Deinotherium +85
  • Denisovan +85
  • Desmostylus +85
  • Didelphodon +85
  • Dinocrocuta +85
  • Dinofelis +85
  • Dinohippus +85
  • Doedicurus +85
  • Dorudon +85
  • Embolotherium +85
  • Entelodon +85
  • Epicyon +85
  • Godinotia +85
  • Gomphotherium +85
  • Hipparion +85
  • Hippidion +85
  • Homo floresiensis +85
  • Homo habilis +85
  • Homo heidelbergensis +85
  • Homo naledi +85
  • Homotherium +85
  • Josephoartigasia +85
  • Leptictidium +85
  • Machairodus +85
  • Megantereon +85
  • Megatapirus +85
  • Megazostrodon +85
  • Megistotherium +85
  • Merychippus +85
  • Mesohippus +85
  • Moeritherium +85
  • Morganucodon +85
  • Moropus +85
  • Odobenocetops +85
  • Pachycrocuta +85
  • Palaeoloxodon +85
  • Palorchestes +85
  • Paranthropus +85
  • Pelorovis +85
  • Phascolonus +85
  • Phenacodus +85
  • Platybelodon +85
  • Plesiadapis +85
  • Pliohippus +85
  • Proconsul +85
  • Procoptodon +85
  • Propalaeotherium +85
  • Protemnodon +85
  • Purgatorius +85
  • Rodhocetus +85
  • Sahelanthropus +85
  • Sarkastodon +85
  • Sivatherium +85
  • Stag-moose +85
  • Stegodon +85
  • Stegomastodon +85
  • Steppe bison +85
  • Sthenurus +85
  • Synthetoceras +85
  • Thalassocnus +85
  • Thylacosmilus +85
  • Titanotylopus +85
  • Uintatherium +85
  • Xenosmilus +85
  • Zygomaturus +85
Rare +60 21 answers — tap to reveal
  • American lion +60
  • Australopithecus +60
  • Brontotherium +60
  • Cave bear +60
  • Cave lion +60
  • Diprotodon +60
  • Elasmotherium +60
  • Eohippus +60
  • Giant beaver +60
  • Gigantopithecus +60
  • Glyptodon +60
  • Homo erectus +60
  • Hyaenodon +60
  • Livyatan +60
  • Macrauchenia +60
  • Megaloceros +60
  • Pakicetus +60
  • Paraceratherium +60
  • Short-faced bear +60
  • Thylacoleo +60
  • Toxodon +60
Schooler +30 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Dire wolf +30
  • Giant ground sloth +30
  • Mastodon +30
  • Woolly rhino +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Neanderthal +15
Plankton +10 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Saber-toothed tiger +10
  • Woolly mammoth +10