Name a Roald Dahl book

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25-second pick · +85

Going Solo Deep Cut

9 letters · 2 words · ~3s to type · 33 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Going Solo: Deep Cut, +85, 9 letters, about 3 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, or The BFG — those are Plankton. The trench answer is My Uncle Oswald (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

Trench spelling, only if you already know it: My Uncle Oswald +100

Skip Charlie and the Chocolate Factory · James and the Giant Peach · Matilda · The BFG

Hints

Hint 1. 33 accepted answers. A strong pick is a two-or-more-word phrase, about 9 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Esio Trot

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Going Solo · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Going Solo 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

  • Going Solo 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Kiss Kiss 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Rhyme Stew 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • The Minpins 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Over to You 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • My Uncle Oswald 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Dirty Beasts 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Sometime Never 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Esio Trot 60 pts
  • The Magic Finger 60 pts
  • Revolting Rhymes 60 pts
  • The Enormous Crocodile 60 pts
  • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator 60 pts
  • Danny, the Champion of the World 60 pts
  • The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me 60 pts
  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 10
  • James and the Giant Peach 10
  • Matilda 10
  • The BFG 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 Roald Dahl book

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 15 ● Rare · 8 ● Schooler · 4 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 4
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • My Uncle Oswald +100
Deep Cut +85 15 answers — tap to reveal
  • Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life +85
  • Dirty Beasts +85
  • Going Solo +85
  • Kiss Kiss +85
  • Over to You +85
  • Rhyme Stew +85
  • Skin and Other Stories +85
  • Someone Like You +85
  • Sometime Never +85
  • Switch Bitch +85
  • Tales of the Unexpected +85
  • The Gremlins +85
  • The Mildenhall Treasure +85
  • The Minpins +85
  • The Vicar of Nibbleswicke +85
Rare +60 8 answers — tap to reveal
  • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator +60
  • Danny, the Champion of the World +60
  • Esio Trot +60
  • Revolting Rhymes +60
  • The Enormous Crocodile +60
  • The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me +60
  • The Magic Finger +60
  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar +60
Schooler +30 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Fantastic Mr Fox +30
  • George's Marvellous Medicine +30
  • The Twits +30
  • The Witches +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Boy +15
Plankton +10 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory +10
  • James and the Giant Peach +10
  • Matilda +10
  • The BFG +10