Name a type of turtle or tortoise

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25-second pick · +85

Flatback Deep Cut

8 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 69 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Flatback: Deep Cut, +85, 8 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Box turtle, Sea turtle, or Snapping turtle — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Pancake tortoise (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

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

Skip Box turtle · Sea turtle · Snapping turtle

Hints

Hint 1. 69 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 8 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Cooter

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Flatback · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Flatback 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

  • Flatback 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Matamata 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bog turtle 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Wood turtle 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Arrau turtle 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Caspian turtle 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Chaco tortoise 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Chicken turtle 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Cooter 60 pts
  • Map turtle 60 pts
  • Mud turtle 60 pts
  • Musk turtle 60 pts
  • Giant tortoise 60 pts
  • Greek tortoise 60 pts
  • Spiny softshell 60 pts
  • Spotted turtle 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Box turtle 10
  • Sea turtle 10
  • Snapping turtle 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 type of turtle or tortoise

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 34 ● Rare · 19 ● Schooler · 10 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 3
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Pancake tortoise +100
Deep Cut +85 34 answers — tap to reveal
  • African helmeted turtle +85
  • Arrau turtle +85
  • Big-headed turtle +85
  • Blanding's turtle +85
  • Bog turtle +85
  • Burmese star tortoise +85
  • Caspian turtle +85
  • Chaco tortoise +85
  • Chicken turtle +85
  • Egyptian tortoise +85
  • Elongated tortoise +85
  • European pond turtle +85
  • Flat-tailed tortoise +85
  • Flatback +85
  • Fly River turtle +85
  • Gopher tortoise +85
  • Hingeback tortoise +85
  • Impressed tortoise +85
  • Indian roofed turtle +85
  • Marginated tortoise +85
  • Mary River turtle +85
  • Matamata +85
  • Olive ridley +85
  • Pig-nosed turtle +85
  • Pinta Island tortoise +85
  • Ploughshare tortoise +85
  • Radiated tortoise +85
  • Razorback musk turtle +85
  • Reeves' turtle +85
  • Spider tortoise +85
  • Texas tortoise +85
  • Wood turtle +85
  • Yangtze giant softshell turtle +85
  • Yellow-footed tortoise +85
Rare +60 19 answers — tap to reveal
  • African sideneck turtle +60
  • Aldabra tortoise +60
  • Cooter +60
  • Giant tortoise +60
  • Greek tortoise +60
  • Hermann's tortoise +60
  • Indian star tortoise +60
  • Leopard tortoise +60
  • Map turtle +60
  • Mud turtle +60
  • Musk turtle +60
  • Red-footed tortoise +60
  • Russian tortoise +60
  • Side-necked turtle +60
  • Snake-necked turtle +60
  • Softshell turtle +60
  • Spiny softshell +60
  • Spotted turtle +60
  • Sulcata tortoise +60
Schooler +30 10 answers — tap to reveal
  • Common snapping turtle +30
  • Desert tortoise +30
  • Galapagos tortoise +30
  • Green sea turtle +30
  • Hawksbill +30
  • Leatherback +30
  • Loggerhead +30
  • Painted turtle +30
  • Red-eared slider +30
  • Terrapin +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Alligator snapping turtle +15
  • Kemp's ridley +15
Plankton +10 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Box turtle +10
  • Sea turtle +10
  • Snapping turtle +10