Name a venomous or poisonous animal

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25-second pick · +85

Boomslang Deep Cut

9 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 61 accepted answers on the sheet

Don't name the zoo animal a six-year-old would shout first. We would type Boomslang: Deep Cut, +85, 9 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Black widow spider, Cobra, Rattlesnake, or Scorpion — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Spanish dancer nudibranch (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Spanish dancer nudibranch +100

Skip Black widow spider · Cobra · Rattlesnake · Scorpion

Hints

Hint 1. 61 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 9 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Adder

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Boomslang · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Boomslang 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

  • Boomslang 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bushmaster 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Fer-de-lance 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Krait 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Shrew 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Solenodon 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Brown snake 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Puff adder 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Adder 60 pts
  • Centipede 60 pts
  • Taipan 60 pts
  • Bullet ant 60 pts
  • Cane toad 60 pts
  • Cone snail 60 pts
  • Coral snake 60 pts
  • Death adder 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Black widow spider 10
  • Cobra 10
  • Rattlesnake 10
  • Scorpion 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 venomous or poisonous animal

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 23 ● Rare · 17 ● Schooler · 15 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 4
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Spanish dancer nudibranch +100
Deep Cut +85 23 answers — tap to reveal
  • Assassin bug +85
  • Beaded lizard +85
  • Boomslang +85
  • Brown snake +85
  • Bushmaster +85
  • Fer-de-lance +85
  • Hooded pitohui +85
  • Krait +85
  • Puff adder +85
  • Scorpionfish +85
  • Sea anemone +85
  • Sea snake +85
  • Sea urchin +85
  • Shrew +85
  • Slow loris +85
  • Solenodon +85
  • Stinging catfish +85
  • Tarantula hawk +85
  • Tiger snake +85
  • Vampire bat +85
  • Velvet ant +85
  • Wandering spider +85
  • Weever fish +85
Rare +60 17 answers — tap to reveal
  • Adder +60
  • Brown recluse spider +60
  • Bullet ant +60
  • Cane toad +60
  • Centipede +60
  • Cone snail +60
  • Coral snake +60
  • Cottonmouth +60
  • Death adder +60
  • Fire ant +60
  • Gila monster +60
  • Komodo dragon +60
  • Portuguese man o' war +60
  • Redback spider +60
  • Sydney funnel-web spider +60
  • Taipan +60
  • Yellow jacket +60
Schooler +30 15 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bee +30
  • Blue-ringed octopus +30
  • Box jellyfish +30
  • Copperhead +30
  • Hornet +30
  • Jellyfish +30
  • Lionfish +30
  • Mamba +30
  • Poison dart frog +30
  • Pufferfish +30
  • Stingray +30
  • Stonefish +30
  • Tarantula +30
  • Viper +30
  • Wasp +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Platypus +15
Plankton +10 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Black widow spider +10
  • Cobra +10
  • Rattlesnake +10
  • Scorpion +10