Name a whale species

This prompt last appeared Dive #8. For today's seven questions, start on the live run.

Today's Krillion answers Practice this dive Dated sheet

25-second pick · +60

Sei whale Rare

8 letters · 2 words · ~3s to type · 39 accepted answers on the sheet

Don't name the zoo animal a six-year-old would shout first. We would type Sei whale: Rare, +60, 8 letters, about 3 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Blue whale, Humpback whale, Orca, or Sperm whale — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Spade-toothed whale (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Spade-toothed whale +100

Skip Blue whale · Humpback whale · Orca · Sperm whale

Hints

Hint 1. 39 accepted answers. A strong pick is a two-or-more-word phrase, about 11 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Sei whale

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Omura's whale · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Sei whale Rare 60 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • Omura's whale 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Spade-toothed whale 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Melon-headed whale 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Strap-toothed whale 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Andrews' beaked whale 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Arnoux's beaked whale 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Baird's beaked whale 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Blainville's beaked whale 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Sei whale 60 pts
  • Bryde's whale 60 pts
  • Antarctic minke whale 60 pts
  • Cuvier's beaked whale 60 pts
  • Pygmy sperm whale 60 pts
  • Northern bottlenose whale 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Blue whale 10
  • Humpback whale 10
  • Orca 10
  • Sperm whale 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 whale species

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 20 ● Rare · 6 ● Schooler · 7 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 4
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Spade-toothed whale +100
Deep Cut +85 20 answers — tap to reveal
  • Andrews' beaked whale +85
  • Arnoux's beaked whale +85
  • Baird's beaked whale +85
  • Blainville's beaked whale +85
  • Dwarf sperm whale +85
  • False killer whale +85
  • Gervais' beaked whale +85
  • Gray's beaked whale +85
  • Hector's beaked whale +85
  • Longman's beaked whale +85
  • Melon-headed whale +85
  • Omura's whale +85
  • Pygmy killer whale +85
  • Pygmy right whale +85
  • Shepherd's beaked whale +85
  • Southern bottlenose whale +85
  • Sowerby's beaked whale +85
  • Stejneger's beaked whale +85
  • Strap-toothed whale +85
  • True's beaked whale +85
Rare +60 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • Antarctic minke whale +60
  • Bryde's whale +60
  • Cuvier's beaked whale +60
  • Northern bottlenose whale +60
  • Pygmy sperm whale +60
  • Sei whale +60
Schooler +30 7 answers — tap to reveal
  • Beluga +30
  • Bowhead whale +30
  • Fin whale +30
  • Gray whale +30
  • Minke whale +30
  • Pilot whale +30
  • Right whale +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Narwhal +15
Plankton +10 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Blue whale +10
  • Humpback whale +10
  • Orca +10
  • Sperm whale +10