Name a word for an animal's home (nests and shelters, not habitats like the ocean)

What we would type in 25 seconds — rarity × spelling speed, not a dump of the public list.

25-second pick · +85

Apery Deep Cut

5 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 176 accepted answers on the sheet

Don't name the zoo animal a six-year-old would shout first. We would type Apery: Deep Cut, +85, 5 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Barn, Burrow, Cave, or Coop — those are Plankton.

Skip Barn · Burrow · Cave · Coop

Hints

Hint 1. 176 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 5 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Apiary

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Apery · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Apery 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

  • Apery 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bawn 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Beavery 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bivouac 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Boma 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Brooder 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Byke 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Byre 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Apiary 60 pts
  • Barnyard 60 pts
  • Catio 60 pts
  • Cattery 60 pts
  • Corral 60 pts
  • Cowshed 60 pts
  • Crate 60 pts
  • Crevice 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Barn 10
  • Burrow 10
  • Cave 10
  • Coop 10
  • Den 10
  • Doghouse 10
  • Hive 10
  • Kennel 10
  • Nest 10
  • Web 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 word for an animal's home (nests and shelters, not habitats like the ocean)

● Deep Cut · 95 ● Rare · 49 ● Schooler · 22 ● Plankton · 10
Deep Cut +85 95 answers — tap to reveal
  • Apery +85
  • Bawn +85
  • Bear pit +85
  • Beavery +85
  • Bee bole +85
  • Bird park +85
  • Bivouac +85
  • Boma +85
  • Brooder +85
  • Byke +85
  • Byre +85
  • Caddisfly case +85
  • Cattle post +85
  • Caviary +85
  • Cocoonery +85
  • Couch +85
  • Crabitat +85
  • Crawl +85
  • Deer park +85
  • Dolphinarium +85
  • Domatium +85
  • Duck house +85
  • Duckery +85
  • Eggery +85
  • Egretry +85
  • Elephant house +85
  • Farm park +85
  • Feedlot +85
  • Form +85
  • Fortress +85
  • Froggery +85
  • Gall +85
  • Gannetry +85
  • Gerbilarium +85
  • Giraffe house +85
  • Glirarium +85
  • Goosery +85
  • Goshala +85
  • Gullery +85
  • Hedgehog house +85
  • Heronry +85
  • Hibernaculum +85
  • Hogg house +85
  • Housebarn +85
  • Insectarium +85
  • Kraal +85
  • Lairage +85
  • Latibulum +85
  • Laystall +85
  • Leaf mine +85
  • Leaf tent +85
  • Lerp +85
  • Lie +85
  • Lion house +85
  • Livery yard +85
  • Loomery +85
  • Martin house +85
  • Mews +85
  • Mousery +85
  • Nesting platform +85
  • Nidary +85
  • Nidus +85
  • Nocturnal house +85
  • Oceanarium +85
  • Paludarium +85
  • Pelicanry +85
  • Penguin pool +85
  • Penguinery +85
  • Perchery +85
  • Pheasantry +85
  • Piggery +85
  • Pinjrapole +85
  • Prairie dog town +85
  • Puffinry +85
  • Push-up +85
  • Quailery +85
  • Rabbitry +85
  • Rattery +85
  • Ravenry +85
  • Redd +85
  • Riparium +85
  • Sand martin wall +85
  • Scrape +85
  • Serpentarium +85
  • Silk tent +85
  • Skep +85
  • Snailery +85
  • Swan pit +85
  • Swannery +85
  • Ternery +85
  • Toad abode +85
  • Tortoise table +85
  • Turkey house +85
  • Vaccary +85
  • Whelping box +85
Rare +60 49 answers — tap to reveal
  • Animal shelter +60
  • Ant farm +60
  • Apiary +60
  • Barnyard +60
  • Bat box +60
  • Butterfly house +60
  • Cat house +60
  • Catio +60
  • Cattery +60
  • Corral +60
  • Cowshed +60
  • Crate +60
  • Crevice +60
  • Dairy +60
  • Dovecote +60
  • Drey +60
  • Earth +60
  • Eyrie +60
  • Fish farm +60
  • Fish pond +60
  • Fold +60
  • Grotto +60
  • Hatchery +60
  • Holt +60
  • Insect hotel +60
  • Loft +60
  • Menagerie +60
  • Monkey house +60
  • Mound +60
  • Owlery +60
  • Paddock +60
  • Pet hotel +60
  • Petting zoo +60
  • Puppy mill +60
  • Ranch +60
  • Reptile house +60
  • Rookery +60
  • Run +60
  • Safari park +60
  • Sanctuary +60
  • Sett +60
  • Shed +60
  • Stall +60
  • Stockyard +60
  • Stud farm +60
  • Termite mound +60
  • Terrarium +60
  • Vivarium +60
  • Wormery +60
Schooler +30 22 answers — tap to reveal
  • Anthill +30
  • Aquarium +30
  • Aviary +30
  • Birdhouse +30
  • Cage +30
  • Cocoon +30
  • Farm +30
  • Fish tank +30
  • Fishbowl +30
  • Hole +30
  • Hollow +30
  • Hutch +30
  • Lair +30
  • Lodge +30
  • Pen +30
  • Roost +30
  • Shell +30
  • Stable +30
  • Sty +30
  • Tunnel +30
  • Warren +30
  • Zoo +30
Plankton +10 10 answers — tap to reveal
  • Barn +10
  • Burrow +10
  • Cave +10
  • Coop +10
  • Den +10
  • Doghouse +10
  • Hive +10
  • Kennel +10
  • Nest +10
  • Web +10