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Play Deep Cut, our free daily rare-answer game: five prompts, 30 seconds each, and the rarest correct answers score the most. Then find more games like Krillion below.

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What is Deep Cut?

Deep Cut is the game at the top of this page: a free daily trivia game for anyone who loves Krillion and wants another round. Every day you get five prompts, such as "Name a fruit" or "Name a country in Europe", and 30 seconds to type one correct answer for each. Any correct answer counts, but the fewer players who say the same thing, the more points you score. Say "apple" and you will share the spot with a crowd; say "rambutan" and you may have it to yourself.

After each prompt Deep Cut shows you what everyone else said, using real answers from today's players. At the end you get a score out of 500 and your place on today's leaderboard. Everyone plays the same five prompts, and a new set unlocks at midnight in your own time zone. Of all the games like Krillion on this page, Deep Cut is the one you can play right here without leaving.

How to play Deep Cut

1

Read the prompt

Each round has five prompts like "Name a dog breed" or "Name a capital city that starts with L". A timer gives you 30 seconds for each one.

2

Type a rare, correct answer

Type one answer and press Go. If it is not a correct answer for the prompt, Deep Cut tells you why and you can try again while the clock runs.

3

See what everyone said

After each answer you see your points and the most common answers so far today. After five prompts you get your total out of 500 and your rank.

Typos and plurals

Deep Cut understands small spelling slips and plurals, so "criket" counts as cricket and "apples" counts as apple. Very different spellings are refused.

Fitting the prompt

An answer has to fit the whole prompt. Paris is a capital city, but it does not count for "a capital city that starts with L".

One round a day

Everyone gets the same five prompts each day, so the leaderboard is fair. Reloading in the middle of a prompt counts as a skip.

How Deep Cut is different from Krillion

Deep Cut uses the same core idea as Krillion and other games like Krillion: name a correct answer that few other people think of. It is not Krillion and is not made by its creators. Here is what is our own:

Five prompts, 30 seconds eachA daily round is five prompts with 30 seconds per prompt, so it fits in about three minutes.
Answers explainedIf an answer is refused, Deep Cut tells you whether it was not recognized or did not fit the prompt, and lets you try again.
Today's answer chartAfter every prompt you see the most common answers from today's players, with real percentages.
Our own prompts and answer listsPrompts and answers are written for this site, across 22 categories from countries and chemical elements to cheeses and dances.

Games like Krillion: where to play next

Krillion is a daily trivia game in which you get seven open-ended prompts with 25 seconds each, and the rarer your correct answer, the more it scores. Its success set off a run of similar daily games. These are the games like Krillion worth trying, grouped by what they reward. We describe them so you can pick one; we do not host them and we are not affiliated with any of them.

Rare answers win

Games that reward the correct answer nobody else thought of, like Krillion itself.

Krillion

7 prompts25 seconds

The daily game that made rare-answer trivia popular. Seven open prompts, 25 seconds each; the less common your correct answer, the better.

Hooked

5 categories30 seconds

A daily fishing-themed trivia game. Every answer is a fish, and rarer answers weigh more.

Planktillion

UnlimitedMultiplayer

A Krillion-style game with no daily limit. Play solo or against up to six friends.

Deep Cut

5 prompts30 seconds

Our own rare-answer game, playable at the top of this page, with a live chart of today's answers.

The most common answer wins

The reverse challenge: guess what most people would say.

Noillirk

Most common answer

Krillion spelled backwards, and played backwards too: you score by naming the answer most people give.

Wonderhop

4 daily games7 questions

Four daily games of seven questions each. Different games ask for the most common, the rarest, the oldest or the newest answer.

The TV shows that came before

Rewarding unusual answers is an old quiz-show idea. On the long-running BBC quiz show Pointless, contestants score points for each of 100 surveyed people who gave the same answer, so the rarest correct answer is the best one and the lowest score wins. The American game show Family Feud, which first aired in 1976, does the opposite and rewards the answers most people gave. Games like Krillion bring that survey-show feeling to a three-minute daily puzzle.

Tips for Deep Cut and other games like Krillion

  1. Skip the first answer that comes to mind.If it came to you instantly, it probably came to everyone else too. Asked for a fruit, most people think of apple or banana.
  2. Go specific.Narrow categories hide rare answers: a rambutan beats an apple, and a Komondor beats a Labrador.
  3. Use the letter.On prompts with a starting letter, list a few options in your head and pick the least obvious one you are sure is right.
  4. A safe answer beats no answer.Skipping or running out of time scores zero. If the clock is low, type any correct answer.
  5. Spell it close.Deep Cut forgives small typos, but a guess that is too far off is refused and costs you time.
  6. Study the chart.After each prompt, look at what everyone else said. It shows which answers people reach for first.

Games like Krillion: questions players ask

What are the best games like Krillion?

If you like Krillion's rare-answer scoring, start with Deep Cut at the top of this page, then try Hooked and Planktillion. If you want the opposite challenge, where the most common answer wins, try Noillirk or Wonderhop, or the TV classic Family Feud.

Is Deep Cut free? Does it work on my phone?

Yes to both. Deep Cut is free, runs in your browser on phones, tablets and computers, and needs no download or account. Tap Full screen under the game for more room.

How is my Deep Cut score calculated?

For each prompt you score 100 minus the percentage of players who gave the same correct answer. Five prompts make a maximum of 500. While fewer than 20 players have answered a prompt, the score also uses our own estimate of how common each answer is, so the first players of the day still get fair scores.

Why was my answer not accepted?

Deep Cut only accepts answers from its lists, and an answer must fit the prompt, for example by starting with the right letter. Small typos and plurals are usually understood. Our lists are large but not perfect: if a correct answer is refused, tell us on the contact page and we will add it.

Can I play Deep Cut more than once a day?

Not yet. There is one round of five prompts per day, the same for everyone, so scores can be compared fairly. Reloading during a prompt counts as a skip. New prompts unlock at midnight in your time zone.

Is Deep Cut made by the makers of Krillion?

No. Deep Cut is an original game made for Games Like Wordle and is not affiliated with Krillion or any other game mentioned on this page. We describe other games so you can find more to play.

Does Deep Cut keep my streak?

Yes, for the browser you play in. Your rounds played, streak, best score and average are kept without an account. Clearing cookies or switching devices starts them again.

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