RARITY SCALE

Krillion tiers and what each rarity means.

Krillion rewards accepted answers that fewer players thought of. These six tiers turn rarity into points, and points into dive depth.

Rarity is the score.

A Krillion answer is not simply right or wrong. If it fits the prompt and is accepted by the game, its score depends on how many players entered that same answer. A familiar answer can keep you near the surface. A less obvious accepted answer can take you deeper.

On this guide’s scale, every point represents 10 metres of depth. The tier tells you both how rare the answer was and how much it moved your dive.

Tiers are assigned per prompt, not per game. The same word can land in different tiers on different prompts, because its score depends on how many players submitted it for that specific prompt. One prompt can record several answers in the same tier — and some prompts record no answer at all in the top band on a given day.

The six tiers.

Ordered from the deepest to the most crowded. The examples come from the dive recorded for 2026-10-09 and change when the daily board changes.

100 POINTS · 1,000 METRES

One in a Krillion

This is the deepest tier: an accepted answer that almost nobody else entered. It is specific without falling outside the prompt, and it rewards the kind of knowledge or association most players overlook.

Not every prompt produces a One in a Krillion answer. Some boards top out at Deep Cut for the day, so treat this tier as a genuine exception rather than a daily expectation.

Today’s example: Turn to You · 100 points — Name a Justin Bieber song

Today’s example: Beewolf · 100 points — Name an animal named after another animal (like seahorse)

85 POINTS · 850 METRES

Deep Cut

A Deep Cut answer is genuinely uncommon. It belongs to the prompt, but it comes from a narrower corner of the category than the answers most players reach first.

Deep Cut sits one step below the top band. The gap to One in a Krillion is only fifteen points on the scale, but the rarity behind that gap is large.

Today’s example: #thatPOWER · 85 points — Name a Justin Bieber song

Today’s example: 2 Much · 85 points — Name a Justin Bieber song

60 POINTS · 600 METRES

Rare

Rare answers are unusual enough to stand apart from the crowded choices. They are still recognizable and defensible, but they are not the first answer shared by the room.

Rare is where answers start to separate from the crowd. It scores double a Schooler answer, which makes it a realistic target when you move one step past your first instinct.

Today’s example: 10,000 Hours · 60 points — Name a Justin Bieber song

Today’s example: 2U · 60 points — Name a Justin Bieber song

30 POINTS · 300 METRES

Schooler

Schooler answers are solid, valid picks with some competition. They show that you understood the category, even if many other players arrived at the same place.

Schooler sits in the middle of the scale. It comfortably beats Too Clever and Plankton, but it leaves most of the prompt’s depth unused.

Today’s example: As Long as You Love Me · 30 points — Name a Justin Bieber song

Today’s example: Beauty and a Beat · 30 points — Name a Justin Bieber song

15 POINTS · 150 METRES

Too Clever

Too Clever is the unusual middle tier. The answer is accepted, but it is not rare enough to climb into the higher scoring bands. It may feel inventive because you moved away from the obvious choice, yet other players still found it often enough for the score to stay low.

Too Clever earns only five points more than Plankton and less than half of Schooler. If you land here often, your answer was clever in a direction many other players also took.

No accepted answer is recorded at this tier today.

10 POINTS · 100 METRES

Plankton

Plankton is the most crowded accepted tier. It is still a valid answer and still moves your dive, but it is the answer many players had in common.

Every tier above Plankton means fewer players shared your answer. It is the floor of the scale, not a failure — a valid answer always moves the dive.

Today’s example: Baby · 10 points — Name a Justin Bieber song

Today’s example: Love Yourself · 10 points — Name a Justin Bieber song

Why does Too Clever score less than Rare?

The name can be misleading. Too Clever does not mean the answer was bad, and it does not mean the game rejected it. It means the answer was accepted but appeared often enough that it did not qualify for the rarer bands.

The useful lesson is to move past your first instinct without forcing an answer into an obscure corner. A specific answer can score well when it remains clearly inside the prompt. An answer that is merely strange is not automatically a rare answer.

Quick score reference.

Tier	Points	Depth
One in a Krillion	100	1,000 m
Deep Cut	85	850 m
Rare	60	600 m
Schooler	30	300 m
Too Clever	15	150 m
Plankton	10	100 m

Every point is 10 metres of dive depth on this guide’s scale.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the highest Krillion tier?

One in a Krillion is the highest tier listed in this guide. It is worth 100 points, which corresponds to 1,000 metres of dive depth.

What does Too Clever mean in Krillion?

Too Clever is an accepted answer worth 15 points. It is valid, but it was entered often enough to sit below Schooler and the rarer tiers.

How many points is Deep Cut?

Deep Cut is worth 85 points, or 850 metres of dive depth.

Are the examples on this page permanent?

No. The examples are taken from the current dive and can change with the daily board. The tier definitions and point values remain the same.