What Is Krillion? The Daily Trivia Game Where Rare Answers Win
By the Krillion Daily team ·
Krillion is a free daily trivia game where the rarest correct answer wins. Every morning it gives everyone the same seven prompts — “name a planet”, “name a coffee shop chain”, “name a part of an airplane” — and 25 seconds to answer each one. Any correct answer counts, but the obvious ones barely score. Think of something few other players would say, and you sink deeper into the ocean. That single twist is what makes people want to compare and share their results.
Krillion in one minute
- Where: in your browser at krillion.io — no app or download.
- When: one Daily Dive per day, resetting at midnight US Eastern time.
- What: seven open “name a…” prompts, the same for every player in the world.
- How long: 25 seconds per prompt, so a full dive takes about three minutes.
- Goal: give correct answers that are as rare as possible; your total score becomes your depth.
How does Krillion work?
Each prompt has a large list of accepted answers built from dictionaries, wikis and encyclopedias. When you submit an answer, the game checks it against that list. If it is not there, you are told to try again — you can keep guessing until the timer runs out. If it is there, the answer is placed in a rarity tier and you sink by that many points.
The lists are big. Across the 9 Daily Dives in our Krillion archive, the average prompt accepted about 1,404 different answers (88,443 in total), and the most recent dive, #81, accepted 7,091. So the challenge is rarely “do you know an answer?” — it is “do you know one that nobody else will think of?”
Krillion scoring in a nutshell
Accepted answers land in one of six tiers, from Plankton (10 points) for the answer almost everyone types, up to One in a Krillion (100 points) for a hand-picked gem. Seven prompts make a maximum of 700 points, shown as depth — every point is ten metres, which is why people post results like “sank to 4,350 m today”. The sneakiest tier is Too Clever, the famous “obscure” answer that scores less than an honest, common one. The full tier table and how the points are decided are in our how to play Krillion guide.
Where the name comes from
“Krillion” plays on “one in a million” — krill swarm in unimaginable numbers, so one in a krillion means one of a kind. The full story, and every official 100-point answer so far, is on our One in a Krillion page.
Why Krillion went viral
Most trivia games reward knowing the one right answer. Krillion flips that: there are hundreds of right answers, and the fun is in finding a weird one. That makes every result personal — two friends can both score well with completely different answers — and it makes the results worth comparing. Add a strict daily limit, a three-minute play time and a shareable depth score, and you get the same recipe that made Wordle and Connections part of people’s mornings.
It also produces great conversations. After each dive, players compare the answers they missed, argue about whether a refused answer should count, and discover the 100-point gem — often a delightful bit of trivia in its own right.
Finally, it is easy to start and hard to master. A first-time player can type “California” and score; a seasoned player learns to skip the crowded middle of every category, avoid the famous oddball and go looking for the forgotten corner — a regional brand, an early sequel, a microstate — where the deepest answers live.
Is Krillion free?
Yes — the Daily Dive is free to play once per day. The official site also sells optional extras: an Unlimited mode, a playable archive of past dives, and themed packs such as movies, sports, geography and words. You never need them to play the daily game. If you want free extra practice, fan sites offer unofficial modes; ours is Krillion Unlimited, with original prompts and no daily limit.
Who is Krillion for?
- Daily puzzle fans who already play Wordle, Connections or Strands and want something with more room for creativity.
- Trivia lovers who know a lot of long-tail facts and finally get rewarded for them.
- Friends and group chats, because the same seven prompts make for easy comparisons.
- Classrooms, as a quick vocabulary and general-knowledge warm-up — it runs on Chromebooks too.
How to get started
- Open krillion.io and start today’s Daily Dive.
- For each prompt, skip your first thought — that is where everyone else goes.
- Finish all seven prompts and share your depth.
- Stuck? Use spoiler-free Krillion hints, or check today’s Krillion answers after you play.
For the full rules, tier details and strategy, read our how to play Krillion guide. Krillion Daily is an unofficial fan site and is not affiliated with Krillion.