Krillion Answers for August 18, 2026

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Lesotho— A kingdom inside South Africa, lying entirely above 1,000 meters.

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Liberia

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Laos
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Liechtenstein— Double-landlocked, so the sea is always two whole countries away.

The most common answer on the board.

• Lebanon
• Libya

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Montecristo— Dumas borrowed this tiny Tuscan islet's name for his count.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Alborán
• Alicudi
• Alonissos
• Amorgos
• Andros
• Antikythera— A shipwreck here held a 2,000-year-old geared computer.
• Arwad
• Asinara
• Astypalaia
• Biševo
• Bozcaada
• Cabrera
• Capraia
• Caprera
• Cres
• Cunda
• Dugi Otok
• Es Vedrà
• Favignana
• Filicudi
• Folegandros
• Formentera
• Galešnjak— Google Earth turned this perfectly heart-shaped islet into a Valentine's star.
• Gavdos— Nothing European lies south of this speck below Crete.
• Giglio
• Giudecca
• Gökçeada
• Goli Otok
• Gozo
• Hydra
• Île d'If— Monte Cristo's fictional prison is a real fortress off Marseille.
• Kalymnos
• Karpathos
• Kastellorizo
• Kekova
• Kerkennah
• Krk
• Kythira
• La Maddalena
• Lampedusa
• Lastovo
• Leros
• Levanzo
• Limnos
• Linosa
• Lipari
• Lokrum
• Lošinj
• Marettimo
• Mljet
• Nisyros
• Ortigia
• Pag
• Panarea
• Pantelleria
• Pianosa
• Ponza
• Porquerolles
• Port-Cros
• Procida
• Rab
• Sainte-Marguerite
• Salamis
• Salina
• Samothrace
• Sant'Antioco
• Sazan
• Serifos
• Skyros
• Šolta
• Spinalonga— Europe's last leper colony closed here in 1957.
• Sveti Stefan
• Syros
• Tabarca
• Tavolara
• Thasos
• Tinos
• Torcello
• Tremiti Islands
• Ustica
• Ventotene

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Aegina
• Antiparos
• Brač
• Burano
• Chios
• Comino
• Corfu
• Delos
• Euboea
• Ikaria
• Ischia
• Ithaca
• Korčula
• Kos
• Lefkada
• Lesbos
• Lido
• Menorca
• Murano
• Naxos
• Patmos
• Paxos
• Poros
• Samos
• Sifnos
• Skiathos
• Skopelos
• Spetses
• Stromboli
• Symi
• Vis
• Vulcano— Its smoking crater gave every volcano on Earth a name.
• Zakynthos

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Capri
• Corsica
• Hvar
• Ibiza
• Ios
• Kefalonia
• Mallorca
• Malta
• Milos
• Mykonos
• Paros
• Rhodes
• Santorini
• Sardinia

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Djerba— Tunisia's resort island doubled as Tatooine for the original Star Wars.
• Elba— Napoleon's first exile, immortalized in 'Able was I ere I saw Elba.'

The most common answer on the board.

• Crete
• Cyprus
• Sicily

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Fat-tailed dwarf lemur— Madagascar's dwarf lemur is the only primate known to hibernate.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Alligator— Freezes into pond ice with just its snout poking out.
• Common poorwill— Hopi speakers call this nightjar 'the sleeping one.'
• Deer mouse
• Echidna
• Gila monster
• Jumping mouse
• Koi
• Moth
• Salamander

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Badger
• Bumblebee
• Butterfly
• Hamster
• Ladybug
• Lizard
• Marmot
• Prairie dog
• Queen wasp
• Raccoon
• Skunk
• Snail
• Toad
• Tortoise

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Chipmunk
• Frog
• Ground squirrel
• Hedgehog
• Snake
• Turtle

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Dormouse— Alice's teapot sleeper genuinely sleeps more than half the year.

The most common answer on the board.

• Bat
• Bear
• Groundhog

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Sai ua— Chiang Mai's lemongrass-packed grilled sausage rarely leaves northern Thailand.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Banh bao
• Banh beo
• Banh bot loc
• Banh canh
• Banh chung
• Banh cuon
• Banh khot
• Banh trang nuong
• Banh trang tron
• Banh xeo
• Bo kho
• Bo la lot
• Bo luc lac
• Boat noodles
• Bun rieu
• Bun thang
• Bun thit nuong
• Ca kho to
• Ca phe trung
• Canh chua
• Cha ca
• Cha gio
• Chao
• Che
• Crab fried rice
• Crying tiger
• Curry puffs
• Duck noodle soup
• Gaeng hang lay
• Gaeng som
• Gai yang
• Goi ga
• Hor mok
• Hu tieu
• Kai jeow
• Kanom jeen
• Kanom krok
• Khao kha moo
• Khao man gai
• Lau
• Mi quang
• Moo krob
• Moo ping
• Morning glory stir fry
• Nam tok
• Nem chua
• Nem lui
• Nem nuong
• Pad prik king
• Pad woon sen
• Pla rad prik
• Rad na
• Sai krok isan
• Thai suki
• Thit kho
• Tod mun
• Yen ta fo
• Yum woon sen

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Bun bo hue
• Bun cha
• Ca phe sua da
• Cashew chicken
• Com tam
• Drunken noodles
• Khao pad
• Larb
• Pad see ew
• Panang curry
• Papaya salad
• Thai basil chicken
• Tom kha gai

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Banh mi
• Green curry
• Mango sticky rice
• Massaman curry
• Red curry
• Satay— Malaysian-Indonesian by origin, but Thai menus adopted it, so it counts.
• Spring rolls
• Sticky rice
• Thai iced tea
• Tom yum
• Yellow curry

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Cao lau— Hoi An guards the well water that makes these noodles real.
• Khao soi— A Burmese-influenced curry noodle soup that became northern Thailand's signature dish.

The most common answer on the board.

• Pad thai
• Pho

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Geri— Pixar's 1997 chess short star moonlights as Toy Story 2's cleaner.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Abby
• Al McWhiggin
• Alisha Hawthorne
• Alpha
• Ambassador Questa
• Anchor
• Angus
• Arlo
• Art
• Atta
• Aunt Olga
• Auto
• Bailey
• Bao
• Barbie
• Barley Lightfoot
• Becky
• Benson
• Bernie
• Beta
• Big Baby
• Blazey
• Bloat
• Bloofy
• Bomb Voyage
• Bubbles
• BURN-E
• Buster
• Butch
• Buttercup
• Captain McCrea
• Celia
• Charles Muntz
• Charlie
• Chicharron
• Chick Hicks
• Chuckles
• Chum
• Cinder
• Clod
• Colette
• Colt Bronco
• Combat Carl
• Coral
• Darby Steel
• Darla
• Dean Hardscrabble
• Deb
• Destiny
• Dim
• Django
• Dolly
• Don Carlton
• Dorothea Williams
• Dot
• Ellie— Gone ten minutes in, and Up never stops being about her.
• Embarrassment
• Emile
• Ennui
• Envy
• Ercole
• Ernesto de la Cruz
• Evelyn Deavor
• Fillmore
• Flo
• Fluke
• Francesco Bernoulli
• Francis
• Frank
• Frida Kahlo
• Fungus
• Gale
• Gamma
• Gazerbeam
• George Sanderson
• Gerald
• Giggle McDimples
• Gill
• Giulia
• Glordon
• Guido
• Gurgle
• Gusteau
• Gypsy
• Hal
• Heimlich
• Holley Shiftwell
• Honey
• Hopper
• Ian Lightfoot
• Izzy
• Jackson Storm
• Jacques
• Jangles
• Jenny
• Jerry
• Johnny Worthington
• Kari
• Ken
• Kevin— Russell names the bird Kevin before anyone realizes she's a mother.
• Lance Slashblade
• Laurel Lightfoot
• Lizzie
• Lord Grigon
• Luigi
• Luxo Jr.
• M-O
• Machiavelli
• Mama Imelda
• Manny
• Manticore
• Massimo
• Mayor Generazzo
• Ming
• Mirage
• Miriam
• Miss Fritter
• Mo Morrison
• Molt
• Moonwind
• Mor'du
• Mr. Mittens
• Mr. Pricklepants
• Needleman
• Nigel
• Nostalgia
• OOOOO
• P. Sherman
• P.T. Flea
• Peach
• Pearl
• Pepita
• Piper
• Pizza with Sunglasses
• Pouchy
• Presto
• Priya
• Purl
• Queen Elinor
• Rainbow Unicorn
• Ramone
• RC
• Red
• Rick Dicker
• Robaire
• Rosie
• Roz— 'I'm watching you, Wazowski. Always watching.'
• Rudder
• Sarge
• Screenslaver
• Scud
• Sheldon
• Sheriff
• Skinner
• Slim
• Smarty Pants
• Smitty
• Smokey
• Spot
• Squishy
• Stinky Pete
• Tad
• Terri
• The King
• The Triplets
• Trixie
• Tuck and Roll
• Tyler
• Uncle Ugo
• Underminer
• Val
• Voyd
• Waternoose
• Wheezy
• Wilden Lightfoot
• Winston Deavor

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• 22
• Abuelita
• Alberto
• Aliens
• Anger
• Anton Ego
• Anxiety
• Bo Peep
• Bonnie
• Boo
• Bruce
• Bullseye
• Bunny
• Cruz Ramirez
• Dante
• Disgust
• Doc Hudson
• Ducky
• Dug
• Duke Caboom
• Elio
• Ember
• EVE
• Fear
• Finn McMissile
• Flik
• Forky
• Gabby Gabby
• Hamm
• Hank
• Hector
• Joe Gardner
• King Fergus
• King George
• Lilypad
• Linguini
• Lotso
• Luca
• Mabel
• Mack
• Mama Coco
• Mei
• Merida
• Miguel
• Mr. Potato Head
• Mr. Ray
• Mrs. Potato Head
• Riley
• Sally
• Sid
• Slinky
• Sox
• Squirt
• Syndrome
• Wade
• Yeti
• Zurg

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Andy
• Carl Fredricksen
• Crush
• Dash
• Edna Mode
• Elastigirl
• Frozone
• Jack-Jack
• Jessie
• Joy
• Lightning McQueen
• Marlin
• Mater
• Mike Wazowski
• Mr. Incredible
• Remy
• Rex
• Russell
• Sadness
• Sulley
• Violet
• WALL-E

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Bing Bong— Half elephant, half cat, part dolphin, and one devastating candy-tear goodbye.
• Randall Boggs— Mike's college roommate before he was anyone's chameleon villain.

The most common answer on the board.

• Buzz Lightyear
• Dory
• Nemo
• Woody

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Gonggong— Named for a Chinese water god in a 2019 public naming vote.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Orcus— A Kuiper Belt world nicknamed the anti-Pluto for its mirror-image orbit.
• Quaoar
• Sedna

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Ceres
• Eris
• Haumea
• Makemake

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Mercury
• Neptune
• Uranus
• Venus

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Pluto— Demoted in 2006, and it still counts here as a dwarf planet.

The most common answer on the board.

• Earth
• Jupiter
• Mars
• Saturn

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Fontange— Named for Louis XIV's mistress, whose windblown updo launched decades of towers.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Bouffant
• Chignon
• Chonmage— Sumo wrestlers still wear the samurai topknot to work.
• Conk
• Crochet braids
• Croydon facelift— British slang for a ponytail pulled tight enough to lift the face.
• Ducktail
• Finger coils
• Finger waves
• Flip
• Frohawk
• Gibson girl
• High and tight
• Hime cut
• Hockey flow
• Ivy league
• Jellyfish cut
• Jheri curl
• Karen cut
• Liberty spikes
• Marcel wave
• Milkmaid braids
• Mop top
• Octopus cut
• Pin curls
• Queue
• Scene hair
• The Rachel— Jennifer Aniston herself called her famous Friends cut unmanageable.
• Tonsure
• Twist out
• Two block
• Victory rolls
• Wash and go
• Waterfall braid
• Wedge

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• 360 waves
• Afro puffs
• Bantu knots
• Beach waves
• Beehive
• Blowout
• Bowl cut
• Broccoli cut
• Bubble braids
• Butterfly cut
• Caesar cut
• Cornrow bun
• Crimped hair
• Curtains
• Dutch braid
• Edgar
• Feathered hair
• Fishtail braid
• Flattop
• French crop
• French twist
• Half up half down
• High ponytail
• High top fade
• Pageboy
• Pompadour
• Quiff
• Rat tail
• Space buns
• Twists
• Undercut
• Wolf cut

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Afro
• Bald
• Bangs
• Box braids
• Bun
• Buzz cut
• Comb-over
• Cornrows
• Crew cut
• Curls
• Curtain bangs
• Dreadlocks
• Fade
• French braid
• Layers
• Lob
• Man bun
• Middle part
• Mohawk
• Perm
• Pigtails
• Pixie cut
• Shag
• Side part
• Slick back
• Spiky hair
• Top knot
• Updo

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Fauxhawk— David Beckham's 2002 World Cup cut made spikes office-safe.
• Mullet— Business in front, party in back, banned in Iran since 2010.

The most common answer on the board.

• Bob
• Braids
• Ponytail