01
Read the prompt twice
Once for the literal question, once for the category the game is fishing in. Most weak answers come from the first reading only.
Practice loop · unlimited mode
Krillion unlimited practice
Unlimited mode makes it easy to play more and learn less. This is the loop we use to turn extra rounds into a better sense of rarity — without turning practice into a lookup table.
02
Guess the tier before you type
Say “this feels Rare” or “this is Plankton” out loud. Unlimited is cheap; a calibrated instinct is the thing you are actually training.
03
Change one variable at a time
Keep the same prompt and move from a common answer to a precise one. Watch the tier move. That delta is the lesson.
04
Stop at the first surprise
When a word scores higher or lower than you expected, write down why. Three surprises beat thirty careless rounds.
Three drills worth repeating
The rarity ladder
Pick one prompt. Write five answers from obvious to obscure. Play them one per round and rank your own guesses against the tiers. The gap between your ranking and the game’s is the skill.
The precision pass
When a broad answer lands low, do not jump categories. Narrow the same idea: a more specific object, a less common synonym, a proper noun that still fits. Precision is usually what moves Plankton to Rare.
The cold read
Before opening any hint page, say your answer and its predicted tier. Then check. Reading hints first feels productive and teaches almost nothing.
What not to do
- Do not memorise a “best answers” list. Tiers are per prompt and shift with the prompt.
- Do not treat unlimited as a score farm; the daily seven is where the stakes are.
- Do not trust any site that claims a complete Krillion word list. We do not, and neither should you.