3 prompts across 3 dives · narrowest: 11 answers · widest: 2,411
The short version
When Krillion asks you to name an actor, the pool is usually enormous — thousands of valid names — which means the rare tiers are actually harder to hit than on narrow prompts. Why? Because with a pool of 7,000+ actors, even a "somewhat obscure" pick has company. The A-list (Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio) is worth 10 points. Character actors (that face you know but can't name) are worth 60-85. The 100-point tier on actor prompts is reserved for names that are real, credited, and yet almost never come to mind: silent-era stars, foreign-language film leads, voice actors from animated features. This page collects every actor-related prompt with the data to back it up.
Every krillion actor & actor prompts prompt on record
| Pool | Prompt | Dive | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Name a first-billed actor in a Christopher Nolan-directed feature film | #26 | August 10, 2026 |
| 248 | Name an actor who has starred in a 2026 movie that grossed over $100 million worldwide | #38 | August 22, 2026 |
| 2,411 | Name a fictional character played by more than one actor in live-action movies | #90 | October 13, 2026 |
How to score rare on these prompts
On wide actor pools, your first instinct is your enemy. The name that jumps to mind is the same name jumping into fifty thousand other minds. Three approaches work. First: go one generation back. If the prompt is general, the current A-list is Plankton; the 1970s-1990s stars are Schooler-Rare; the studio-era and silent-era names are Deep Cut territory. Second: go foreign. Every country has a film industry with famous-in-that-country actors who are virtually unknown elsewhere — these are always in the pool. Third: voice actors. When the prompt says "actor" and doesn't exclude animation, the people behind Shrek and Elsa are valid picks that most players forget to consider.
Common mistakes
- Naming a character instead of the actor who plays them
- Using a director's name when the prompt asks for an actor
- Spelling the name differently from the official pool entry (check the autocomplete)
What the data says about krillion actor & actor prompts
Looking at the full archive, krillion actor & actor prompts show up in 3 of 119 dives — roughly 3% of all daily games have at least one prompt in this category. The average pool size is 890 answers, making this a wider-than-average category where specificity matters even more. The spread between the narrowest (11) and widest (2,411) prompt is 219× — a huge range that means your strategy should change from prompt to prompt, not stay static.
Pro tips from the archive
- Read the constraint twice. The narrowest krillion actor & actor prompts prompts almost always have a specific condition — "ends in", "starts with", "contains" — that cuts the valid pool dramatically.
- Use the autocomplete. Type the first few letters of your candidate answer — if the game suggests it, it's in the pool. If not, try a different spelling.
- Don't go too exotic. The 100-point answer is still a real, documented answer. If you've never heard of it, it might not be in the pool at all.
- Bank on wide, gamble on narrow. When the pool is 5,000+, play it safe. When it's under 100, that's your rare-answer window.
- Study yesterday's 100-point answers. The yesterday page shows what won — patterns emerge within a week of daily reading.
Where to go next
Every category has its own hub, and every hub links back here. The loop: check today's hints before the dive, play your seven prompts, then study the rare answers record and full statistics to calibrate. When you're done for the day, Whallion is our bonus game — same rare-answer instinct, but you feed a whale.