17 prompts across 15 dives · narrowest: 31 answers · widest: 10,079
The short version
Fruit and vegetable prompts are a Krillion speciality — and a masterclass in the difference between "valid" and "valuable." Yes, "apple" is always in the pool. So is "banana." But when 50,000 players all type "apple" in the same 25-second window, that answer earns 10 points — the Plankton tier, the participation trophy of Krillion. The real money is in the varieties: not "banana" but "Praying Hands banana." Not "apple" but "Pink Pearl apple." Named cultivars are almost always in the pool (they're real, documented fruit varieties) and almost never chosen (because the average player doesn't know they exist). This page tracks every fruit and vegetable prompt with the data to prove it.
Every krillion fruit & vegetable answers prompt on record
| Pool | Prompt | Dive | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Name a fruit with a core | #62 | September 15, 2026 |
| 35 | Name a citrus fruit | #3 | July 18, 2026 |
| 40 | Name a root vegetable | #3 | July 18, 2026 |
| 50 | Name a fruit or vegetable with a one-syllable name | #103 | October 26, 2026 |
| 55 | Name a tropical fruit | #8 | July 23, 2026 |
| 128 | Name a part of a fruit | #82 | October 5, 2026 |
| 148 | Name a fruit or vegetable that is red on the inside. | #114 | November 6, 2026 |
| 205 | Name a fruit bigger than an apple | #95 | October 18, 2026 |
| 234 | Name an orange fruit or vegetable | #108 | October 31, 2026 |
| 267 | Name a vegetable (culinarily or technically) | #47 | August 31, 2026 |
| 400 | Name a yellow fruit or vegetable | #78 | October 1, 2026 |
| 569 | Name a fruit normally eaten with its skin on | #96 | October 19, 2026 |
| 589 | Name a fruit or vegetable that starts with S | #74 | September 27, 2026 |
| 828 | Name a fruit | #45 | August 29, 2026 |
| 972 | Name a fruit or vegetable that starts with P | #82 | October 5, 2026 |
| 2,620 | Name a fruit or vegetable that starts with B | #90 | October 13, 2026 |
| 10,079 | Name a vegetable that's botanically a fruit | #87 | October 10, 2026 |
How to score rare on these prompts
The golden rule for fruit prompts: named varieties beat generic names, every single time. A "Granny Smith apple" outscores "apple" because fewer people type the full name. A "Hass avocado" beats "avocado" for the same reason. Beyond cultivars, three more directions pay well. First: tropical and exotic fruits that are common in their native region but rare in the Anglosphere (rambutan, mangosteen, salak). Second: technical and botanical terms — if the prompt says "part of a fruit," words like "haustorium" and "ostiole" are pool-eligible. Third: heirloom and heritage varieties that exist in seed catalogs but not in supermarkets.
Common mistakes
- Naming a dish instead of a fruit (fruit salad doesn't count)
- Using a brand name instead of the botanical fruit (Del Monte is not a fruit)
- Going so exotic the answer isn't in the pool — stick to documented, real varieties
What the data says about krillion fruit & vegetable answers
Looking at the full archive, krillion fruit & vegetable answers show up in 15 of 119 dives — roughly 13% of all daily games have at least one prompt in this category. The average pool size is 1,014 answers, making this a wider-than-average category where specificity matters even more. The spread between the narrowest (31) and widest (10,079) prompt is 325× — 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 fruit & vegetable answers 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.