Krillion Game Guide: How to Play the Daily Dive
Krillion is the daily open-answer trivia game where the rarest answer wins: seven prompts a day, 25 seconds each, and the obvious answer scores almost nothing. This guide walks through how a dive runs, the full six-tier scoring table from Plankton to One in a Krillion, the extra modes, and the tips that actually move your score — plus how to tell the real krillion.io from the copycats.
Game: Krillion · Checked: October 15, 2026
What is Krillion?
Krillion is a free daily trivia game you play in your browser at krillion.io. There are no multiple-choice options: every prompt is an open category — name a fruit, a fish, a movie flop — and you type a single answer. The catch is in the scoring: the obvious answer everyone types scores almost nothing, while a genuinely uncommon answer sinks you deeper and pays far more. The game's own tagline says it all: one in a krillion.
Every day brings a fresh Daily Dive of seven prompts, identical for every player, each with a 25-second timer. Your seven answers score up to 100 points each — 700 for a perfect dive — and the next set unlocks at midnight ET. The game was created by a solo developer who goes by kp, and it exploded in popularity in October 2026.
How a Daily Dive works
Open krillion.io and hit Dive in. You get seven open prompts — the same seven for everyone that day — and 25 seconds to type one answer for each. There is one dive per day, which is exactly why the game hooks people: everyone is comparing the same seven answers.
You are not guessing a stored correct answer. Each prompt draws on a large curated answer set aggregated from dictionaries, encyclopedias and wikis, and anything on that list is accepted — the game's own FAQ says some prompts accept thousands of answers, with alias matching that forgives a letter or two.
Miss the timer, or type something the curators never listed, and that prompt scores nothing. The ceiling is a clean 7 × 100 = 700 points for a perfect dive.
Krillion scoring: the six tiers
Every accepted answer lands in one of six rarity tiers, straight from the game's own scoring table:
| Tier | Points | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Plankton | 10 | The answer everyone blurts out |
| Too Clever | 15 | A famously "obscure" pick everyone reaches for anyway |
| Schooler | 30 | Solid — swims with the school |
| Rare | 60 | Genuinely uncommon. Nice pull |
| Deep Cut | 85 | True obscurity. Few go this deep |
| One in a Krillion | 100 | The designated gem of the prompt |
Your daily total: what counts as a good score
The seven answers stack into a daily total, and the game grades the whole dive with its own bands: 0–150 is a Plankton day, 151–250 Schooler, 251–350 Rare, 351–449 Deep Cut, and 450 or more earns the top verdict — "One in a krillion. Trench dweller. Absurd." In other words, averaging a Rare (60 points) on every prompt already puts you in the top band; you only need one gem, not seven.
Unlimited, Archive and Themed Packs
The Daily Dive is only the front door. Unlimited mode deals endless seven-prompt dives on mixed topics, so you can keep playing after today's set is done. The Archive replays past daily dives, and Themed Packs are curated question packs you can buy — any purchase switches ads off across the whole site.
The daily game and Unlimited are free, and you can play without an account. Signing in with Google is only needed to carry purchases and progress between devices.
The real Krillion vs. the copycats
Krillion's own FAQ calls this out: impostors have been claiming to be the game's creator, and Google's AI answers have even quoted a copycat developer as Krillion's maker. The real Krillion is the daily dive at krillion.io, built by the solo developer who signs that FAQ. Sites named "The Krillion" and similar are independent fan tributes — fine for practice, but they are not the official game and your progress does not live there. Same rule of thumb as always: the official game lives at krillion.io.
Tips to score rarer answers
- Distrust your first answer. If it arrives instantly, it arrives for everyone — that is a Plankton or, at best, a Too Clever pick. The official FAQ even defines "too clever" as the go-to obscure answer that is not actually obscure.
- Go one step weirder, then check it is real. Deep Cut and Krillion answers are still curated facts — a dictionary, an encyclopedia or a wiki should know them. Invented answers score nothing.
- Think like a curator. Rarity is ranked by how often words actually show up in what people read and write, so a household name in your niche can be a Deep Cut for the wider world — regional dishes, minor leaguers, small towns.
- Use alias-friendly names. The game's autocorrect checks aliases too — the FAQ's own example is a fish that accepts "sea donkey" because it sits one letter from "sea monkey" — so an alternative name can land points you did not expect.
- Spend the full 25 seconds when stuck. An unlisted guess scores zero, so burning ten extra seconds to pull one more genuine candidate from memory is almost always worth it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Krillion free?
Yes. The Daily Dive and Unlimited mode are free to play in your browser, with no download. The only paid items are optional Themed Packs, and any purchase turns off ads across the whole site.
Do I need an account to play Krillion?
No. You can dive without registering — a Google login is only used to carry purchases and progress between devices.
What time does the Krillion Daily Dive reset?
A new set of seven prompts goes live at midnight ET — the game runs on New York time — and every player gets the same seven prompts that day.
How many prompts are in a Krillion dive?
Seven, each with a 25-second timer and one typed answer. A perfect dive — seven top-tier answers — scores the maximum of 700 points.
What is a good Krillion score?
The game's own bands: 0–150 is a Plankton day, 151–250 Schooler, 251–350 Rare, 351–449 Deep Cut, and 450 or more earns the top "one in a krillion" verdict. Averaging one Rare answer per prompt (60 points each) already gets you there.
What does "Too Clever" mean in Krillion?
It is the game's label for the fake-obscure answer: the pick everyone types because it sounds obscure. Per the official FAQ, it is "the go-to obscure pick that isn't actually that obscure," and it scores just 15 points.
Is there a Krillion app?
Not yet. The developer says an app is planned and a Krillion party game is in the early planning stages. For now the game is browser-only at krillion.io.
Is thekrillion.com the official Krillion?
No. It is an independent fan-made tribute. The official game — the one your daily dive actually counts on — is krillion.io, a distinction the developer's own FAQ makes because copycats have been impersonating the game.
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