Deep Cut in Krillion (85 Points): The Sweet Spot Tier
Deep Cut is Krillion’s second-highest rarity tier: 85 points, 850 meters of dive depth, for an obscure-but-legitimate answer that only a genuine enthusiast reaches for. It is the sweet spot of the game — the highest tier you can actually earn on purpose.
The Deep Cut tier in the data
Counted from every daily sheet we have logged since launch — July 16 through September 17, 2026, 64 days and 448 prompts:
| Tier | Score | Depth | Total answers | Avg per prompt | Most in one prompt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Cut | +85 | 850 m | 61,638 | 138.8 | 3,077 |
Average basis: averaged over the 444 of 448 prompts where the tier appears.
Deep Cut is the biggest list in the game — 73% of all accepted answers — precisely because of how tiers work. A tier is assigned by how many players submitted each answer, but the archive counts distinct answers. Thousands of different obscure answers each attract a handful of players, so the Deep Cut roster balloons while the crowd concentrates on a tiny Plankton list. The pyramid is inverted: the biggest shelf is the hardest one for any single player to hit.
Real Deep Cut examples
From launch day's "name an animal whose name starts with K" prompt — July 16, 2026's sheet shows the full roster these came from:
- Kagu — a nearly flightless bird from New Caledonia
- Kakariki — a small New Zealand parrot
- Kangaroo rat — the desert rodent that never drinks water
How to land Deep Cuts on purpose
Deep Cut is the one top tier that responds to training. The reliable route is map-sweeping: run a category by structure (continents, decades, letters) instead of free-associating, so you reach the shelf below the crowd’s first instinct.
Our strategy guide breaks the habit down with real sheets, and the statistics report shows why this tier is where prepared players actually score — 136+ answers per prompt means there is always room for one more obscure pick.
Drill the instinct in practice mode — real past dives, real tiers, no timer and no risk.
Neighbors on the ladder
One tier up sits One in a Krillion (100 points) — the biggest single jump in the game, 15 points above a Deep Cut, and a ceiling that cannot be farmed. One tier down is Rare (60 points): solid, but 25 points lighter.
If you are landing Rare consistently, you are one shelf of obscurity away from Deep Cut territory.
The full six-tier ladder — scores, depths and fresh examples from the latest dive — lives on the rarity tiers pillar.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Deep Cut in Krillion?
Deep Cut is the second-highest rarity tier, worth 85 points — 850 meters of dive depth at the game's rate of 1 point per 10 meters. It marks an obscure but fully legitimate answer: correct, valid, and reached by only a small slice of players.
How rare is a Deep Cut answer?
Individually rare, collectively numerous. Across 448 logged prompts, Deep Cuts average 138.8 per prompt and total 61,638 — the largest tier roster in the game. Each single Deep Cut was found by very few players; there are simply thousands of different obscure answers.
Is Deep Cut or One in a Krillion better?
One in a Krillion scores higher (100 vs 85 points), but Deep Cut is the realistic target. Perfect answers average about 1.2 per prompt and ten logged prompts never produced one, while Deep Cuts appear by the hundreds on every prompt — it is the highest tier you can earn with habits rather than luck.