Plankton in Krillion (10 Points): Escape the Surface
Plankton is Krillion’s lowest tier: 10 points, 100 meters of dive depth, for the most common valid answers on the board — the ones floating at the surface that nearly everyone submits. It still counts, and it always beats a busted guess, but it is where dives go to stay shallow.
The Plankton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plankton | +10 | 100 m | 1,959 | 4.4 | 19 |
Average basis: the tier appears in all 448 logged prompts.
Plankton is the shortest roster in the game — about 4 answers per prompt — yet it is where the crowd's submissions concentrate. That is the inverted pyramid in its purest form: tiers are assigned by how many players submitted each answer, so the tiniest list carries the most players. Only the truly inevitable answers qualify, which is why the same names keep resurfacing: in our statistics report, United States alone has been Plankton 14 times.
Real Plankton 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:
- Kangaroo — the first K-animal everyone types
- Koala — the other inevitable one
- Egypt — Plankton on the same day's 'name a country in Africa' prompt
How to escape Plankton
The escape hatch is a four-second habit: name your first answer silently, assume everyone else typed it, and submit your second. The first-answers guide drills exactly this with real sheets, and our statistics report shows which obvious answers sink most often.
One honest caveat: escaping Plankton is not busting. An invalid guess scores zero, so when the prompt is tight and your second idea is shaky, taking the safe Plankton is correct play — 10 points beats 0 every dive.
Drill the instinct in practice mode — real past dives, real tiers, no timer and no risk.
Neighbors on the ladder
Just above sits Too Clever (15 points) — the technically-valid stretch that still outscores the surface. From there the ladder runs Schooler (30), Rare (60), Deep Cut (85) and One in a Krillion (100).
Every tier up is at least a doubling from Plankton, which is why the single highest-leverage move in Krillion is simply not submitting the obvious answer.
The full six-tier ladder — scores, depths and fresh examples from the latest dive — lives on the rarity tiers pillar.
Frequently asked questions
What does Plankton mean in Krillion?
Plankton is the lowest of Krillion's six rarity tiers, worth 10 points — 100 meters of dive depth at 1 point per 10 meters. It marks a valid but extremely common answer: the surface-level pick that nearly everyone submits, like answering 'tennis' to 'name a sport played over a net'.
Is getting Plankton bad in Krillion?
It is the floor, not a failure. Plankton means your answer was valid and counted for 10 points — always better than an invalid guess, which scores zero. But a full dive of Plankton tops out at 70 points, so climbing even one tier doubles your dive.
How do I stop getting Plankton in Krillion?
Skip the inevitable answer. Across 448 logged prompts the Plankton roster averages just 4.4 answers — the same ultra-obvious picks recur, with United States landing there 14 times. Name your first idea, assume the crowd typed it, and submit your second valid one instead.