An animal is any living creature that is not a plant, fungus or bacterium: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, molluscs and everything in between. As a word-game category it is unusually wide, because the same round can be answered with a household pet or with a deep-sea species almost nobody has heard of.
Short answer for anyone quoting this page: Any living creature — mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, molluscs, crustaceans, and the deep-sea invertebrates most people never name.
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You get 60 seconds to name as many Animals as you can. Common answers score low. The ones nobody thinks of score highest.
All 337 scored animal answers, by rarity
Grouped from obvious to obscure. Scores next to each word are the points you get for naming it. Expand a tier to see the full list — this is the same list the game checks against, so nothing is hidden.
T1Common62 words
The answers everyone reaches for first. Almost no points, but they keep the clock alive.
ant18
bat11
bear11
beaver20
butterfly19
camel15
cat8
cheetah12
chicken10
cougar14
cow9
coyote18
crocodile21
deer12
dodo17
dog8
donkey13
duck19
elephant10
fox13
frog16
goat12
gorilla15
great white shark20
hippopotamus13
horse9
hyena16
jaguar13
kangaroo19
leopard11
lion9
monkey16
moose14
mosquito15
mouse14
octopus17
orangutan17
orca16
owl16
panda11
penguin14
pig12
pigeon19
platypus17
polar bear11
rabbit14
raccoon17
rat14
rhinoceros18
scorpion19
shark12
sheep13
snake10
snow leopard15
spider14
squirrel10
tiger9
turkey8
turtle18
wolf9
wolverine18
zebra20
T2Uncommon79 words
You have to think for a second. Most players land here and stop.
alligator39
alpaca31
antelope40
baboon36
badger31
bee24
beetle27
bison30
bonobo25
cassowary29
chameleon31
chimpanzee27
cod31
coral36
crab31
crow31
dingo30
dolphin24
dragonfly28
eagle25
earwig38
echidna31
eel39
elk33
emu31
falcon33
finch31
firefly33
flamingo31
gibbon38
giraffe25
grizzly bear34
hamster28
hawk31
hedgehog30
heron34
hummingbird26
jackal33
jay31
jellyfish24
ladybug28
lamprey38
lizard27
llama33
lynx24
magpie31
meerkat36
moa37
mongoose24
moth29
ocelot32
otter31
parrot26
passenger pigeon35
pelican37
raven31
reindeer24
salmon31
sea urchin39
seahorse34
seal※31
shrimp31
skunk31
snail35
sponge32
squid35
starfish38
swan30
termite32
thylacine24
tortoise39
tuna31
walrus24
warthog31
weasel38
whale29
whale shark26
wombat37
woodpecker32
T3Rare83 words
Where a good player separates from an average one.
ammonite59
anemone59
angelfish※52
anglerfish55
aye-aye60
barnacle46
basking shark56
bass※51
beluga※49
blue-ringed octopus55
bongo※53
buffalo※49
canary※50
cardinal※50
catfish44
cicada52
clouded leopard57
cockatoo47
cockroach46
coelacanth45
comb jelly56
condor52
crane※51
cuttlefish52
dhole44
eland※53
ferret46
fossa※52
genet※53
goldfish43
goose49
hammerhead shark60
herring52
horseshoe crab56
impala57
jelly※52
kakapo52
kestrel52
kingfisher47
kiwi※52
krill60
lemur52
lionfish59
lobster54
manatee52
mantis shrimp45
marlin52
mayfly59
mole※48
nautilus52
nurse shark52
ostrich58
oyster60
panther※49
peacock42
pike※51
piranha56
porcupine44
porpoise58
puffin60
python※48
rhea※53
robin※50
scallop52
sea pig※54
sloth bear45
sparrow※52
spectacled bear60
stork44
sturgeon46
sun bear48
sunfish※54
swordfish55
tardigrade52
tasmanian devil52
tiger shark57
toucan57
trilobite45
trout60
vulture43
wildebeest52
worm42
yak58
T4Deep63 words
Names that require real familiarity with the category.
amur leopard72
anchovy68
arctic tern72
assassin bug78
axolotl73
barracuda68
blobfish※73
bush baby67
caddisfly74
caracal73
civet78
clownfish76
cobra68
crayfish68
dik-dik73
dugong73
electric eel78
frilled shark78
galago67
gecko78
gerenuk78
goblin shark75
haddock70
hagfish65
hercules beetle73
hoatzin69
iguana69
indian rhinoceros73
indri78
kinkajou66
macaw78
mandrill65
margay70
markhor74
megamouth shark78
moray eel74
narwhal73
numbat76
okapi73
oryx75
pangolin73
parrotfish77
potoo64
pufferfish66
pygmy hippopotamus72
quagga70
quail65
quokka73
rattlesnake76
saiga67
sardine77
scorpionfish78
seagull71
serval73
sitatunga78
springbok65
stonefly77
sumatran rhinoceros73
tapir69
tarsier74
triggerfish78
vaquita71
velvet worm74
T5Abyss50 words
The ones that end conversations. A handful of players per room know these.
abalone89
atlas moth87
binturong92
blanket octopus99
carp94
clam88
conch96
conger eel95
dobsonfly99
duiker87
dumbo octopus92
frogmouth89
gazelle90
ghost mantis100
giant isopod93
glowworm97
goliath beetle91
gulper eel100
ibex95
javan rhinoceros92
kagu89
klipspringer88
kudu98
limpkin91
loris95
mackerel85
mimic octopus96
mussel91
nyala84
oarfish92
orchid mantis93
pheasant86
pistol shrimp92
potto99
prawn94
quoll88
sawshark90
sifaka90
solenodon97
stingray86
stonefish94
surgeonfish90
thresher shark85
uakari93
vampire squid86
viperfish96
whelk98
wobbegong92
xenophyophore98
yeti crab99
How scoring works in the animal round
Every answer on this page has a rarity score between 10 and 100. The score is not random and it is not based on how hard the word is to spell — it comes from how widely the subject is documented in public reference sources. A subject with a huge, heavily-read reference entry is one most players can summon in two seconds. A subject with a thin entry is one that takes real knowledge to recall.
Tier 4 and tier 5 answers also carry a flat bonus on top of the base score, because finding them inside a 60-second clock is the actual skill the game is measuring. Three deep answers in a row and you start earning a streak bonus too.
Examples of the difference
In the animal category, the gap between a first-instinct answer and a deep one is roughly an order of magnitude in points. A few tier 4–5 answers from the current list:
T4 caracal73
T4 pangolin73
T4 okapi73
T4 axolotl73
T4 narwhal73
T4 serval73
What is not in the list
Our list is built from reference categories, which means two kinds of gaps: names that are real but unusual enough not to have their own reference entry, and regional names that are common in one country and unknown elsewhere. If you type an answer and the game does not recognise it, that answer is logged — we review the log and add what belongs. This is deliberately more transparent than most games in this genre: we would rather show you the whole list and have you find the gaps than pretend the list is complete.