How points add up
A daily dive contains seven prompts. Each accepted answer contributes its tier's point value. A missed or unaccepted answer contributes zero. Seven 100-point answers make the maximum daily total: 700 points.
| Answer tier | Points | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Plankton | 10 | The first answer that comes to mind. |
| Too Clever | 15 | The famously obscure answer everyone thinks of. |
| Schooler | 30 | A good answer, swimming with the school. |
| Rare | 60 | A less familiar answer. A little deeper. |
| Deep Cut | 85 | An obscure answer from well below the surface. |
| Krillion | 100 | A specially chosen gem at the bottom of the dive. |
For example, two Schoolers, three Rare answers, one Deep Cut, and one Krillion add up to 425 points: 30 + 30 + 60 + 60 + 60 + 85 + 100. The day's overall rating is then based on that total.
Your daily rating
| Daily total | Overall rating |
|---|---|
| 0–150 | Plankton |
| 151–250 | Schooler |
| 251–350 | Rare |
| 351–449 | Deep Cut |
| 450–700 | One in a Krillion |
These five daily bands are separate from the six individual answer tiers. There is no Too Clever band for a whole dive. The top daily rating begins at 450 points; you do not need a perfect 700-point run to reach it.
A worked example
Imagine you finish with three Rare answers, two Deep Cuts, one Schooler, and one Krillion. The sum is 180 + 170 + 30 + 100 = 480 points, which falls in the One in a Krillion daily band.
The top rating describes the combined dive. You could arrive there with different combinations, so avoid judging your whole performance by one frustrating prompt.
What the score does not tell you
A tier is not a live percentile. The official FAQ explains how answer sets and rarity are curated; it does not define tier scores as the share of players choosing an answer. If the official game shows a comparison with other players, that is a separate measure.
The highest-value answer is also not guaranteed to be the least-known one. A designated Krillion has a “fun factor” component. See the rarity guide for the reasoning behind that choice.
Check without affecting your game
Our answer checker looks at the saved published sheet for the selected date and prompt. It does not submit an answer, update your official score, or imitate the game's spelling correction.
If an entry is missing from our saved list, we say “not listed.” We cannot infer that the official game will reject it, especially when aliases or later changes may be involved. Your result in the official game remains authoritative.
A few common questions.
What is the highest possible daily score?
700 points: seven answers worth 100 points each.
How many points do I need for the top daily rating?
The One in a Krillion daily rating starts at 450 points. It is separate from the 100-point tier for an individual answer.