Krillion #114 hints & answers for November 6, 2026
Krillion #114 spans food, game settings, geography, sport, feelings and protective gear. All seven rounds have hints below; none has a Too Clever tier today.
Each prompt starts with gentle hints. Answers stay hidden until you open them, so you only see as much as you want.
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- Prompt 1Food
Name a fruit or vegetable that is red on the inside.
Hint 1
Picture a cross-section: the colour of the skin alone is not enough.
Hint 2
Think beyond summer fruit: roots, leafy vegetables and citrus offer other routes.
Hint 3
A specific red-fleshed variety can take you deeper than the everyday name of a fruit.
Plankton · 10 ptswhat everyone says first
Strawberry, Tomato, Watermelon
Schooler · 30 ptssolid, but swims with the school
Beet, Pomegranate
Rare · 60 ptsgenuinely uncommon
Blood orange, Fig, Rhubarb
Deep Cut · 85 ptstrue obscurity
Blood lime, Cara Cara orange, Red-fleshed apple
The Krillion gem · 100 pts
Beefsteak fungus
Cutting this fungus releases reddish liquid, giving it a resemblance to uncooked meat.
- Prompt 2Video games
Name a setting you can change in a video game’s settings.
Hint 1
Mentally browse the options menus, including the tabs you rarely open.
Hint 2
Think about how the game accommodates different players, how the controller responds, or what happens when you aim.
Hint 3
Think of an advanced visual effect that adds coloured fringes around objects.
Plankton · 10 ptswhat everyone says first
Brightness, Sensitivity, Volume
Schooler · 30 ptssolid, but swims with the school
Aim assist, Controls
Rare · 60 ptsgenuinely uncommon
Accessibility, Adaptive triggers, ADS sensitivity
Deep Cut · 85 ptstrue obscurity
Chromatic aberration, 24-hour clock, Ability cooldown display
The Krillion gem · 100 pts
Arachnophobia mode
In Grounded, this option can remove the spiders’ legs and leave floating rounded shapes.
- Prompt 3Geography
Name a country with "and" in its name
Hint 1
Scan the English spelling of country names, rather than their translations.
Hint 2
The three letters can sit inside a longer word; they do not have to stand alone.
Hint 3
For deeper picks, look at central Africa or Pacific island nations.
Plankton · 10 ptswhat everyone says first
Finland, Poland, Switzerland
Schooler · 30 ptssolid, but swims with the school
New Zealand, Thailand
Rare · 60 ptsgenuinely uncommon
Andorra, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Príncipe
Deep Cut · 85 ptstrue obscurity
Marshall Islands, Rwanda
The Krillion gem · 100 pts
Solomon Islands
Researchers found an enormous coral near these islands in 2024 and at first thought they were looking at a shipwreck.
- Prompt 4Sports
Name something players aim at to score in a sport (like a hoop).
Hint 1
Think about the target itself, not the equipment used to send something towards it.
Hint 2
A specific scoring area or marking can count, as well as a whole structure.
Hint 3
Try the small target ball in bowls, or an opening at the edge of a billiard table.
Plankton · 10 ptswhat everyone says first
Goal, Hole, Hoop
Schooler · 30 ptssolid, but swims with the school
Bullseye, Dartboard
Rare · 60 ptsgenuinely uncommon
Backboard, Boundary, Corner pocket
Deep Cut · 85 ptstrue obscurity
Jack, 12 ring, Accuracy frame
The Krillion gem · 100 pts
Dedans
A successful shot into this target in real tennis earns the point immediately.
- Prompt 5Food
Name a high-protein food ingredient—at least 8g of protein per 100g.
Hint 1
Consider both animal and plant ingredients, keeping the stated threshold in mind.
Hint 2
Fermented foods and ingredients made from nuts also appear in the answer sheet.
Hint 3
For a more specialised pick, think of a particular cheese rather than a broad food group.
Plankton · 10 ptswhat everyone says first
Beef, Chicken, Eggs
Schooler · 30 ptssolid, but swims with the school
Almonds, Beans
Rare · 60 ptsgenuinely uncommon
Tempeh, Almond flour, Abalone
Deep Cut · 85 ptstrue obscurity
Aarewasser, Abaza, Abbaye de Belloc
The Krillion gem · 100 pts
Tungrymbai
To make this food, soybeans are fermented near a fireplace in baskets lined with leaves.
- Prompt 6Words
Name a way a person can feel, emotionally or physically (one word only)
Hint 1
Both moods and bodily sensations count; choose a single English word.
Hint 2
Think about subtler feelings after an achievement, an awkward moment or a memory.
Hint 3
Try a word for quiet, slightly sad longing, or a less familiar way to describe embarrassment.
Plankton · 10 ptswhat everyone says first
Angry, Cold, Happy
Schooler · 30 ptssolid, but swims with the school
Alone, Anxious
Rare · 60 ptsgenuinely uncommon
Wistful, Accepted, Accomplished
Deep Cut · 85 ptstrue obscurity
Abased, Abashed, Abject
The Krillion gem · 100 pts
Verklempt
Mike Myers helped popularise the word through Linda Richman, his talk-show-host character on Saturday Night Live.
- Prompt 7Equipment
Name something people wear that is designed for protection (everyday clothing doesn’t count)
Hint 1
Start with a hazard, then think of something worn specifically to guard against it.
Hint 2
Sports, industrial work and historical combat all offer accepted examples.
Hint 3
Think of an old armour piece for the throat, or a full suit for abrasive blasting.
Plankton · 10 ptswhat everyone says first
Armor, Gloves, Goggles
Schooler · 30 ptssolid, but swims with the school
Bike helmet, Bulletproof vest
Rare · 60 ptsgenuinely uncommon
Ankle brace, Airsoft mask, Airsoft goggles
Deep Cut · 85 ptstrue obscurity
Gorget, Abrasion-resistant gloves, Abrasive blasting suit
The Krillion gem · 100 pts
Chainmail shark suit
The original Neptunic suit was assembled from more than 400,000 steel rings, each welded closed.