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Field journal No. 7

Thursday, 5 November 2026

The five flocks that landed on day 7: painters, venomous animals, citrus fruits, thai dishes and gases.

Rarer answers scored more: Common 20 points, Uncommon 60, Rarity 120, Vagrant 200. How rarity is scored.

First flock · People

Painters

Picasso · Van Gogh · Monet · Rembrandt

1,423 answers fitted. Some of them:

Common
Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Michelangelo, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Raphael, Frida Kahlo, Henri Matisse
Uncommon
Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Francisco Goya, Hokusai, Albrecht Dürer, Diego Velázquez, Peter Paul Rubens, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Rarity
George W. Bush, Walt Disney, Rabindranath Tagore, Charles III, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Carl Jung
Vagrant
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Victor Hugo, Nicolaus Copernicus, Le Corbusier, Matsuo Bashō, Sarah Bernhardt, Akira Kurosawa, Freddie Mercury

Second flock · Animals

Venomous animals

King cobra · Emperor scorpion · Box jellyfish · Black widow

502 answers fitted. Some of them:

Common
Spider, Scorpion, Platypus, Honey bee, Viper, Cobra, Black mamba, Hornet
Uncommon
Mosquito, Centipede, Bumblebee, Komodo dragon, Adder, Tarantula, Tetraodontidae, Gila monster
Rarity
Sea urchin, Tick, Catfish, Monitor lizard, European mole, Indian cobra, Eurasian water shrew, Egyptian cobra
Vagrant
Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Chimaera, Common vampire bat, Myxozoa, Pholcidae

Third flock · Plants

Citrus fruits

Lemon · Orange · Lime · Grapefruit

147 answers fitted. Some of them:

Common
Tangerine, Clementine
Uncommon
Mandarin, Satsuma, Pomelo, Yuzu, Seville orange, Kumquat, Bergamot, Blood orange
Rarity
Citron, Key lime, Kaffir lime, Calamansi, Minneola, Buddha's hand, Finger lime, Sweet orange
Vagrant
Mandarinquat, Orangequat, Amanatsu, Ichang papeda, Tankan, Iyokan, Natsudaidai, Hassaku

Fourth flock · Food

Thai dishes

Pad thai · Green curry · Tom yum · Som tam

278 answers fitted. Some of them:

Common
Satay, Mango sticky rice, Massaman curry, Red curry, Panang curry, Basil chicken
Uncommon
Larb, Khao pad, Pad pak boong, Pad woon sen, Khao soi, Jungle curry, Sour curry, Tom kha gai
Rarity
Khanom jeen, Khao kha moo, Khao tom, Jok, Yum talay, Plaa pao, Pla rad prik, Pla neung manao
Vagrant
Thai iced coffee, Thai prawn crackers, Foi thong, Or suan, Khao tom haeng, Khanom piak poon, Nam prik pla ra, Nam prik ta daeng

Fifth flock · Science

Gases

Oxygen · Helium · Methane · Carbon dioxide

169 answers fitted. Some of them:

Common
Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Neon, Carbon monoxide
Uncommon
Chlorine, Argon, Fluorine, Krypton, Radon, Ammonia, Ozone, Xenon
Rarity
Ethane, Ethylene, Sulfur dioxide, Biogas, Hydrogen sulfide, Acetylene, Deuterium, Hydrogen cyanide
Vagrant
Phosphine, Vinyl chloride, Arsine, Hydrogen bromide, Chloromethane, Silane, Dimethyl ether, Hydrogen iodide
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