The official FAQ uses Too Clever for an obvious attempt at an obscure answer that many people also think of. It is a daily-game label; the Party rules inspected here do not explain it as a multiplayer scoring tier.
The meaning in plain English
An answer can feel clever because it avoids the most familiar choice, while still being a common alternative among players. Too Clever names that situation. The FAQ gives a short qualitative explanation, not a numerical rarity percentage.
Why unusual is not always rare
A deliberately quirky choice can be familiar to many other people. Rarity in Krillion depends on the prompt and curated answer set. The label does not establish that a word is generally obscure in every context.
Do not transfer labels between modes
The live Party rules mention rarer answers and extra-heart progress, but do not define a Too Clever bonus or penalty. Keep a daily-game explanation separate from a multiplayer scoring claim unless the current game explicitly connects them.
Use the official FAQ for the definition
If two guides give different definitions, compare them with the original FAQ and the current in-game label. This article does not maintain a daily answer list or predict which answer will receive a particular label on a future prompt.
Does Too Clever mean my answer was rejected?
Treat a rarity label and a rejection message as different observations. Record what the game accepted before interpreting the label. If the answer itself did not go through, use the answer rejection checks. For points and depth, see the daily score guide. We do not infer a numerical scoring rule from the label alone.
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Too Clever describes a familiar supposedly obscure choice, rather than an invalid answer.
Developer FAQ corroborated by a secondary explanation; not an answer-bank audit.
Developer FAQ corroborated by a secondary explanation; not an answer-bank audit. Test screenshots document a temporary private room that has now been left. No purchases, public queue or account changes were involved.
- Krillion — developer FAQ ↗
Developer explanation of curated answers, aliases and Too Clever. Older planned-multiplayer wording conflicts with the live Party mode.
- Nisu — daily rules and answer handling ↗
Secondary account of the official FAQ. This is documentary corroboration, not an independent audit of the answer bank.