Dive #97 · Prompt 4 of 7

Name a device made to blow air

October 20, 2026: 340 accepted answers, grouped by tier from rarest to most obvious. Every answer in a tier scores the same.

Gem answers

Winnowing machineKrillionHan-dynasty China cranked chaff from grain eighteen centuries before Europe.
HydraulisDeep cutCtesibius of Alexandria blew its pipes with water pressure around 250 BC.

What players picked most

Share of this prompt's players, counted at 06:29 UTC on October 20. The tier was set before anyone played, so a common answer can still score high.

Answer	Tier	Players	Share
Fan	Plankton	16,660	9.4%
Hair dryer	Plankton	15,648	8.9%
Leaf blower	Plankton	13,226	7.5%
Air conditioner	Plankton	10,074	5.7%
Air compressor	Schooler	9,292	5.3%
Computer fan	Rare	8,642	4.9%
Jet engine	Rare	7,070	4%
Air purifier	Rare	6,582	3.7%
Canned air	Rare	6,137	3.5%
Handheld fan	Rare	4,621	2.6%

All 340 answers, by tier

The number after an answer is how many players gave it; no number means nobody had, as of 06:29 UTC on October 20.

Krillion100 pts · 1,000 m · 1 answer

Winnowing machinegem answer621

Deep cut85 pts · 850 m · 240 answers · 205 picked by someone

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4D theater air jet53

A

Active chilled beam5
Aerosledge33
Aerotrain40
Air amplifier84
Air blast circuit breaker1
Air blow gun427
Air cannon1,551
Air caster202
Air classifier2
Air conditioning pack32
Air curtain72
Air ionizer blower15
Air knife199
Air mover141
Air pump wine opener1
Air raid siren67
Air rower10
Air scrubber19
Air seeder2
Air shower41
Air spade2
Air start unit19
Air table31
Air track17
Air turborocket
Air turnover unit1
Air whip9
Air-cooled heat exchanger14
Air-fluidized bed
Air-jet loom2
Airblast sprayer1
Airscarf4
Arc gouging torch

B

Bag valve mask119
Bandoneon2
Barn fan12
Barrel organ3
Bath spa mat1
Bathroom clothes dryer
Battery cooling fan1
BBQ blower79
Bead seater22
Bed fan68
Bilge blower10
Biosafety cabinet70
Blast chiller24
Blow molding machine12
Blower door9
Blower wok burner
Blowing engine22
Blown film extruder
Body dryer31
Boot dryer110
Border pipes
Bottle pump cap
Bottle sterilizer and dryer4
Bubble curtain
Bubble foot spa1
Bubble tube4
Bubble vegetable washer

C

Cabrette6
Calliope11
Camera cooling fan11
Car dryer184
Car wash dryer115
Chimney fan83
Coffee roaster18
Cold air chiller
Combi oven8
Concertina4
Condenser fan12
Confined space blower8
Convection microwave9
Conveyor dryer
Conveyor oven2
Cooling tower51
Cooling tunnel2
Cough assist machine12
Crawl space fan2

D

Dental air syringe230
Diesel air heater18
Diver's pump7
Downflow booth
Drain blaster3
Dry blower28
Dry-aging fridge5
Drying cabinet4
Ducted fan22

E

Ear dryer17
Egg blower1
Egg incubator10
Electric dish dryer8
Electric fireplace10
Electric wine aerator
Electronics cooling fan121
Energy recovery ventilator10

F

Fairground organ2
Fan bellows3
Fan coil unit40
Fan filter unit1
Fan hoverboard32
Fan jacket23
Fan-assisted cookstove
Fan-assisted storage heater
Fan-powered terminal unit
Fibre cable blowing machine3
Filament dryer6
Fireplace blower37
Fluidized bed7
Fly fan15
Forced draft fan3
Forced-air heater16
Forced-air warming blanket103
Forge blower34
Fresh air ventilator12
Frost fan5
Futon dryer2

G

Gear dryer7
Glass tempering furnace
Glassware dryer3
Grain chiller
Grain dryer24
Greenhouse fan9

H

Halogen oven2
Harmonium104
Hat fan66
Hearing aid dryer
Heat recovery ventilator30
Heat shrink tunnel
Heated sideline bench
Heated-air lice device4
High-flow nasal cannula54
Hot air balloon inflation fan34
Hot air fire starter2
Hot air rework station26
Hot air weeder
Hover ball8
Hover mower2
Hydraulisgem answer126
Hypoxic generator

I

Ice fan16
In-row cooler
Induction unit1
Infant incubator59
Inline duct fan13
Ionic wind cooler3

J

Jet dryer9
Jet fan180
Jet pack372

L

Laboratory incubator3
Laminar airflow ceiling
Laminar flow hood38
Lap organ1
Lift fan5
Lottery ball machine15
Low air loss mattress1
Lumber kiln

M

Mine fan12
Mist blower15
Money blowing machine2
Motorjet5
Musette de cour

N

Northumbrian smallpipes1
Nut sweeper2

O

Orchestrion1
Organ blower3
Over-the-range microwave2
Ozone generator25

P

Panharmonicon4
PAPR45
Paramotor29
Pasta dryer4
Pastoral pipes
Pellet grill5
Pellet stove2
Pet dryer140
Phone cooler589
Piezoelectric cooling jet115
Piezoelectric fan3
Plastic welder4
Plug-in air freshener with fan5
Pneumatic conveyor2
Pneumatic otoscope4
Pneumatic tube system73
Politzer bag11
Portable clothes dryer1
Positive input ventilation unit1
PPV fan36
Pre-conditioned air unit1
Proofer3
Propfan3
PTAC5
Puffer machine
Pulse detonation engine1
Pulsejet35
Punkah11

R

Rack oven1
Radiator booster fan1
Radon fan3
Ramjet322
Rear door heat exchanger
Reflow oven6
Regal (organ)2
Register booster fan3
Rocket blower447
Rooftop unit16
Rotary dryer2

S

Scottish smallpipes
Sequential compression device28
Shruti box1
Silk flame effect
SkiErg18
Smog pump4
Smoke control fan3
Snow gun429
Sootblower31
Spa blower12
Spray dryer4
Spray tan machine12
Steam closet14
Stomp rocket36
Stove fan83
Sugar pump1

T

Tea dryer3
Tea withering trough
Toe-kick heater
Tray dryer3
Trompe56
Turbofan275
Turboprop128
Tuyere11

U

Uilleann pipes6
Unit heater15
Unit ventilator2

V

Vertical wind tunnel151
Vortex tube25

W

Wall heater6
Washer-dryer11
Wig dryer2

Rare60 pts · 600 m · 86 answers · 86 picked by someone

Accordion338
Air bike114
Air handler1,080
Air hockey table288
Air horn2,572
Air mattress pump1,661
Air purifier6,582
Air straightener308
Air vent551
Air-puff tonometer465
Airboat171
Airbrush779
Airplane air vent161
Attic fan13
Ball pump1,202
Balloon pump1,995
Bathroom fan93
Bladeless fan2,194
Blower2,555
Blower motor83
Bonnet dryer16
Bounce house blower188
Box fan164
Bubble machine1,919
Bulb horn1
Canned air6,137
Car air vent245
Car fan415
Car heater153
Clip fan75
Computer fan8,642
Condensing unit12
Convection oven382
CPAP machine1,318
Dehumidifier2,223
Desk fan367
Electric air duster379
Evaporative cooler497
Exhaust fan1,435
Fan heater100
Floor fan28
Foghorn291
Folding fan89
Food dehydrator102
Foot pump110
Furnace307
Hand fan1,378
Hand pump212
Handheld fan4,621
Heat gun1,345
Heat pump377
Hot air brush3,072
Hot air popcorn popper45
Hovercraft313
Humidifier3,370
Industrial fan876
Inflatable tube man120
Jet engine7,070
Laptop cooling pad263
Misting fan132
Nail dryer240
Nebulizer626
Neck fan627
Oxygen concentrator66
Pedestal fan75
Pipe organ274
Portable air conditioner249
Propeller1,240
Radiator fan221
Range hood160
Shop vac661
Split air conditioner81
Supercharger519
Tire inflator2,539
Tower fan56
Turbocharger2,194
USB fan142
Ventilated seat25
Ventilator1,969
Wall fan19
Whole-house fan8
Whoopee cushion1,264
Wind machine148
Wind tunnel1,024
Window air conditioner62
Window fan18

Schooler30 pts · 300 m · 9 answers · 9 picked by someone

Air compressor9,292
Air fryer2,946
Air pump3,543
Bellows2,216
Bicycle pump2,378
Ceiling fan760
Clothes dryer1,641
Hand dryer1,093
Space heater430

Plankton10 pts · 100 m · 4 answers · 4 picked by someone

Air conditioner10,074
Fan16,660
Hair dryer15,648
Leaf blower13,226

Questions about this prompt

What is the rarest answer to “Name a device made to blow air”?

The rarest tier on this sheet is Krillion, worth 100 points. Its only answer is Winnowing machine. The game also singled out Hydraulis (Deep cut) with a note of its own.

How many answers does “Name a device made to blow air” accept?

340 answers, in 5 tiers: Krillion 1 (100 points), Deep cut 240 (85 points), Rare 86 (60 points), Schooler 9 (30 points), Plankton 4 (10 points). Every answer in a tier scores the same.

What was the most common answer to “Name a device made to blow air”?

Fan, given by 16,660 players (9.4%) as of 06:29 UTC on October 20. It sits in the Plankton tier, worth 10 points.

Is my answer to “Name a device made to blow air” accepted?

Type it in the Check your answer box at the top of this page, or find it in the tier lists, which run A to Z. If the game corrected your spelling, look for the corrected form.