Name a city in California

Last seen Dive #56. 563 accepted answers on the published sheet.

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Hints

Hint 1. 563 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 8 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Altadena

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Calexico · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Calexico One in a Krillion 100 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • Calexico 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Adelanto 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Alameda 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Alamo 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Albany 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Alhambra 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Alpine 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Alturas 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Altadena 60 pts
  • Burbank 60 pts
  • Calabasas 60 pts
  • Carlsbad 60 pts
  • Chico 60 pts
  • Coachella 60 pts
  • Compton 60 pts
  • Corona 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Los Angeles 10
  • Sacramento 10
  • San Diego 10
  • San Francisco 10
  • San Jose 10

All accepted answers

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a city in California

● One in a Krillion · 2 ● Deep Cut · 483 ● Rare · 59 ● Schooler · 14 ● Plankton · 5
One in a Krillion +100 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Calexico +100
  • Rough and Ready +100
Deep Cut +85 483 answers — tap to reveal
  • Adelanto +85
  • Agoura Hills +85
  • Alameda +85
  • Alamo +85
  • Albany +85
  • Alhambra +85
  • Aliso Viejo +85
  • Alpine +85
  • Alturas +85
  • Amador City +85
  • American Canyon +85
  • Anderson +85
  • Angels Camp +85
  • Antelope +85
  • Antioch +85
  • Apple Valley +85
  • Arcadia +85
  • Arcata +85
  • Arden-Arcade +85
  • Arroyo Grande +85
  • Artesia +85
  • Arvin +85
  • Atascadero +85
  • Atherton +85
  • Atwater +85
  • Auburn +85
  • Avalon +85
  • Avenal +85
  • Azusa +85
  • Baldwin Park +85
  • Banning +85
  • Barstow +85
  • Bay Point +85
  • Beaumont +85
  • Bell +85
  • Bell Gardens +85
  • Bellflower +85
  • Belmont +85
  • Belvedere +85
  • Benicia +85
  • Big Bear City +85
  • Biggs +85
  • Bishop +85
  • Bloomington +85
  • Blue Lake +85
  • Blythe +85
  • Bodega Bay +85
  • Borrego Springs +85
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  • Brawley +85
  • Brea +85
  • Brentwood +85
  • Brisbane +85
  • Buellton +85
  • Buena Park +85
  • Burlingame +85
  • California City +85
  • Calimesa +85
  • Calipatria +85
  • Calistoga +85
  • Camarillo +85
  • Campbell +85
  • Canoga Park +85
  • Canyon Lake +85
  • Capitola +85
  • Carmichael +85
  • Carpinteria +85
  • Carson +85
  • Castro Valley +85
  • Cathedral City +85
  • Ceres +85
  • Cerritos +85
  • Chatsworth +85
  • Chino +85
  • Chino Hills +85
  • Chowchilla +85
  • Citrus Heights +85
  • Claremont +85
  • Clayton +85
  • Clearlake +85
  • Cloverdale +85
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  • Commerce +85
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  • Corning +85
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  • Crescent City +85
  • Cudahy +85
  • Cypress +85
  • Daly City +85
  • Dana Point +85
  • Danville +85
  • Del Mar +85
  • Del Rey Oaks +85
  • Delano +85
  • Desert Hot Springs +85
  • Diamond Bar +85
  • Dinuba +85
  • Dixon +85
  • Dorris +85
  • Dos Palos +85
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  • Duarte +85
  • Dublin +85
  • Dunsmuir +85
  • East Niles +85
  • East Palo Alto +85
  • Eastern Goleta Valley +85
  • Eastvale +85
  • El Cajon +85
  • El Centro +85
  • El Cerrito +85
  • El Dorado Hills +85
  • El Monte +85
  • El Segundo +85
  • Elk Grove +85
  • Emeryville +85
  • Encinitas +85
  • Encino +85
  • Escalon +85
  • Escondido +85
  • Etna +85
  • Exeter +85
  • Fair Oaks +85
  • Fairfax +85
  • Fairfield +85
  • Fallbrook +85
  • Farmersville +85
  • Ferndale +85
  • Fillmore +85
  • Firebaugh +85
  • Florence-Graham +85
  • Florin +85
  • Fontana +85
  • Foothill Farms +85
  • Fort Bragg +85
  • Fort Jones +85
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  • Fountain Valley +85
  • Fowler +85
  • French Valley +85
  • Fullerton +85
  • Galt +85
  • Garden Grove +85
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  • Gilroy +85
  • Glendora +85
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  • Gonzales +85
  • Granada Hills +85
  • Grand Terrace +85
  • Grass Valley +85
  • Greenfield +85
  • Gridley +85
  • Grover Beach +85
  • Guadalupe +85
  • Gustine +85
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  • Half Moon Bay +85
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  • Harbor City +85
  • Hawaiian Gardens +85
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  • Hercules +85
  • Hermosa Beach +85
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  • Hillsborough +85
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  • Huntington Park +85
  • Huron +85
  • Imperial +85
  • Imperial Beach +85
  • Indian Wells +85
  • Indio +85
  • Industry +85
  • Ione +85
  • Irwindale +85
  • Isla Vista +85
  • Isleton +85
  • Jackson +85
  • Julian +85
  • Jurupa Valley +85
  • Kensington +85
  • Kerman +85
  • King City +85
  • Kingsburg +85
  • La Cañada Flintridge +85
  • La Habra +85
  • La Habra Heights +85
  • La Mesa +85
  • La Mirada +85
  • La Palma +85
  • La Presa +85
  • La Puente +85
  • La Quinta +85
  • La Verne +85
  • Ladera Ranch +85
  • Lafayette +85
  • Laguna Hills +85
  • Laguna Niguel +85
  • Laguna Woods +85
  • Lake Arrowhead +85
  • Lake Elsinore +85
  • Lake Forest +85
  • Lakeport +85
  • Lakeside +85
  • Lakewood +85
  • Lancaster +85
  • Larkspur +85
  • Lathrop +85
  • Lawndale +85
  • Lemon Grove +85
  • Lemoore +85
  • Lincoln +85
  • Lindsay +85
  • Live Oak +85
  • Livermore +85
  • Livingston +85
  • Lodi +85
  • Loma Linda +85
  • Lomita +85
  • Lompoc +85
  • Loomis +85
  • Los Alamitos +85
  • Los Altos +85
  • Los Altos Hills +85
  • Los Banos +85
  • Los Gatos +85
  • Loyalton +85
  • Lynwood +85
  • Madera +85
  • Manteca +85
  • Maricopa +85
  • Marina +85
  • Marina del Rey +85
  • Martinez +85
  • Marysville +85
  • Maywood +85
  • McFarland +85
  • Mendocino +85
  • Mendota +85
  • Menifee +85
  • Menlo Park +85
  • Merced +85
  • Mill Valley +85
  • Millbrae +85
  • Milpitas +85
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  • Montague +85
  • Montclair +85
  • Monte Sereno +85
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  • Monterey Park +85
  • Moorpark +85
  • Moraga +85
  • Moreno Valley +85
  • Morgan Hill +85
  • Morro Bay +85
  • Mount Shasta +85
  • Mountain House +85
  • Murrieta +85
  • National City +85
  • Needles +85
  • Nevada City +85
  • Newark +85
  • Newman +85
  • Norco +85
  • North Highlands +85
  • North Hollywood +85
  • North Tustin +85
  • Northridge +85
  • Norwalk +85
  • Novato +85
  • Oakdale +85
  • Oakley +85
  • Oildale +85
  • Ojai +85
  • Olympic Valley +85
  • Orange +85
  • Orange Cove +85
  • Orangevale +85
  • Orcutt +85
  • Orinda +85
  • Orland +85
  • Oroville +85
  • Pacific Grove +85
  • Pacific Palisades +85
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  • Pacoima +85
  • Palm Desert +85
  • Palmdale +85
  • Palos Verdes Estates +85
  • Paradise +85
  • Paramount +85
  • Parlier +85
  • Paso Robles +85
  • Patterson +85
  • Perris +85
  • Petaluma +85
  • Pico Rivera +85
  • Piedmont +85
  • Pinole +85
  • Pismo Beach +85
  • Pittsburg +85
  • Placentia +85
  • Placerville +85
  • Playa del Rey +85
  • Playa Vista +85
  • Pleasant Hill +85
  • Pleasanton +85
  • Plymouth +85
  • Point Arena +85
  • Pomona +85
  • Port Hueneme +85
  • Porterville +85
  • Portola +85
  • Portola Valley +85
  • Poway +85
  • Ramona +85
  • Rancho Cordova +85
  • Rancho Mirage +85
  • Rancho Palos Verdes +85
  • Rancho Santa Margarita +85
  • Red Bluff +85
  • Redlands +85
  • Redwood City +85
  • Reedley +85
  • Reseda +85
  • Rialto +85
  • Richmond +85
  • Ridgecrest +85
  • Rio Dell +85
  • Rio Vista +85
  • Ripon +85
  • Riverbank +85
  • Rocklin +85
  • Rohnert Park +85
  • Rolling Hills +85
  • Rolling Hills Estates +85
  • Rosemead +85
  • Roseville +85
  • Ross +85
  • Rowland Heights +85
  • Salinas +85
  • San Anselmo +85
  • San Bruno +85
  • San Carlos +85
  • San Clemente +85
  • San Dimas +85
  • San Fernando +85
  • San Gabriel +85
  • San Jacinto +85
  • San Joaquin +85
  • San Juan Bautista +85
  • San Juan Capistrano +85
  • San Leandro +85
  • San Lorenzo +85
  • San Marcos +85
  • San Marino +85
  • San Mateo +85
  • San Pablo +85
  • San Pedro +85
  • San Rafael +85
  • San Ramon +85
  • San Simeon +85
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  • Sanger +85
  • Santa Fe Springs +85
  • Santa Maria +85
  • Santa Paula +85
  • Santee +85
  • Saratoga +85
  • Scotts Valley +85
  • Sea Ranch +85
  • Seal Beach +85
  • Seaside +85
  • Sebastopol +85
  • Selma +85
  • Shafter +85
  • Shasta Lake +85
  • Sherman Oaks +85
  • Sierra Madre +85
  • Signal Hill +85
  • Solana Beach +85
  • Soledad +85
  • Solvang +85
  • Sonora +85
  • South el Monte +85
  • South Gate +85
  • South Pasadena +85
  • South San Francisco +85
  • South Whittier +85
  • Spring Valley +85
  • St. Helena +85
  • Stanford +85
  • Stanton +85
  • Stinson Beach +85
  • Studio City +85
  • Suisun City +85
  • Sunland-Tujunga +85
  • Sunnyvale +85
  • Susanville +85
  • Sutter Creek +85
  • Taft +85
  • Tahoe City +85
  • Tarzana +85
  • Tehachapi +85
  • Tehama +85
  • Temecula +85
  • Temescal Valley +85
  • Temple City +85
  • Tiburon +85
  • Topanga +85
  • Torrance +85
  • Tracy +85
  • Trinidad +85
  • Truckee +85
  • Tulare +85
  • Tulelake +85
  • Turlock +85
  • Tustin +85
  • Twentynine Palms +85
  • Ukiah +85
  • Union City +85
  • Upland +85
  • Vacaville +85
  • Vallejo +85
  • Van Nuys +85
  • Vernon +85
  • Victorville +85
  • Villa Park +85
  • Vineyard +85
  • Visalia +85
  • Vista +85
  • Walnut +85
  • Walnut Creek +85
  • Wasco +85
  • Waterford +85
  • Watsonville +85
  • West Covina +85
  • West Sacramento +85
  • West Whittier-Los Nietos +85
  • Westlake Village +85
  • Westminster +85
  • Westmont +85
  • Westmorland +85
  • Wheatland +85
  • Whittier +85
  • Wildomar +85
  • Williams +85
  • Willits +85
  • Willows +85
  • Wilmington +85
  • Windsor +85
  • Winters +85
  • Woodlake +85
  • Woodland +85
  • Woodland Hills +85
  • Woodside +85
  • Yorba Linda +85
  • Yountville +85
  • Yreka +85
  • Yuba City +85
  • Yucaipa +85
  • Yucca Valley +85
Rare +60 59 answers — tap to reveal
  • Altadena +60
  • Bakersfield +60
  • Big Bear Lake +60
  • Big Sur +60
  • Burbank +60
  • Calabasas +60
  • Carlsbad +60
  • Carmel-by-the-Sea +60
  • Chico +60
  • Chula Vista +60
  • Coachella +60
  • Compton +60
  • Corona +60
  • Coronado +60
  • Culver City +60
  • Cupertino +60
  • Davis +60
  • East los Angeles +60
  • Eureka +60
  • Folsom +60
  • Fremont +60
  • Glendale +60
  • Huntington Beach +60
  • Inglewood +60
  • Irvine +60
  • Joshua Tree +60
  • La Jolla +60
  • Laguna Beach +60
  • Mammoth Lakes +60
  • Manhattan Beach +60
  • Modesto +60
  • Monterey +60
  • Mountain View +60
  • Newport Beach +60
  • Oceanside +60
  • Ontario +60
  • Oxnard +60
  • Palo Alto +60
  • Pebble Beach +60
  • Rancho Cucamonga +60
  • Redding +60
  • Redondo Beach +60
  • Riverside +60
  • San Bernardino +60
  • San Luis Obispo +60
  • Santa Ana +60
  • Santa Clara +60
  • Santa Clarita +60
  • Santa Cruz +60
  • Santa Rosa +60
  • Sausalito +60
  • Simi Valley +60
  • Sonoma +60
  • Stockton +60
  • Thousand Oaks +60
  • Venice +60
  • Ventura +60
  • Weed +60
  • West Hollywood +60
Schooler +30 14 answers — tap to reveal
  • Anaheim +30
  • Berkeley +30
  • Beverly Hills +30
  • Fresno +30
  • Hollywood +30
  • Long Beach +30
  • Malibu +30
  • Napa +30
  • Oakland +30
  • Palm Springs +30
  • Pasadena +30
  • Santa Barbara +30
  • Santa Monica +30
  • South Lake Tahoe +30
Plankton +10 5 answers — tap to reveal
  • Los Angeles +10
  • Sacramento +10
  • San Diego +10
  • San Francisco +10
  • San Jose +10