Name a country that no longer exists

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25-second pick · +85

Abyssinia Deep Cut

9 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 74 accepted answers on the sheet

Go past the first country or city a classroom map would show. We would type Abyssinia: Deep Cut, +85, 9 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union, or Yugoslavia — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Neutral Moresnet (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Neutral Moresnet +100

Skip Czechoslovakia · Soviet Union · Yugoslavia

Hints

Hint 1. 74 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 9 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Assyria

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Abyssinia · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Abyssinia Deep Cut 85 pts

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

Best rare answers

  • Abyssinia 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Basutoland 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Biafra 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bohemia 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Dahomey 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Etruria 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Hejaz 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Katanga 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Assyria 60 pts
  • Babylonia 60 pts
  • Carthage 60 pts
  • Ceylon 60 pts
  • Gaul 60 pts
  • Phoenicia 60 pts
  • Rhodesia 60 pts
  • Siam 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Czechoslovakia 10
  • Soviet Union 10
  • Yugoslavia 10

Public accepted list

Same buckets the game published. We do not re-grade. The pick above is the plan; this block is the record.

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a country that no longer exists

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 40 ● Rare · 22 ● Schooler · 6 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 3
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Neutral Moresnet +100
Deep Cut +85 40 answers — tap to reveal
  • Abyssinia +85
  • Basutoland +85
  • Bechuanaland +85
  • Biafra +85
  • Bohemia +85
  • Dahomey +85
  • East Pakistan +85
  • Etruria +85
  • Free City of Danzig +85
  • Gold Coast +85
  • Gran Colombia +85
  • Hejaz +85
  • Katanga +85
  • Kingdom of Hawaii +85
  • Kingdom of Kongo +85
  • Mali Empire +85
  • Manchukuo +85
  • New Granada +85
  • Newfoundland +85
  • North Vietnam +85
  • North Yemen +85
  • Nyasaland +85
  • Orange Free State +85
  • Papal States +85
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth +85
  • Republic of Texas +85
  • Republic of Venice +85
  • Sardinia +85
  • Serbia and Montenegro +85
  • Sikkim +85
  • Songhai Empire +85
  • South Yemen +85
  • Tanganyika +85
  • Transvaal +85
  • Two Sicilies +85
  • United Arab Republic +85
  • Upper Volta +85
  • Vermont Republic +85
  • Weimar Republic +85
  • Zanzibar +85
Rare +60 22 answers — tap to reveal
  • Assyria +60
  • Austria-Hungary +60
  • Aztec Empire +60
  • Babylonia +60
  • Byzantine Empire +60
  • Carthage +60
  • Ceylon +60
  • Confederacy +60
  • Gaul +60
  • Holy Roman Empire +60
  • Inca Empire +60
  • Mesopotamia +60
  • Mongol Empire +60
  • Mughal Empire +60
  • Phoenicia +60
  • Rhodesia +60
  • Siam +60
  • South Vietnam +60
  • Sparta +60
  • Tibet +60
  • Tsarist Russia +60
  • Zaire +60
Schooler +30 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • British Empire +30
  • East Germany +30
  • Ottoman Empire +30
  • Persia +30
  • Prussia +30
  • West Germany +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Burma +15
  • Roman Empire +15
Plankton +10 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Czechoslovakia +10
  • Soviet Union +10
  • Yugoslavia +10