Name a country that shares a land or maritime border with Russia

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25-second pick · +85

Japan Deep Cut

5 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 16 accepted answers on the sheet

Go past the first country or city a classroom map would show. We would type Japan: Deep Cut, +85, 5 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on China, Finland, or Ukraine — those are Plankton. The trench answer is United States (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

Trench spelling, only if you already know it: United States +100

Skip China · Finland · Ukraine

Hints

Hint 1. 16 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 5 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Azerbaijan

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Japan · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Japan 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

  • Japan 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Lithuania 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • United States 100 pts · One in a Krillion

Strong alternatives

  • Azerbaijan 60 pts
  • Georgia 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • China 10
  • Finland 10
  • Ukraine 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 shares a land or maritime border with Russia

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 2 ● Rare · 2 ● Schooler · 6 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 3
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • United States +100
Deep Cut +85 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Japan +85
  • Lithuania +85
Rare +60 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Azerbaijan +60
  • Georgia +60
Schooler +30 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • Belarus +30
  • Estonia +30
  • Kazakhstan +30
  • Latvia +30
  • Mongolia +30
  • Norway +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • North Korea +15
  • Poland +15
Plankton +10 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • China +10
  • Finland +10
  • Ukraine +10