Name a country that was once part of the British Empire

Last seen Dive #39. 72 accepted answers on the published sheet.

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Hints

Hint 1. 72 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 7 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Bahamas

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Vanuatu · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Vanuatu 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

  • Vanuatu 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Bhutan 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Brunei 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Cameroon 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Dominica 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Eswatini 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Grenada 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Kiribati 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Bahamas 60 pts
  • Bahrain 60 pts
  • Barbados 60 pts
  • Belize 60 pts
  • Botswana 60 pts
  • Cyprus 60 pts
  • Fiji 60 pts
  • Gambia 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Australia 10
  • Canada 10
  • India 10
  • South Africa 10
  • United States 10

All accepted answers

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a country that was once part of the British Empire

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 26 ● Rare · 21 ● Schooler · 18 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 5
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Vanuatu +100
Deep Cut +85 26 answers — tap to reveal
  • Afghanistan +85
  • Antigua and Barbuda +85
  • Bhutan +85
  • Brunei +85
  • Cameroon +85
  • Dominica +85
  • Eswatini +85
  • Grenada +85
  • Kiribati +85
  • Libya +85
  • Maldives +85
  • Namibia +85
  • Nauru +85
  • Oman +85
  • Papua New Guinea +85
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis +85
  • Saint Lucia +85
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines +85
  • Samoa +85
  • Seychelles +85
  • Solomon Islands +85
  • Somalia +85
  • South Sudan +85
  • Tonga +85
  • Tuvalu +85
  • Yemen +85
Rare +60 21 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bahamas +60
  • Bahrain +60
  • Barbados +60
  • Belize +60
  • Botswana +60
  • Cyprus +60
  • Fiji +60
  • Gambia +60
  • Guyana +60
  • Jordan +60
  • Kuwait +60
  • Lesotho +60
  • Malawi +60
  • Malta +60
  • Mauritius +60
  • Qatar +60
  • Sierra Leone +60
  • Sudan +60
  • Trinidad and Tobago +60
  • United Arab Emirates +60
  • Zambia +60
Schooler +30 18 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bangladesh +30
  • Egypt +30
  • Ghana +30
  • Iraq +30
  • Ireland +30
  • Israel +30
  • Jamaica +30
  • Kenya +30
  • Malaysia +30
  • Myanmar +30
  • New Zealand +30
  • Nigeria +30
  • Pakistan +30
  • Singapore +30
  • Sri Lanka +30
  • Tanzania +30
  • Uganda +30
  • Zimbabwe +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • United Kingdom +15
Plankton +10 5 answers — tap to reveal
  • Australia +10
  • Canada +10
  • India +10
  • South Africa +10
  • United States +10