Name a country whose name starts with S

This prompt last appeared Dive #21. For today's seven questions, start on the live run.

Today's Krillion answers Practice this dive Dated sheet

25-second pick · +85

Seychelles Deep Cut

10 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 28 accepted answers on the sheet

Go past the first country or city a classroom map would show. We would type Seychelles: Deep Cut, +85, 10 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Spain, Sweden, or Switzerland — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Sao Tome and Principe (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Sao Tome and Principe +100

Skip Spain · Sweden · Switzerland

Hints

Hint 1. 28 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 10 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Samoa

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Seychelles · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Seychelles 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

  • Seychelles 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Suriname 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Saint Lucia 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Solomon Islands 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Sao Tome and Principe 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Samoa 60 pts
  • Senegal 60 pts
  • Slovakia 60 pts
  • Slovenia 60 pts
  • San Marino 60 pts
  • South Sudan 60 pts
  • Sri Lanka 60 pts
  • Sierra Leone 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Spain 10
  • Sweden 10
  • Switzerland 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 whose name starts with S

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 6 ● Rare · 8 ● Schooler · 8 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 3
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Sao Tome and Principe +100
Deep Cut +85 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis +85
  • Saint Lucia +85
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines +85
  • Seychelles +85
  • Solomon Islands +85
  • Suriname +85
Rare +60 8 answers — tap to reveal
  • Samoa +60
  • San Marino +60
  • Senegal +60
  • Sierra Leone +60
  • Slovakia +60
  • Slovenia +60
  • South Sudan +60
  • Sri Lanka +60
Schooler +30 8 answers — tap to reveal
  • Saudi Arabia +30
  • Serbia +30
  • Singapore +30
  • Somalia +30
  • South Africa +30
  • South Korea +30
  • Sudan +30
  • Syria +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Scotland +15
  • Swaziland +15
Plankton +10 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Spain +10
  • Sweden +10
  • Switzerland +10