25-second pick · +85
Kyrgyzstan Deep Cut
10 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 36 accepted answers on the sheet
Go past the first country or city a classroom map would show. We would type Kyrgyzstan: Deep Cut, +85, 10 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Germany — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Guinea-Bissau (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.
Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Guinea-Bissau +100
Skip Germany