25-second pick · +85
Ethiopia Deep Cut
8 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 Ethiopia: Deep Cut, +85, 8 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Brazil, China, India, or United States — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Democratic Republic of the Congo (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.
Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Democratic Republic of the Congo +100
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