Name a national capital that is not its country's largest city

This prompt last appeared Dive #47. For today's seven questions, start on the live run.

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25-second pick · +100

Yaren One in a Krillion

5 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 45 accepted answers on the sheet

Go past the first country or city a classroom map would show. We would type Yaren: One in a Krillion, +100, 5 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Canberra, Ottawa, or Washington, D.C. — those are Plankton. It is also the One in a Krillion on this sheet, so the rare pick and the typeable pick are the same.

Skip Canberra · Ottawa · Washington, D.C.

Hints

Hint 1. 45 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 5 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Banjul

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Yaren · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Yaren 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

  • Yaren 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Gitega 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Khartoum 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Lobamba 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Mbabane 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Ngerulmud 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Palikir 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Valletta 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Banjul 60 pts
  • Belmopan 60 pts
  • Dodoma 60 pts
  • Manila 60 pts
  • Naypyidaw 60 pts
  • Porto-Novo 60 pts
  • Putrajaya 60 pts
  • Sucre 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Canberra 10
  • Ottawa 10
  • Washington, D.C. 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 national capital that is not its country's largest city

● One in a Krillion · 2 ● Deep Cut · 9 ● Rare · 15 ● Schooler · 16 ● Plankton · 3
One in a Krillion +100 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Ciudad de la Paz +100
  • Yaren +100
Deep Cut +85 9 answers — tap to reveal
  • Bloemfontein +85
  • Gitega +85
  • Khartoum +85
  • Lobamba +85
  • Mbabane +85
  • Ngerulmud +85
  • Palikir +85
  • San Marino +85
  • Valletta +85
Rare +60 15 answers — tap to reveal
  • Banjul +60
  • Belmopan +60
  • Dodoma +60
  • Manila +60
  • Naypyidaw +60
  • Port of Spain +60
  • Porto-Novo +60
  • Putrajaya +60
  • Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte +60
  • Sucre +60
  • Taipei +60
  • The Hague +60
  • Vaduz +60
  • Yamoussoukro +60
  • Yaoundé +60
Schooler +30 16 answers — tap to reveal
  • Abu Dhabi +30
  • Abuja +30
  • Ankara +30
  • Astana +30
  • Beijing +30
  • Bern +30
  • Brasilia +30
  • Cape Town +30
  • Hanoi +30
  • Islamabad +30
  • La Paz +30
  • New Delhi +30
  • Pretoria +30
  • Quito +30
  • Rabat +30
  • Wellington +30
Plankton +10 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Canberra +10
  • Ottawa +10
  • Washington, D.C. +10