Name a US city with over 100,000 people

What we would type in 25 seconds — rarity × spelling speed, not a dump of the public list.

Today's Krillion answers Practice this dive Dated sheet

25-second pick · +100

Surprise One in a Krillion

8 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 348 accepted answers on the sheet

Go past the first country or city a classroom map would show. We would type Surprise: One in a Krillion, +100, 8 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, or Dallas — 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 Atlanta · Boston · Chicago · Dallas

Hints

Hint 1. 348 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 8 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Abilene

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Surprise · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Surprise 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

  • Surprise 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Allen 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Antioch 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Arvada 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Avondale 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Brockton 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Buckeye 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Carrollton 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Abilene 60 pts
  • Akron 60 pts
  • Albany 60 pts
  • Alexandria 60 pts
  • Allentown 60 pts
  • Amarillo 60 pts
  • Athens 60 pts
  • Augusta 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Atlanta 10
  • Boston 10
  • Chicago 10
  • Dallas 10
  • Denver 10
  • Houston 10
  • Las Vegas 10
  • Los Angeles 10
  • Miami 10
  • New York City 10
  • Philadelphia 10
  • Phoenix 10
  • San Francisco 10
  • Seattle 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 US city with over 100,000 people

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 73 ● Rare · 179 ● Schooler · 80 ● Plankton · 15
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Surprise +100 Its founder said she would be surprised if it amounted to much.
Deep Cut +85 73 answers — tap to reveal
  • Allen +85
  • Antioch +85
  • Arvada +85
  • Avondale +85
  • Brockton +85
  • Broken Arrow +85
  • Buckeye +85
  • Carrollton +85
  • Centennial +85
  • Chico +85
  • Clinton +85
  • Clovis +85
  • Conroe +85
  • Coral Springs +85
  • Davie +85
  • Deltona +85
  • Downey +85
  • Edinburg +85
  • Edison +85
  • Edmond +85
  • El Cajon +85
  • El Monte +85
  • Elgin +85
  • Fairfield +85
  • Georgetown +85
  • Goodyear +85
  • Greeley +85
  • Gresham +85
  • Hampton +85
  • Hesperia +85
  • High Point +85
  • Hillsboro +85
  • Jurupa Valley +85
  • Lakewood, New Jersey +85
  • League City +85
  • Lee's Summit +85
  • Lewisville +85
  • Longmont +85
  • Lynn +85
  • Menifee +85
  • Mesquite +85
  • Miami Gardens +85
  • Miramar +85
  • Murrieta +85
  • Nampa +85
  • New Bedford +85
  • New Braunfels +85
  • Olathe +85
  • Palm Coast +85
  • Pearland +85
  • Pompano Beach +85
  • Quincy +85
  • Renton +85
  • Rialto +85
  • Richardson +85
  • Rio Rancho +85
  • San Angelo +85
  • San Mateo +85
  • Santa Maria +85
  • South Fulton +85
  • Spokane Valley +85
  • Suffolk +85
  • Sugar Land +85
  • Thornton +85
  • Toms River +85
  • Tracy +85
  • Vacaville +85
  • West Covina +85
  • West Jordan +85
  • West Valley City +85
  • Westminster +85
  • Wichita Falls +85
  • Woodbridge +85
Rare +60 179 answers — tap to reveal
  • Abilene +60
  • Akron +60
  • Albany +60
  • Alexandria +60
  • Allentown +60
  • Amarillo +60
  • Ann Arbor +60
  • Athens +60
  • Augusta +60
  • Aurora, Colorado +60
  • Aurora, Illinois +60
  • Beaumont +60
  • Bellevue +60
  • Bend +60
  • Berkeley +60
  • Billings +60
  • Boca Raton +60
  • Boulder +60
  • Bridgeport +60
  • Brownsville +60
  • Burbank +60
  • Cambridge +60
  • Cape Coral +60
  • Carlsbad +60
  • Carmel +60
  • Cary +60
  • Cedar Rapids +60
  • Chandler +60
  • Chesapeake +60
  • Chula Vista +60
  • Clarksville +60
  • Clearwater +60
  • College Station +60
  • Columbia, Missouri +60
  • Columbia, South Carolina +60
  • Columbus, Georgia +60
  • Concord, California +60
  • Concord, North Carolina +60
  • Corona +60
  • Corpus Christi +60
  • Costa Mesa +60
  • Daly City +60
  • Davenport +60
  • Dayton +60
  • Dearborn +60
  • Denton +60
  • Elizabeth +60
  • Elk Grove +60
  • Escondido +60
  • Eugene +60
  • Evansville +60
  • Everett +60
  • Fayetteville, Arkansas +60
  • Fayetteville, North Carolina +60
  • Fishers +60
  • Fontana +60
  • Fort Collins +60
  • Fort Myers +60
  • Fort Wayne +60
  • Fremont +60
  • Frisco +60
  • Fullerton +60
  • Gainesville +60
  • Garden Grove +60
  • Garland +60
  • Gilbert +60
  • Glendale, Arizona +60
  • Glendale, California +60
  • Grand Prairie +60
  • Grand Rapids +60
  • Green Bay +60
  • Greensboro +60
  • Hayward +60
  • Henderson +60
  • Hialeah +60
  • Hollywood +60
  • Huntington Beach +60
  • Huntsville +60
  • Independence +60
  • Inglewood +60
  • Irving +60
  • Joliet +60
  • Kansas City, Kansas +60
  • Kent +60
  • Killeen +60
  • Lafayette +60
  • Lakeland +60
  • Lakewood, Colorado +60
  • Lancaster +60
  • Lansing +60
  • Laredo +60
  • Las Cruces +60
  • Lowell +60
  • Lubbock +60
  • Macon +60
  • Manchester +60
  • McAllen +60
  • McKinney +60
  • Meridian +60
  • Midland +60
  • Mobile +60
  • Modesto +60
  • Moreno Valley +60
  • Murfreesboro +60
  • Naperville +60
  • New Haven +60
  • Newport News +60
  • Norfolk +60
  • Norman +60
  • North Charleston +60
  • North Las Vegas +60
  • Oceanside +60
  • Odessa +60
  • Ontario +60
  • Orange +60
  • Overland Park +60
  • Oxnard +60
  • Palm Bay +60
  • Palmdale +60
  • Pasadena, California +60
  • Pasadena, Texas +60
  • Paterson +60
  • Pembroke Pines +60
  • Peoria, Arizona +60
  • Peoria, Illinois +60
  • Pomona +60
  • Port St. Lucie +60
  • Provo +60
  • Pueblo +60
  • Rancho Cucamonga +60
  • Richmond, California +60
  • Riverside +60
  • Rochester, Minnesota +60
  • Rockford +60
  • Roseville +60
  • Round Rock +60
  • Salem +60
  • Salinas +60
  • San Bernardino +60
  • Sandy Springs +60
  • Santa Ana +60
  • Santa Clara +60
  • Santa Clarita +60
  • Santa Rosa +60
  • Shreveport +60
  • Simi Valley +60
  • Sioux Falls +60
  • South Bend +60
  • Sparks +60
  • Springfield, Illinois +60
  • Springfield, Massachusetts +60
  • Springfield, Missouri +60
  • St. George +60
  • St. Paul +60
  • Stamford +60
  • Sterling Heights +60
  • Stockton +60
  • Sunnyvale +60
  • Temecula +60
  • Tempe +60
  • Thousand Oaks +60
  • Topeka +60
  • Torrance +60
  • Tuscaloosa +60
  • Tyler +60
  • Vallejo +60
  • Vancouver +60
  • Ventura +60
  • Victorville +60
  • Visalia +60
  • Waco +60
  • Warren +60
  • Waterbury +60
  • West Palm Beach +60
  • Wilmington +60
  • Winston-Salem +60
  • Worcester +60
  • Yonkers +60
  • Yuma +60
Schooler +30 80 answers — tap to reveal
  • Albuquerque +30
  • Anaheim +30
  • Anchorage +30
  • Arlington +30
  • Austin +30
  • Bakersfield +30
  • Baltimore +30
  • Baton Rouge +30
  • Birmingham +30
  • Boise +30
  • Buffalo +30
  • Charleston +30
  • Charlotte +30
  • Chattanooga +30
  • Cincinnati +30
  • Cleveland +30
  • Colorado Springs +30
  • Columbus, Ohio +30
  • Des Moines +30
  • Detroit +30
  • Durham +30
  • El Paso +30
  • Fargo +30
  • Fort Lauderdale +30
  • Fort Worth +30
  • Fresno +30
  • Hartford +30
  • Honolulu +30
  • Indianapolis +30
  • Irvine +30
  • Jackson +30
  • Jacksonville +30
  • Jersey City +30
  • Kansas City, Missouri +30
  • Knoxville +30
  • Lexington +30
  • Lincoln +30
  • Little Rock +30
  • Long Beach +30
  • Louisville +30
  • Madison +30
  • Memphis +30
  • Mesa +30
  • Milwaukee +30
  • Minneapolis +30
  • Montgomery +30
  • Nashville +30
  • New Orleans +30
  • Newark +30
  • Oakland +30
  • Oklahoma City +30
  • Omaha +30
  • Orlando +30
  • Pittsburgh +30
  • Plano +30
  • Portland +30
  • Providence +30
  • Raleigh +30
  • Reno +30
  • Richmond, Virginia +30
  • Rochester, New York +30
  • Sacramento +30
  • Salt Lake City +30
  • San Antonio +30
  • San Diego +30
  • San Jose +30
  • Savannah +30
  • Scottsdale +30
  • Spokane +30
  • St. Louis +30
  • St. Petersburg +30
  • Syracuse +30
  • Tacoma +30
  • Tallahassee +30
  • Tampa +30
  • Toledo +30
  • Tucson +30
  • Tulsa +30
  • Virginia Beach +30
  • Wichita +30
Plankton +10 15 answers — tap to reveal
  • Atlanta +10
  • Boston +10
  • Chicago +10
  • Dallas +10
  • Denver +10
  • Houston +10
  • Las Vegas +10
  • Los Angeles +10
  • Miami +10
  • New York City +10
  • Philadelphia +10
  • Phoenix +10
  • San Francisco +10
  • Seattle +10
  • Washington, D.C. +10