Name an ancient civilization

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25-second pick · +100

Catalhoyuk One in a Krillion

10 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 81 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Catalhoyuk: One in a Krillion, +100, 10 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, or Aztec — 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.

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Hints

Hint 1. 81 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 10 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Celts

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Catalhoyuk · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Catalhoyuk 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

  • Catalhoyuk 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Cahokia 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Canaanites 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Caral 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Chavin 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Chimu 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Dilmun 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Garamantes 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Celts 60 pts
  • Etruscan 60 pts
  • Goths 60 pts
  • Hittite 60 pts
  • Huns 60 pts
  • Macedon 60 pts
  • Minoan 60 pts
  • Mycenaean 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

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

  • Ancient Egypt 10
  • Ancient Greece 10
  • Ancient Rome 10
  • Aztec 10
  • Inca 10
  • Maya 10
  • Mesopotamia 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.

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Name an ancient civilization

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 41 ● Rare · 22 ● Schooler · 9 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 7
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Catalhoyuk +100
Deep Cut +85 41 answers — tap to reveal
  • Aksumite Empire +85
  • Ancestral Puebloans +85
  • Benin Empire +85
  • Cahokia +85
  • Canaanites +85
  • Caral +85
  • Chavin +85
  • Chimu +85
  • Cucuteni-Trypillia +85
  • Dilmun +85
  • Elamite civilization +85
  • Garamantes +85
  • Gobekli Tepe +85
  • Great Zimbabwe +85
  • Gupta Empire +85
  • Jiroft civilization +85
  • Jomon +85
  • Kushan Empire +85
  • Land of Punt +85
  • Lydia +85
  • Medes +85
  • Mitanni +85
  • Mixtec +85
  • Moche +85
  • Muisca +85
  • Nabataean Kingdom +85
  • Nok +85
  • Parthia +85
  • Phrygia +85
  • Ptolemaic Kingdom +85
  • Rapa Nui +85
  • Saba +85
  • Seleucid Empire +85
  • Silla +85
  • Teotihuacan +85
  • Thracians +85
  • Tiwanaku +85
  • Urartian Kingdom +85
  • Vandals +85
  • Wari +85
  • Zapotec +85
Rare +60 22 answers — tap to reveal
  • Akkadian Empire +60
  • Ancient Israel +60
  • Celts +60
  • Etruscan +60
  • Ghana Empire +60
  • Goths +60
  • Hittite +60
  • Huns +60
  • Khmer Empire +60
  • Macedon +60
  • Mali Empire +60
  • Maurya Empire +60
  • Minoan +60
  • Mycenaean +60
  • Nazca +60
  • Nubia +60
  • Olmec +60
  • Sassanid Empire +60
  • Scythian +60
  • Songhai Empire +60
  • Toltec +60
  • Troy +60
Schooler +30 9 answers — tap to reveal
  • Assyrian Empire +30
  • Byzantine Empire +30
  • Carthage +30
  • Chinese civilization +30
  • Indus Valley +30
  • Mongol Empire +30
  • Persian Empire +30
  • Phoenician +30
  • Viking +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Atlantis +15
Plankton +10 7 answers — tap to reveal
  • Ancient Egypt +10
  • Ancient Greece +10
  • Ancient Rome +10
  • Aztec +10
  • Inca +10
  • Maya +10
  • Mesopotamia +10