25-second pick · +85
Anaconda Deep Cut
8 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 166 accepted answers on the sheet
Go past the first country or city a classroom map would show. We would type Anaconda: Deep Cut, +85, 8 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Chameleon or Octopus — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Satanic leaf-tailed gecko (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.
Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Satanic leaf-tailed gecko +100
Skip Chameleon · Octopus