88 prompts across 77 dives · narrowest: 9 answers · widest: 18
The short version
If you play Krillion with any regularity, you already know the feeling: the prompt says "Name a country..." and your brain fires back with the same five nations every time. The United States. France. Japan. Those answers are worth 10 points each — the Plankton tier — because everyone types them. This page exists to fix that. Below you'll find every country prompt we've recorded across the full archive, sorted by how narrow the official answer pool was, along with what the data tells us about scoring rare on geography questions. The short version: smaller countries, overseas territories, and nations with unusual spelling patterns are where the 85-100 point answers hide.
Every krillion country answers prompt on record
| Pool | Prompt | Dive | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Name a country that starts with the letter L | #34 | August 18, 2026 |
| 9 | Name a country whose name starts with I | #59 | September 12, 2026 |
| 9 | Name a country that has nuclear weapons (constituent countries don't count) | #64 | September 17, 2026 |
| 10 | Name a country that borders Brazil | #55 | September 8, 2026 |
| 10 | Name a country whose name starts with P | #58 | September 11, 2026 |
| 11 | Name a country with a four-letter English name | #30 | August 14, 2026 |
| 11 | Name a country that borders India by land or sea | #65 | September 18, 2026 |
| 11 | Name a country whose name starts with A | #70 | September 23, 2026 |
| 12 | Name a country whose name ends in the letter O | #32 | August 16, 2026 |
| 12 | Name a country bigger than Mexico (by area) | #33 | August 17, 2026 |
| 12 | Name a country whose name starts with T | #53 | September 6, 2026 |
| 12 | Name a country that borders Iraq or Iran by land | #88 | October 11, 2026 |
| 12 | Name a country that borders Greece or Austria | #98 | October 21, 2026 |
| 14 | Name a country that borders China | #71 | September 24, 2026 |
| 16 | Name a country that shares a land or maritime border with Russia | #26 | August 10, 2026 |
| 16 | Name a country with more than 100 million people | #41 | August 25, 2026 |
| 16 | Name a country whose name ends in the letter E | #94 | October 17, 2026 |
| 17 | Name a country in the Middle East | #20 | August 4, 2026 |
| 17 | Name a country that has a Z in its name | #35 | August 19, 2026 |
| 18 | Name a country whose name starts with B | #31 | August 15, 2026 |
| 18 | Name a country with a crescent on its flag | #40 | August 24, 2026 |
| 18 | Name a country whose name starts with C | #41 | August 25, 2026 |
| 18 | Name a country in Oceania | #48 | September 1, 2026 |
| 18 | Name a country in the Americas where Spanish is not the most widely spoken language | #80 | October 3, 2026 |
| 18 | Name a country whose name ends in an "ee" sound (like Italy) | #82 | October 5, 2026 |
How to score rare on these prompts
Scoring rare on country prompts comes down to one habit: skip the G7. The countries that come to mind first — the ones with the biggest economies, the most English-language media presence — are always the most common answers. What pays instead? Three patterns work reliably. First, island nations: the Pacific and Caribbean are full of valid answers that almost nobody types (Vanuatu, Comoros, Dominica). Second, African nations beyond the famous three: there are fifty-four countries in Africa, and most players can only name Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa. Third, countries with unusual letter patterns: if the prompt has a constraint like "ends in N" or "contains both A and M", the qualifying countries are by definition a small pool, and picking the least famous among them is your fastest route to 85+ points.
Common mistakes
- Naming a continent instead of a country (Europe is not a country)
- Using an outdated name (Burma for Myanmar, Holland for the Netherlands)
- Missing the prompt's constraint — 'ends in N' means the English name must literally end in N
What the data says about krillion country answers
Looking at the full archive, krillion country answers show up in 77 of 119 dives — roughly 65% of all daily games have at least one prompt in this category. The average pool size is 13 answers, making this a narrower-than-average category. The spread between the narrowest (9) and widest (18) prompt is 2× — a huge range that means your strategy should change from prompt to prompt, not stay static.
Pro tips from the archive
- Read the constraint twice. The narrowest krillion country answers prompts almost always have a specific condition — "ends in", "starts with", "contains" — that cuts the valid pool dramatically.
- Use the autocomplete. Type the first few letters of your candidate answer — if the game suggests it, it's in the pool. If not, try a different spelling.
- Don't go too exotic. The 100-point answer is still a real, documented answer. If you've never heard of it, it might not be in the pool at all.
- Bank on wide, gamble on narrow. When the pool is 5,000+, play it safe. When it's under 100, that's your rare-answer window.
- Study yesterday's 100-point answers. The yesterday page shows what won — patterns emerge within a week of daily reading.
Where to go next
Every category has its own hub, and every hub links back here. The loop: check today's hints before the dive, play your seven prompts, then study the rare answers record and full statistics to calibrate. When you're done for the day, Whallion is our bonus game — same rare-answer instinct, but you feed a whale.