Name a college of the University of Oxford: rare answers

We accept 39 answers to “Name a college of the University of Oxford” in our Krillion practice game. Most players reach for Christ Church, Balliol College and All Souls College, which keeps them near the surface. Deep cuts such as Nuffield College, Kellogg College and Linacre College score up to 100 points.

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Accepted answers: 39
Category: General knowledge
Deep answers (85–100 pts): 14 (36%)
Alternate spellings accepted: 38 answers
First letters: 19 different; S is the most common (10)

🐙 Abyssal: 5 answers (13%), 100 pts each
🦑 Midnight Zone: 9 answers (23%), 85 pts each
🐠 Twilight Zone: 12 answers (31%), 60 pts each
🐟 Sunlit Zone: 10 answers (26%), 30 pts each
🌊 Surface: 3 answers (8%), 10 pts each

The rarest answers

5 answers are Abyssal here, the ones we expect the fewest players to think of: Nuffield College, Kellogg College, Linacre College, St Cross College and Reuben College. Each is worth 100 points, ten times a Surface answer.

🐙 Abyssal answers (100 points)

Nuffield College, Kellogg College, Linacre College, St Cross College, Reuben College

🦑 Midnight Zone answers (85 points)

St Catherine's College, St Edmund Hall, St Hilda's College, St Peter's College, St Anne's College, Harris Manchester College, Mansfield College, Green Templeton College, Wolfson College

🐠 Twilight Zone answers (60 points)

Lady Margaret Hall, St John's College, Pembroke College, Trinity College, Lincoln College, Wadham College, Jesus College, St Hugh's College, Corpus Christi College, Keble College, St Antony's College, Hertford College

🐟 Sunlit Zone answers (30 points)

University College, Magdalen College, Merton College, New College, Somerville College, Exeter College, Oriel College, The Queen's College, Worcester College, Brasenose College

🌊 Surface answers (10 points)

Christ Church, Balliol College, All Souls College

Other spellings we accept

Type any of these and the game counts it as the same answer. Small typos are forgiven on longer answers too.

Nuffield College: Nuffield
Kellogg College: Kellogg
Linacre College: Linacre
St Cross College: St Cross
Reuben College: Reuben
St Catherine's College: St Catherine's
St Edmund Hall: St Edmund
St Hilda's College: St Hilda's
St Peter's College: St Peter's
St Anne's College: St Anne's
Harris Manchester College: Harris Manchester
Mansfield College: Mansfield

And 26 more answers with alternate spellings.

Rarity tiers are our own estimate of how few people would think of each answer. For strategy, read how to find One in a Krillion answers.

Prompts that share answers with this one

Name a college of the University of Cambridge (6 shared, such as Wolfson College, St John's College, Pembroke College)