Name the capital city of a country in the Americas: rare answers
There are 36 correct answers to “Name the capital city of a country in the Americas” on our list. The obvious ones, like Washington, D.C., Buenos Aires and Mexico City, are worth 10 points each; the rare ones, like Basseterre, Castries and Roseau, are worth far more.
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- Accepted answers
- 36
- Category
- Geography
- Deep answers (85–100 pts)
- 12 (33%)
- Alternate spellings accepted
- 7 answers
- First letters
- 16 different; S is the most common (7)
The rarest answers
4 answers are Abyssal here, the ones we expect the fewest players to think of: Basseterre, Castries, Roseau and Kingstown. Each is worth 100 points, ten times a Surface answer.
🐙 Abyssal answers (100 points)
Basseterre, Castries, Roseau, Kingstown
🦑 Midnight Zone answers (85 points)
San Salvador, Managua, Port of Spain, Sucre, Bridgetown, Belmopan, St. John's, St. George's
🐠 Twilight Zone answers (60 points)
Nassau, La Paz, Santo Domingo, Panama City, Port-au-Prince, Paramaribo, Asuncion, Guatemala City, San Jose, Georgetown, Tegucigalpa
🐟 Sunlit Zone answers (30 points)
Bogota, Ottawa, Santiago, Lima, Havana, Brasilia, Caracas, Montevideo, Quito, Kingston
🌊 Surface answers (10 points)
Washington, D.C., Buenos Aires, Mexico City
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.
- St. John's: St Johns, Saint John's
- St. George's: St Georges, Saint George's
- Panama City: Panama
- Guatemala City: Guatemala
- Santiago: Santiago de Chile
- Washington, D.C.: Washington DC, Washington
- Mexico City: Mexico
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.
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