Name a state of Brazil (or the Federal District): rare answers

We accept 27 answers to “Name a state of Brazil (or the Federal District)” in our Krillion practice game. Most players reach for São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Bahia, which keeps them near the surface. Deep cuts such as Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia and Alagoas score 85 points.

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Accepted answers: 27
Category: Geography
Deep answers (85–100 pts): 6 (22%)
Alternate spellings accepted: 1 answers
First letters: 11 different; P is the most common (5)

🦑 Midnight Zone: 6 answers (22%), 85 pts each
🐠 Twilight Zone: 9 answers (33%), 60 pts each
🐟 Sunlit Zone: 9 answers (33%), 30 pts each
🌊 Surface: 3 answers (11%), 10 pts each

The rarest answers

This list has no Abyssal tier, so the Midnight Zone is as deep as it goes: Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Alagoas, Tocantins, Piauí and Sergipe, worth 85 points each.

🦑 Midnight Zone answers (85 points)

Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Alagoas, Tocantins, Piauí, Sergipe

🐠 Twilight Zone answers (60 points)

Ceará, Mato Grosso do Sul, Amapá, Goiás, Maranhão, Espírito Santo, Federal District, Roraima, Paraíba

🐟 Sunlit Zone answers (30 points)

Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Amazonas, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Pernambuco, Acre, Pará, Mato Grosso

🌊 Surface answers (10 points)

São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Bahia

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.

Federal District: Distrito Federal, Brasilia

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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