Name a country whose name begins with S: rare answers

“Name a country whose name begins with S” has 26 accepted answers here, and 7 of them (27%) are rare enough for the two deepest tiers. Switzerland, South Africa and Spain are the Surface answers almost everyone gives.

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Accepted answers
26
Category
Geography
Deep answers (85–100 pts)
7 (27%)
Alternate spellings accepted
5 answers
First letters
1 different; S is the most common (26)
  • 🦑 Midnight Zone: 7 answers (27%), 85 pts each
  • 🐠 Twilight Zone: 8 answers (31%), 60 pts each
  • 🐟 Sunlit Zone: 8 answers (31%), 30 pts each
  • 🌊 Surface: 3 answers (12%), 10 pts each

The rarest answers

This list has no Abyssal tier, so the Midnight Zone is as deep as it goes: Sierra Leone, Samoa, Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis and 3 more, worth 85 points each.

🦑 Midnight Zone answers (85 points)

Sierra Leone, Samoa, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Solomon Islands, Sao Tome and Principe, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

🐠 Twilight Zone answers (60 points)

Slovenia, Sudan, Somalia, Seychelles, Suriname, Senegal, San Marino, South Sudan

🐟 Sunlit Zone answers (30 points)

Singapore, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sweden, Serbia, Syria, Sri Lanka, Slovakia

🌊 Surface answers (10 points)

Switzerland, South Africa, Spain

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.

  • Saint Lucia: St Lucia
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis: St Kitts, St Kitts and Nevis
  • Sao Tome and Principe: Sao Tome
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: St Vincent, St Vincent and the Grenadines
  • South Korea: Republic of Korea

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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