Name a county of England (ceremonial or historic): rare answers
We accept 54 answers to “Name a county of England (ceremonial or historic)” in our Krillion practice game. Most players reach for Cornwall, Bristol and City of London, which keeps them near the surface. Deep cuts such as West Sussex, Herefordshire and South Yorkshire score up to 100 points.
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- Accepted answers
- 54
- Category
- Geography
- Deep answers (85–100 pts)
- 20 (37%)
- Alternate spellings accepted
- 3 answers
- First letters
- 17 different; S is the most common (7)
The rarest answers
8 answers are Abyssal here, the ones we expect the fewest players to think of, including West Sussex, Herefordshire, South Yorkshire and Rutland. Each is worth 100 points, ten times a Surface answer.
🐙 Abyssal answers (100 points)
West Sussex, Herefordshire, South Yorkshire, Rutland, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cumberland, Westmorland, Huntingdonshire
🦑 Midnight Zone answers (85 points)
West Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Durham, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Nottinghamshire, North Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, East Sussex, Worcestershire, Leicestershire, Tyne and Wear
🐠 Twilight Zone answers (60 points)
Norfolk, Dorset, Cumbria, Cheshire, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Wiltshire, Derbyshire, Merseyside, Bedfordshire, Shropshire, Northamptonshire, Sussex, Middlesex
🐟 Sunlit Zone answers (30 points)
Greater London, Kent, Surrey, Devon, Essex, Hampshire, Somerset, Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Northumberland, Hertfordshire
🌊 Surface answers (10 points)
Cornwall, Bristol, City of London, Isle of Wight
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.
- Durham: County Durham
- Bristol: City of Bristol
- City of London: The City
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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