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Play Scrabble by Guessing Countries

When you name a country, your score is increased by the Scrabble value of the country name. How many points can you get in 2 minutes and 30 seconds?
Using the country names on the JetPunk countries of the world quiz
Quiz by baptistegorce
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Last updated: April 12, 2022
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First submittedJanuary 1, 2022
Times taken81,997
Average score26.1%
Rating4.96
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Level 54
Oct 3, 2022
Also try the US and Harry Potter versions!
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Level 54
Oct 15, 2022
Don't forget to read this blog to improve your score on this quiz.
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Level 35
Jan 27, 2022
Best quiz I have played on this website. So good. What would you think about adding some more time?
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Level 35
Jan 27, 2022
(I am just curious, I just want to know why 2:30 minutes, im not encouraging it xD)
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Level 54
Jan 27, 2022
Thank you very much! I'm honoured by your compliment.

I chose 2:30 to keep a difficult challenge, but if you look at the stats, you can notice that some users (well, only a few of the takers), got excellent results (over 2000), so I think that's great as it.

Plus, I project to write a blog to learn the best combinaisons to earn as much points as possible for this quiz in a near future, so I think the 2 minutes and 30 seconds will after become more understandable, and the quiz easier.

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Level 80
Jan 28, 2022
nominated
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Level 54
Jan 28, 2022
Thank you a lot! You're my 50th noms on this quiz, an important step is done.
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Level 15
Mar 1, 2022
why 2 minutes
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Level 54
Mar 2, 2022
Why not? It's a fast type quiz.
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Level 43
Apr 11, 2022
Fsr (for some reason) I didn’t get the USA. Now I understand all the other commenters of all over JetPunk that suffered this pain.

It was a bit difficult to understand on the start, but it’s an amazing idea! Nominated!

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Level 54
Apr 11, 2022
Thank you very much for both your compliments and the nomination!
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Level 55
Apr 11, 2022
Nice quiz. Nominated
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Level 54
Apr 12, 2022
Thank you!
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Level 60
Apr 11, 2022
Came across this via the blog. Nommed!
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Level 54
Apr 12, 2022
Glad to see the blog was useful, and thanks!
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Level 34
Jul 13, 2022
Just came here baptiste! Lol thx for this quiz. Nominated (also plz give me SVG tips haha)
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Level 54
Jul 16, 2022
Haha! Thank you very much! Both compliments and nominations are really enjoyed.

And for the SVG tips, you know, a file like this one is kinda easy to create. You would do better in asking overtired, JWatson, Elboy or many others. 😅

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Level 86
Jul 13, 2022
It would be cool if the answer stats had a column for how many points each country is worth so you can see which ones you should've entered
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Level 54
Jul 16, 2022
I didn't want to do that on the quiz itself, that's why there is a blog linked in caveat. ;-)
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Level 78
Jul 13, 2022
Great quiz!! However, I did not understand the assignment at first and was systematically naming every country, before I realized I had 30 seconds left.
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Level 53
Jul 13, 2022
I did know the format, but did your way of doing the quiz, eventually guessing all of Europe, Africa and the Middle East! I got 1484/2712!
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Level 54
Jul 16, 2022
Haha! I don't know how you did that with the timer and the instructions.

Byt 1484 is excellent (better than my own score... I'm not a fastyper at all). Congrats!

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Level 75
Aug 1, 2022
Superb quiz, nominated (although it probably doesn't need it!)
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Level 54
Aug 3, 2022
Thank you very much, that's so kind! And yes, I'm pretty proud of this first rank on the nominations leaderboard.
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Level 88
Aug 8, 2022
That was fun! Great quiz, thank you, @baptistegorce.
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Level 54
Aug 9, 2022
Thank you for your very kind words, they are really enjoyed!
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Level 90
Aug 8, 2022
Excellent. Thank you for making this - I look forward to taking it several more times!
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Level 54
Aug 9, 2022
Glad to read it, and thank you for your compliments, they mean a lot!
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Level 77
Aug 8, 2022
Great quiz! Interesting that Dominican Republic is currently at 38% while Dominica is at 22%. Is there a shortcut for the former that I don't know about?
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Level 83
Aug 8, 2022
Well the simplest one I know is "DR"!
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Level 54
Aug 9, 2022
Thank you very much @hapie!

And yeah, @MisterBrick is right: DR works. And actually very well: that’s the second best thing that you can type, after DRC. DR has an average of 14 points by letter typed, that’s huge.

I would have said to consult the blog link in caveat, but it seems that, by becoming feature, my quiz lost this link, so you can find all these stats and information in the blog entitled ´´How to Win at Playing Scrabble by Guessing Countries?’’.

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Level 71
Aug 9, 2022
"Congo" is in fact by far the best thing to type!
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Level 54
Aug 9, 2022
Well, that's true that I "forgot" this one, but actually yes and know. If you take the value by letter typed, "DRC" is still better (16,666...7 and 16,6 for "Congo"). But yeah, with only 5 letters, it gives you the point for the first and eighth answers in the ranking of most valuable country names, so that's an excellent one.
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Level 78
Aug 8, 2022
Felicits on the feature, well deserved.
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Level 54
Aug 9, 2022
Thank you very much! Probably the one that I’m the proudest of.
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Level 81
Aug 10, 2022
great quiz..I get over 1000 but is hard :))
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Level 79
Aug 11, 2022
It helps to know countries for which JetPunk accepts short-hand answers, like DR, FSM, PNG, CAR, UAE, etc. And make sure you enter Mozambique!
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Level 82
Aug 17, 2022
Why no Ws? I don't get it.
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Level 82
Aug 17, 2022
OK it's first letter of country only
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Level 54
Aug 17, 2022
Exactly, yes.
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Level 38
Aug 20, 2022
I got 1547 yay!
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Level 54
Aug 20, 2022
Oh, wow, great! Was it your first try?
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Level 59
Oct 15, 2022
Very good quiz! Unfortunately it’s featured so I can’t nominate or spotlight it, so take my five stars instead.
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Level 54
Oct 15, 2022
Haha! You're too kind, I'm honoured. Thank you very much for both your compliments and the five stars!
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Level 65
Oct 15, 2022
Brilliant. Well done. And thanks
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Level 54
Oct 15, 2022
It's me who have to thank you for your compliments, which are so kind!
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Level 37
Oct 15, 2022
Fantastic quiz! Finnaly more points then average. 3 to be technical;)
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Level 54
Oct 15, 2022
Thank you very much! So glad to read tat you liked it. And congratulations for having beaten the average! Next step: get more than 1000 points. With a bit of training, and the help of the blog in the second sticky comment, I'm sure than you can do this.
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Level 66
Oct 15, 2022
bro used the clash of clans font
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Level 54
Oct 15, 2022
Haha! Well done, someone finally guessed it. Congrats! And yeah, I really like this font, and it looks great for this kind of quiz, in my opinion.
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Level 66
Oct 17, 2022
yeah it looks pretty good
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Level 54
Oct 18, 2022
Good! Thank you very much for the feedback.
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Level 38
Oct 16, 2022
This quiz is decent, but I'm not sure why there would be so little time. Seems impossible to get even half the countries, so can never get very far. I would add more time. Other than that, good idea.
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Level 54
Oct 16, 2022
Thank you very much!

And no, I won't increase the time of the quiz. Some users are able to complete Countries of the World in about 2 minutes and 30 seconds, so the quiz is currently technically doable, and the goal is not to make it finishable for everyone. And you-re wrong, the half is clearly reachable for many JetPunkers. If I can score more than 1,4 k, then everyone or almost can, with a bit of training.

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Level 47
Oct 17, 2022
It is better that it is shorter because the point of scrabble is to get as many points as possible with every word, so it is more rewarding to guess a country like Mozambique than a country like Cuba.
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Level 74
Nov 5, 2022
A couple of incorrect scores.

Paraguay is 14 points, not 20.

Germany is 13 points, not 12.

Which brings total to 2707, not 2712.

Was wondering how to attack this quiz....

I've got a list of all the countries.

I know the point values for scrabble tiles.

I know some nifty functions in Sheets to calculate word scores. ;-)

=sum(arrayformula(vlookup(mid(A1,sequence(len(A1)),1),ScrabblePoints,2,0))) (If anyone is interested)

Thanks for the challenge.

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Level 54
Nov 6, 2022
You are completely right. I may have done a random mistake for Germany, because I have 13 on my spreadsheet, and it seems that I calculated Paraguay with the French letter values. It should be fix now (changes are pending).

This quiz was my very first Scrabble one, so that's the only one in the series with manually-calculated values. I got all the others with a formula a bit like yours on Sheets. This kind of mistake shouldn't be seen again, but I'm sorry these two ones.

And you know, there is a link to a blog in a sticky comment under this quiz with all the countries ranked by their value/letter. ;-)

Thanks for your help and your compliment!

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Level 46
Jan 14, 2023
You scored 991/2712 = 37%

This beats or equals 79% of test takers

The average score is 727

Your high score is 991

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Level 46
Jan 14, 2023
I love this quiz so much!!!!!!!!!!
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Level 54
Jan 15, 2023
Haha! Glad to read it.
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Level 95
Jan 15, 2023
I put in all the big scoring country names and did my darndest to add many more, but I can't seem to cross over into the 5 point threshold. So if anyone has a great list they use, feel free to share!
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Level 54
Jan 15, 2023
As I have already mentioned (that's actually a pinned comment), a JetPunk blog exists, with all the countries ranked by their value/letter (number of letters of their shortest type-in). It was originally linked in caveat, but the Quizmaster removed it. It could help you a lot.
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Level 95
Jan 15, 2023
I did see it, tried it, and it's still not working for me. Any other ideas?
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Level 54
Jan 15, 2023
Well, that's factually the best way to get points on this quiz, so... But maybe some users have other ideas that could help you, who knows?
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Level 95
Jan 15, 2023
I appreciate the response, nonetheless!
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Level 95
Jan 16, 2023
Finally got it with many, many tries!
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Level 54
Jan 16, 2023
Haha! Great! You have all my congratulations.
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Level 68
Feb 28, 2023
1281... not bad
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Level 54
Mar 1, 2023
Pretty good for a first try, I would say!
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Level 71
Mar 22, 2023
Haha! Pursuant to our conversation in the US States version of this one, I took your blog's suggestions and made a non-cheat-sheet that would help boost my score.

ON FIRST ATTEMPT, my high score improved by nearly a whopping 300 points from 1389 to 1678.

And I just made another improvement to my non-cheat sheet. With a little luck and getting in the zone, I might break 1800.

Haha! Pays to be smart, not "merely" hard-working and running only on "raw talent".

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Level 54
Mar 22, 2023
Haha! Congratulations! That's beautiful. I knew that this blog could help at least a few users. You beat me on this quiz now.

Good luck for your new objective!

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Level 71
Mar 23, 2023
1816 at 99.8%.

I think that's pretty close to my max. In a blazing, sustained "white heat", I might be able to break 1900.

You'd need to get someone like the deceased Cortez Peters to finish this.

I compiled all of the suggestions you made and also added ANY countries that had the letters Q, Z, J, X, and K anywhere. I put all of those alphabetically, then the rest of the countries a-z alphabetically.

I put them in an Excel spreadsheet which I have up on the right 35-40% of my screen. Then I have the Jetpunk window up on the remaining left 60-65% of my screen.

I am a good enough trained typist to look at what is on the right and just "go to it". I can almost always feel when I made a mistake. I can see, while I am looking at the right of what I am typing, via my peripheral, whether or not the country I just got through typing registered or not. If what is entered in the "guess" box just keeps getting longer, I go back and correct. If not, then I keep going.

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Level 71
Mar 23, 2023
I did some retweaking of the Excel chart I was telling you about and on first try, I got 1896. With practice, I might approach or slightly exceed 2000.

I will tell you more if you're interested. Now, I am going to have to try to figure out how to share this result. LOL.

ETA: Just got 1927.

ETA: Just got 1941.

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Level 54
Mar 24, 2023
Wow! So close to 2k, that's awesome! I'm definitely interested by the evolution of your stats.

I know by name a few uers who hav a short enough time on COTW to finish this quiz: RPHXX (2:15), Luni (2:18), rawe (2:20). You can send themfriend requests to know their stts on COTW andthis quiz, as a reference. But yeah, you are truly part of the top of the top.

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Level 71
Mar 24, 2023
Okay, so here is how to get a high score on this. A lot of this is based on the Quizmaster "Baptistegorce" suggestions, but I added modifications.

I have now broken 1900 4X with this strategy.

1) First, I type all of the acronyms to get them out of the way. They're unnatural letter combos. With them out of the way, you can fly.

2) After that, I type in what are about the top 40% of the most valuable natural word names. I have them in alphabetical order.

Also, typing multiple word countries is a WASTE of time, with only 3 exceptions. That space bar = absolutely zero value. As with the acronyms, if you ignore the space bar, you can fly even more.

3) Next are the 3 exception multiple word countries I think are worthwhile, grouped together to ease flow of concentration.

4) After those are what I call the "middle value" regular-name countries, which comprise about 20% of all of the countries.

5) Then, lastly, what I deem the low value countries, which I barely break into typing.

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Level 71
Mar 24, 2023
Here is how I type them in order:

1) CAR, DPRK, DR, FSM, KSA, NZ, PNG, ROK, UAE, UK, USA

2) Afghanistan Antigua Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Botswana Brazil Cambodia Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Cuba Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia Fiji France Gambia Germany Guyana Hungary Iraq Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgystan Libya Luxembourg Macedonia Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mexico Moldova Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Norway Pakistan Paraguay Philippines Qatar Rwanda Seychelles Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Tanzania Trinidad Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Venezuela Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

(cont'd)

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Level 71
Mar 24, 2023
3) Sao Tome, St Kitts, St Vincent

4) Cameroon Canada Comoros Dominica Finland Greece Haiti Honduras Italy Latvia Mali Madagascar Monaco Namibia Oman Peru Poland Syria Taiwan Thailand Tuvalu Uruguay

Then, if anybody actually really cares to get not only 5 stars, but 99% or higher, then they can research what are the rest of the countries I didn't name and type them however.

What I do is have them all in a list in Excel, with the tabs in columns, 24 rows, without the ribbon showing in order to accommodate that many rows. On my laptop, I have then zoomed in at 100% (no more or less), and I allow for them to be 6 columns across because I know I can't type any more than that in the allotted time. I have the column width averaged out at about 10.

That takes up about 35-40% of the screen, horizontally. The rest is for the Jetpunk window.

As I was trained as a touch typist in elementary school in the 1980s, I look at what's on the right and type it.

Voila, now 1900+ or 99.9% 4X for me.

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Level 54
Mar 24, 2023
Thank you very much for the details! I'm sure that it will help some other motivated quiztakers who want to increase their scores.
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Level 71
Mar 24, 2023
The last 9 times I've taken it:

24 Mar 2023 1982

24 Mar 2023 1899

24 Mar 2023 1952

24 Mar 2023 1885

24 Mar 2023 1941

24 Mar 2023 1963

24 Mar 2023 1909

24 Mar 2023 1878

24 Mar 2023 1941

So, I've already broken that 1941 3 times: 1952, 1963, and 1982!!!

It looks like 2000 might be just around the corner. I did a touch more tweaking.

I often have a hard time typing "Mozambique", and if not, then I almost always get a little twisted within 4 or 5 countries after that. Hard to de-prioritize it at 34 points, though.

Although I've offered a good bit of strategy, there is also part of a strategy that I haven't tried and that it would take a lot of work to try to incorporate. There's got to be a study somewhere of the most easy vs most difficult letter combinations to type. That could be applied to how I have them all ordered. Maybe that would help. Or maybe not because alphabetization helps with memory which helps with flow. Not sure. Hmmmmmm......

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Level 71
Mar 24, 2023
In addition, I think that there should surely now be an increase in 1900+ and even 2000+ results popping up in the statistics. I may be a good typist, but I am not quite in the 99.9% percentile of typists. If some of those who are on here who are surely better typists than I am (I grew up typing on *electric* typewriters - NOT *electronic*, but *electric* which are even more old-school - so my "touch" is not as naturally suited to today's keyboards as younger people's are, and they ought to have faster reflexes than me, anyway), apply what I have offered here, there should surely be a new skew to the quiz results statistics before long.

ETA: 2012. I AM DONE, PEOPLE!!!

If I can do it, so can you!!!

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Level 54
Mar 24, 2023
Haha! Congratulations on breaking 2k, that's excellent!

About ordering your answers, yeah, it would probably help a lot, but that would be a very long work, so maybe it's worthier to train yourself with your current list than reordering it.

And yeah, Mozambique is definitely a most-guess answer for this quiz.

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Level 66
Mar 25, 2024
it looks like you gave someone a new hobby. I wonder what he does now, after the empty void that has been left by breaking the 2000 barrier ;)
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Level 55
Apr 23, 2023
1398 here... just surprised so many beat me I was non stop typing haha
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Level 54
Apr 24, 2023
That's still excellent! With a bit of training, who knows...
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Level 63
Apr 27, 2023
2107 is my high score.
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Level 54
Apr 27, 2023
Wow, that's excellent! How many tries did you need?
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Level 30
Apr 27, 2023
wow, this quiz is very stressful. very smart idea lol
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Level 54
Apr 27, 2023
Haha! Yeah, not a good one to keep calm. Thanks for the kind words!
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Level 67
May 8, 2023
1,361
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Level 54
May 8, 2023
Well done!
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Level 70
Jul 15, 2023
Wait why didn't I comment on this before

One of the best quizzes out there- and a great idea! That Jeppy Scrabble is too cute, too.

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Level 54
Jul 16, 2023
Haha! Thank you very much. That's definitely one of my quizzes I'm the most proud of (even with almost 2k quizzes), so it means a lot.
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Level 64
Nov 15, 2023
69 points.

Qatar , Nepal , Azerbaijan , Bahrain , Syria

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Level 53
Feb 7, 2024
1,505 points

I got a lot of countries, but most of them didn't give a lot of points (my fault lol). Definitely one of the most creative quizzes on the platform tho

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Level 54
Feb 8, 2024
Thanks for the kind words! And congrats, even if you got country with a low values, your total score in the end is excellent.
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Level 58
Feb 27, 2024
Got 1,125 points, proud of myself.
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Level 54
Feb 28, 2024
You can be, that's excellent! Congrats.
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Level 55
Mar 3, 2024
Great quiz. 1834 first try just by randomly naming countries off the top of my head. Might break through 2k with some actual strategy
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Level 55
Mar 3, 2024
update: 2089

thats the best i'm doing

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Level 54
Mar 3, 2024
Congrats for this very good score, and thanks for the comliment!

If looking for a strategy, a blog has been published about it. I guess it can help.

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Level 43
Mar 8, 2024
Really tough, but I þink it's possible to get to 2712. For the time being, my high score is 1188 :c
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Level 54
Mar 9, 2024
Well, yeah, it's possible since the timer is superiori to the record on COTW. SO definitely doable although super difficult.