Krillion Recorded answers
884 recorded answers
How to approach it
Work top-down through scale rather than trying to recall exotic names. Begin with the biggest informal groupings people actually say out loud, then test each one against a single filter: does more than one national border run through it? If the name lives entirely inside one country's territory, drop it immediately. From there, mine the vocabulary of physical geography, because ranges, plateaus, basins, deserts, and forest belts are almost never confined to a single state, and the puzzle's answer key leans heavily on them. Cultural and historical labels work too, but they are more contested, so keep them as a second pass. Finish by scanning your list for names that sound scholarly or regional rather than touristy, and submit the ones you can defend in one sentence.
Get a hint
Start with the labels people use informally for chunks of the map: rough compass groupings, cultural blocs, and natural zones all belong in the pool.
A little more
Narrow by asking whether two or more national borders pass through it; a name that only ever appears inside one country's maps is the wrong track.
One step further
The strongest candidates are usually physical or ecological units, since mountain chains, river basins, and biome belts rarely respect political lines.
Reveal answers 884
- HighveldDeep Cut85points
- Himalayan RimDeep Cut85points
- Hindu KushDeep Cut85points
- Hindu Kush HimalayaDeep Cut85points
- Hispanic AmericaDeep Cut85points
- HispaniolaDeep Cut85points
- HolarcticDeep Cut85points
- Hunger SteppeDeep Cut85points
- Hutsul RegionDeep Cut85points
- HyrcaniaDeep Cut85points
- Ibero-AmericaDeep Cut85points
- IfriqiyaDeep Cut85points
- IllyriaDeep Cut85points
- Imatong MountainsDeep Cut85points
- Indian Ocean RimDeep Cut85points
- Indo-Gangetic PlainDeep Cut85points
- IndomalayaDeep Cut85points
- Inner AsiaDeep Cut85points
- Interior PlainsDeep Cut85points
- Inuit NunaatDeep Cut85points
- Ionian regionDeep Cut85points
- Iranian PlateauDeep Cut85points
- IrelandDeep Cut85points
- Irish Sea regionDeep Cut85points
- Iron GatesDeep Cut85points
- IroquoiaDeep Cut85points
- Isthmo-Colombian AreaDeep Cut85points
- IstriaDeep Cut85points
- Italian LakesDeep Cut85points
- Italian PeninsulaDeep Cut85points
- Itigi–Sumbu thicketDeep Cut85points
- Iullemmeden BasinDeep Cut85points
- Johor Strait regionDeep Cut85points
- Jordan ValleyDeep Cut85points
- Juba-Shabelle BasinDeep Cut85points
- Judaean DesertDeep Cut85points
- JudeaDeep Cut85points
- Julian AlpsDeep Cut85points
- Julian MarchDeep Cut85points
- Jura MountainsDeep Cut85points
- JutlandDeep Cut85points
- Kagera BasinDeep Cut85points
- Kalahari acacia–baikiaea woodlandsDeep Cut85points
- KaokoveldDeep Cut85points
- KarakoramDeep Cut85points
- Karamoja ClusterDeep Cut85points
- KarawanksDeep Cut85points
- KareliaDeep Cut85points
- Kazakh SteppeDeep Cut85points
- KhorasanDeep Cut85points
Why these answers count
The reveal ran to 884 entries, which tells you the graders were generous with anything coherently regional: 757 answers landed at 85 points and another 79 at 60, so breadth of plausible naming mattered far more than precision. The lone 100-point pick, Polesia, is a marsh-and-forest territory straddling several national borders, and its isolation at the top is the whole lesson, because scoring rewards the pick almost nobody else thought of. Mid-tier entries such as the Accursed Mountains, the Adamawa Plateau, or the Afar Triangle are perfectly good regions, yet they sit at 85 because a large share of players reached the same physical-geography shelf. The 60-point band looks like the safety net for broader or fuzzier calls. Rarer framing earns more: an ecological belt like Acacia–Commiphora bushland scores above a famous mountain range precisely because fewer people can name it. Aim for a real, defensible territory that most players would never list.