Recorded answers
11,507 recorded answers
How to approach it
The productive move is to switch from memory to reference work. Rather than free-associating famous cities, open a gazetteer or a cartographic service and scroll through the administrative registers of countries whose place names routinely absorb a definite article. Work region by region, and once you land somewhere promising, zoom in rather than out: the smaller the locality, the less likely the crowd has already claimed it. Keep the six permitted openings in view so you never waste a guess on a near miss beginning with a different particle. Where a name repeats across dozens of villages, expect duplication and little reward; where it appears once, submit it. Confirm the entry is a populated place and not a district, beach or landmark before committing.
Get a hint
Start with the naming traditions that fuse a definite article to a place name, then ask which parts of the world you have explored least rather than which you know best.
A little more
Value sits well below the famous tier: villages, hamlets, suburbs and rural clusters appear in detailed gazetteers but almost never in ordinary conversation.
One step further
Size decides everything, because a name borne by one tiny locality scores far better than one shared by a metropolis, so hunt obscure administrative lists instead of skylines.
Reveal answers 11,507
- Le NeubourgDeep Cut85points
- Le NeufbourgDeep Cut85points
- Le NeufourDeep Cut85points
- Le Nice caennaisDeep Cut85points
- Le NidDeep Cut85points
- Le NiolDeep Cut85points
- Le NizanDeep Cut85points
- Le NoirmontDeep Cut85points
- Le Nouvion-en-ThiéracheDeep Cut85points
- Le NoyerDeep Cut85points
- Le Noyer RenardDeep Cut85points
- Le Noyer-en-OucheDeep Cut85points
- Le OnzièmeDeep Cut85points
- Le OuakiDeep Cut85points
- Le PaillyDeep Cut85points
- Le PalaisDeep Cut85points
- Le Palais-sur-VienneDeep Cut85points
- Le PalidorDeep Cut85points
- Le PalletDeep Cut85points
- Le PalmierDeep Cut85points
- Le Palmiste RougeDeep Cut85points
- Le PanierDeep Cut85points
- Le Paquialet d'en BasDeep Cut85points
- Le PâquierDeep Cut85points
- Le PâquisDeep Cut85points
- Le ParcDeep Cut85points
- Le Parc à DennemontDeep Cut85points
- Le Parc à JacquesDeep Cut85points
- Le Parc aux LièvresDeep Cut85points
- Le ParcqDeep Cut85points
- Le PargoDeep Cut85points
- Le PasDeep Cut85points
- Le Pas-Saint-l'HomerDeep Cut85points
- Le PasquierDeep Cut85points
- Le PassageDeep Cut85points
- Le PavéDeep Cut85points
- Le Pavillon-Sainte-JulieDeep Cut85points
- Le Péage-de-RoussillonDeep Cut85points
- Le PêchereauDeep Cut85points
- Le PecqDeep Cut85points
- Le PègueDeep Cut85points
- Le PellerinDeep Cut85points
- Le PerchayDeep Cut85points
- Le PercyDeep Cut85points
- Le PérierDeep Cut85points
- Le PéronnetDeep Cut85points
- Le Perray-en-YvelinesDeep Cut85points
- Le PerréonDeep Cut85points
- Le Perreux-sur-MarneDeep Cut85points
- Le PerreyDeep Cut85points
Why these answers count
The distribution is extraordinarily lopsided: of the 11,495 submissions that cleared the bar, 11,457 sat at 85 points, thirty-seven dropped to 60, and exactly one reached 100. That shape teaches more than any single guess. The 85-point mass runs from hamlets such as El Abra and El Achir to entries plenty of players would recognise by name, like El Aaiún, which suggests the scoring rewarded any verifiable, non-obvious place rather than punishing modest fame. The thirty-seven names at 60 were the near-automatic picks that almost everyone produced. The lone maximum, La Ciotat, shows what separates the very top: a coastal town solid enough to be real yet peripheral enough that the crowd skipped it. Aim for that 85 band deliberately and treat 100 as a bonus. A household name costs twenty-five points; a village that exists on a gazetteer costs only a minute of verification.