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
- La Bebelama de San PedroDeep Cut85points
- La BecerreraDeep Cut85points
- La BefaDeep Cut85points
- La Bega BaixaDeep Cut85points
- La Beguda AltaDeep Cut85points
- La Bégude-de-MazencDeep Cut85points
- La BélgicaDeep Cut85points
- La BelleDeep Cut85points
- La Belle de MaiDeep Cut85points
- La BellezaDeep Cut85points
- La BellièreDeep Cut85points
- La BellioleDeep Cut85points
- La BellotaDeep Cut85points
- La BeltranejaDeep Cut85points
- La BenâteDeep Cut85points
- La BenaugeDeep Cut85points
- La BendiciónDeep Cut85points
- La BenedictaDeep Cut85points
- La Bénisson-DieuDeep Cut85points
- La BergeonnerieDeep Cut85points
- La BergerieDeep Cut85points
- La BerlièreDeep Cut85points
- La BernardièreDeep Cut85points
- La Bernerie-en-RetzDeep Cut85points
- La BerthenouxDeep Cut85points
- La BerzosaDeep Cut85points
- La BerzosillaDeep Cut85points
- La BesaceDeep Cut85points
- La BeslièreDeep Cut85points
- La BesseDeep Cut85points
- La Besseyre-Saint-MaryDeep Cut85points
- La BezoleDeep Cut85points
- La BiancaDeep Cut85points
- La BigneDeep Cut85points
- La BigottièreDeep Cut85points
- La BijaDeep Cut85points
- La BiolleDeep Cut85points
- La Bisbal d'EmpordàDeep Cut85points
- La Bisbal de MontsantDeep Cut85points
- La Bisbal del PenedèsDeep Cut85points
- La BisnagaDeep Cut85points
- La BlancaDeep Cut85points
- La BlancardeDeep Cut85points
- La BlanqueadaDeep Cut85points
- La BlanqueraDeep Cut85points
- La BlanquitaDeep Cut85points
- La BloutièreDeep Cut85points
- La BobadillaDeep Cut85points
- La BocaDeep Cut85points
- La Boca del GuásimoDeep 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.