Prompt 1 of 7
Name a country with a coastline on the Indian Ocean
37 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answerShow answersHide answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Jordan— Its entire coastline is 26 kilometers squeezed in at Aqaba.
85 ptsDeep Cut11 answersShow answersHide answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Bahrain— An island in the Persian Gulf, part of the Indian Ocean system.
- Comoros
- East Timor
- Egypt— Hurghada's resort beaches technically face the Indian Ocean basin.
- Eritrea— Red Sea coast, which flows into the wider Indian Ocean basin.
- Iraq— A tiny sliver of Persian Gulf coast, but a coast it is.
- Israel— Fourteen kilometers of Red Sea at Eilat squeak it in.
- Kuwait
- Qatar
- Singapore— Holds the eastern gate of the Indian Ocean's busiest strait.
- Sudan— Its Red Sea coast counts under the same basin ruling.
60 ptsRare10 answersShow answersHide answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Bangladesh
- Djibouti— Its Gulf of Aden coast opens straight onto the Indian Ocean.
- Iran
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Myanmar
- Oman
- Saudi Arabia— Red Sea and Gulf coasts both drain into the Indian Ocean.
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
30 ptsSchooler9 answersShow answersHide answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Indonesia
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Mozambique
- Pakistan
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
- Tanzania
- Thailand
15 ptsToo Clever3 answersShow answersHide answers
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- France— Réunion and Mayotte are full French départements, not territories.
- Maldives— Lowest-lying country on Earth, averaging under two meters above sea.
- Seychelles— All 115 islands together are smaller than New York City.
10 ptsPlankton3 answersShow answersHide answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Australia
- India
- South Africa