What is a rare answer for "Name an Egyptian pharaoh"?

A rare answer for "Name an Egyptian pharaoh" is Hatshepsut — specific and valid, but uncommon enough to land in the Deep Cut or One in a Krillion tier (85–100 points). Avoid the crowd defaults like King Tut, Cleopatra.

How is "Name an Egyptian pharaoh" scored in Krillion?

Like every Krillion prompt, "Name an Egyptian pharaoh" is scored by rarity across six tiers: One in a Krillion (100 pts), Deep Cut (85), Rare (60), Schooler (30), Too Clever (15), Plankton (10). Points convert to depth at 10 meters each.

History prompt

Name an Egyptian pharaoh — Best Krillion Answers

Difficulty

Facing “Name an Egyptian pharaoh” in a dive? Here is how to think rare: the best picks, the safe backups, and the crowd defaults to avoid. Every answer below is real and valid — rarity decides the tier.

Best rare pick: Hatshepsut — specific, valid, and uncommon enough for Deep Cut or better.

Avoid (Plankton): King Tut, Cleopatra — correct, but the crowd's first thought.

One in a Krillion — 100 pts

The rarest valid answers — maximum depth.

Hatshepsut · Akhenaten

Deep Cut — 85 pts

Extremely rare picks most players miss.

Thutmose III · Seti I

Rare — 60 pts

Genuinely uncommon — strong scoring.

Ramses II · Djoser

Schooler — 30 pts

Known but not top-of-mind.

Khufu · Khafre

Too Clever — 15 pts

A bit too obvious.

Tutankhamun · Narmer

Plankton — 10 pts

The crowd's default — avoid these.

King Tut · Cleopatra

How to play this prompt

Strategy notes specific to “Name an Egyptian pharaoh” — not generic advice.

History prompts reward the second thing you learned, not the first — the famous names are always crowded.

The winning instinct on this one: skip your first thought entirely and type your second. Hatshepsut is a perfect example — completely valid, just not the reflex answer. Thutmose III plays the same role as a backup.

Watch out for King Tut. It's valid, but validity isn't the game — rarity is. Cleopatra has the same problem: everyone knows it, so everyone types it, so it scores like everyone.

Ramses II and Khafre are the honest middle of this prompt — answers most players know but few type first. If your instinct answer feels too easy, reach for this layer instead of the obvious.

Rare answers travel in packs: if Seti I comes to mind, Djoser and Thutmose III are usually one thought away. Train yourself to pull the whole cluster, not just the first name that surfaces.

Rated 4/5 difficulty — only 12 banked answers, so matching the bank is genuinely hard. Precision matters more than speed here.

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