Countries That Start With C
Seventeen modern countries start with C — one of the deepest letters in the alphabet. The C list hides two of trivia's most forgotten island nations, which makes it a goldmine letter in rarity games.
Updated 2026-11-02 · rarity tags are our editorial guide (Obvious → Gem), calibrated against recorded playthroughs.
⭐ The deep cuts — answers nobody else will type
Côte d'Ivoire · Comoros
Rarity-ranked list
Read bottom-up when you study, top-down when you need a safe answer. Tiers: Obvious (everyone types it) → Common → Uncommon → Rare → Gem (one in a krillion).
| Entry | Rarity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | Obvious | First reflex for most players. |
| China | Obvious | Automatic. |
| Chile | Obvious | Automatic. |
| Colombia | Obvious | South America's reflex pick. |
| Cuba | Common | Caribbean reflex. |
| Croatia | Common | Football/ tourism familiarity. |
| Costa Rica | Common | Ecotourism familiarity. |
| Cambodia | Common | Southeast Asia, Angkor Wat. |
| Cameroon | Common | Africa's C — Indomitable Lions. |
| Chad | Common | Lake Chad; meme fame raised recall. |
| Cyprus | Uncommon | Mediterranean island. |
| Czechia | Uncommon | Short form only recently standardized — long form is 'Czech Republic'. |
| Cabo Verde | Rare | Atlantic island nation — spelling variant 'Cape Verde' may or may not be accepted. |
| Central African Republic | Rare | Long name crowds it out of shortlists. |
| DR Congo | Rare | Democratic Republic of the Congo — the 'other' Congo. |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Gem | Diacritics + dual English name (Ivory Coast) make recall inconsistent. |
| Comoros | Gem | Indian Ocean island nation of ~850,000 — the most forgotten C. |
✓ = confirmed by playing the official dive ourselves.
Traps & near-misses
- The two Congos — Democratic Republic vs Republic of the Congo — are different countries; know which your game accepts.
- Cape Verde vs Cabo Verde: the country renamed to Cabo Verde in 2013; spelling variants are a game-rules question.
- Côte d'Ivoire needs the diacritics or the English name — partial spellings risk a miss.
How this helps in the dive
In letter prompts the C list punishes habit: Canada and China are reflexes, while Cabo Verde and Comoros are the picks nobody else remembers. Our rarity tags reflect recall frequency.
Related in this hub
- Tips & strategy — the frameworks behind rarity thinking
- Answers & hints today — daily coverage of the official dive
- Krillion hub — everything about the game
Sources: UN member list. Krillion is a third-party game — see our third-party games disclaimer.