Samoa

Key facts

Land borders

Samoa shares no land border with another sovereign state.

Samoa in the game

Every puzzle gives three claims that exactly one country satisfies. Samoa is a deep cut — answers this obscure only show up in hard puzzles. These are the 24 claims from the pool that are true of Samoa, rarest first — the fewer countries share a claim, the harder it works for you on the board.

• Is in Oceania1 of 14
• Its capital city's name begins with “A”1 of 16
• Its name begins with “S”1 of 26
• Has an area smaller than 10,000 km²1 of 32
• Lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere1 of 34
• Has fewer than 1 million people1 of 37
• Has no land borders1 of 40
• Is an island nation1 of 47
• Drives on the left1 of 54
• Is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations1 of 56
• Has English as an official language1 of 59
• Has more than one official language1 of 65
• Its flag features a star1 of 67
• Its name has 6 letters or fewer1 of 67
• Has an area smaller than 50,000 km²1 of 69
• Borders fewer than 3 countries1 of 84
• Has an area smaller than 100,000 km²1 of 88
• Its flag contains blue1 of 99
• Has fewer than 10 million people1 of 100
• Has an area smaller than 500,000 km²1 of 144
• Has a coastline1 of 151
• Its flag contains red1 of 152
• Does not have a monarch as head of state1 of 153
• Lies within a single time zone1 of 177