A hand-ranked Top 100 for this topic, ordered from the most obvious names near #1 to the hidden gems near #100.
This list was researched and ranked by hand for Centumth. Entries near #1 are the names almost everyone thinks of first. Entries near #100 are true, a little obscure, and still fair if you think sideways. Sources below are the starting point — the final order can include small editorial calls so the daily puzzle stays balanced.
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The full Top 100
- #1Java
- #2Honshu
- #3Great Britain
- #4Luzon
- #5Sumatra
- #6Madagascar
- #7Mindanao
- #8Taiwan
- #9Salsette
- #10Borneo
- #11Hispaniola
- #12Sri Lanka
- #13Sulawesi
- #14New Guinea
- #15Kyushu
- #16Cuba
- #17Hainan
- #18Long Island
- #19Ireland
- #20Singapore
- #21Hokkaido
- #22Sicily
- #23Negros
- #24Panay
- #25Bali
- #26Cebu
- #27Madura
- #28Lombok
- #29North Island
- #30Shikoku
- #31Puerto Rico
- #32Timor
- #33Jamaica
- #34Zhongshan Island
- #35Leyte
- #36Zealand
- #37Xiamen
- #38Montreal Island
- #39Samar
- #40Flores
- #41Bhola
- #42Sardinia
- #43Manhattan
- #44Sumbawa
- #45São Luís
- #46Haizhu
- #47Okinawa
- #48Mindoro
- #49Bohol
- #50Hong Kong Island
- #51Bahrain Island
- #52Mauritius
- #53Cyprus
- #54Trinidad
- #55Bintan
- #56Batam
- #57South Island
- #58Oahu
- #59Nias
- #60Bangka
- #61Tenerife
- #62Palawan
- #63Zanzibar
- #64Mallorca
- #65Gran Canaria
- #66Penang Island
- #67Vancouver Island
- #68Réunion
- #69Sumba
- #70Viti Levu
- #71Jeju
- #72Crete
- #73Chongming
- #74Halmahera
- #75Jolo
- #76Phuket
- #77Newfoundland
- #78New Britain
- #79Tasmania
- #80Staten Island
- #81Malta
- #82Mactan
- #83Fyn
- #84Sakhalin
- #85Margarita Island
- #86Seram
- #87Île Jésus
- #88Grande Comore
- #89Iceland
- #90Martinique
- #91Corsica
- #92Ambon
- #93Sandwip
- #94Muna
- #95Vendsyssel-Thy
- #96Santiago
- #97Barbados
- #98Grande Terre
- #99New Providence
- #100Madeira
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