U.S. State Capitals by First Letter

Are you the quickest gun in all the West? Then guess the FIRST LETTER of the capital of each state in 45 seconds.

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Last updated: December 3, 2025

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First submitted	December 3, 2025
Times taken	28,659
Average score	26.0%
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State	Capital
North Carolina	Raleigh
Kentucky	Frankfort
Utah	Salt Lake City
South Carolina	Columbia
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg
Montana	Helena
New Hampshire	Concord
Idaho	Boise
Iowa	Des Moines
Missouri	Jefferson City
Nevada	Carson City
Rhode Island	Providence
Georgia	Atlanta
Hawaii	Honolulu
Michigan	Lansing
Wyoming	Cheyenne
New York	Albany

State	Capital
Ohio	Columbus
North Dakota	Bismarck
New Mexico	Santa Fe
Maryland	Annapolis
Florida	Tallahassee
Massachusetts	Boston
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City
Texas	Austin
Vermont	Montpelier
Arizona	Phoenix
Arkansas	Little Rock
Delaware	Dover
Oregon	Salem
West Virginia	Charleston
Nebraska	Lincoln
New Jersey	Trenton
Alabama	Montgomery

State	Capital
California	Sacramento
Wisconsin	Madison
Maine	Augusta
Colorado	Denver
Virginia	Richmond
Alaska	Juneau
Illinois	Springfield
Connecticut	Hartford
Washington	Olympia
Tennessee	Nashville
South Dakota	Pierre
Mississippi	Jackson
Indiana	Indianapolis
Louisiana	Baton Rouge
Minnesota	Saint Paul
Kansas	Topeka

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18 Comments

Level 72

Dec 4, 2025

As an American who's good at geography, this was actually pretty difficult. I feel like the full minute might be better, especially for those not from the States.

When I first opened the quiz, I immediately started typing capitals thinking it was free game, but then the yellow box happened. Maybe a caveat?

Good idea of course.

Level ∞

Dec 4, 2025

I wanted this to be a very difficult challenge but still in the realm of possibility.

After a couple tries, I was able to do it on with 3 seconds remaining so it definitely is possible.

Level 72

Dec 4, 2025

Fair.

Level 77

Dec 4, 2025

It's not too hard at all. On mobile it certainly is a bit tough, I only managed to get 41 there on my first attempt. Switching to my computer though on my first attempt I managed to finish with 6 seconds left.

Level 56

Dec 4, 2025

I think it depends on the person (whether they're American, how familiar they are with US geography, how good their reflexes are, etc).

I only managed to get 22/50 with five tries.

Level ∞

Dec 4, 2025

22 seems pretty good. I'd imagine that only 0.1% of people in the US could get a perfect score within 5 tries.

I also assume that most people couldn't get a perfect score even if they had 1000 tries.

This quiz is meant to be extremely challenging. It's not for everyone.

Level 81

Dec 4, 2025

took me four tries, but got 50!

Level 74

Dec 22, 2025

there are not 3.0414093e+64 us state capitals

Level 81

Dec 4, 2025

Got them all with eleven seconds remaining on my second try. Sub-thirty is definitely possible.

Level 81

Dec 4, 2025

After a few more tries, I've got eighteen seconds remaining.

Level 87

Dec 4, 2025

no need for whammies with such a short time period. the whammies are frustrating for typos

Level 62

Dec 4, 2025

Agreed

Level 65

Dec 26, 2025

Maybe as a video game it would be fun

Whammies could cause exploding flora full of hornets

Level 73

Dec 4, 2025

I got four lmao (tbf I lost the first whammy because I started speed typing letters without realizing it is a yellow-box type of quiz)

Level 63

Dec 22, 2025

Needs to be more time on this, kind of pointless to have a quiz that you realistically can't complete in the allotted amount of time.

Level 56

Dec 22, 2025

It's possible (as can be seen in previous comments), just unlikely. This quiz is meant to be difficult.

Level 77

Jan 28, 2026

Pride really is a motivator. After three attempts the best I got was 39 and thought there was no way I could possibly do this. After reading the comments of people managing to do it, I got all 50 only two tries later

Level 46

Mar 21, 2026

I kept forgetting Augusta was the capital of Maine and kept putting P (Portland) for Maine lol. I eventually got it.