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Word Puzzles - World Cities #2

Guess each clue and then sound them out together to form the name of a city.
Example: Sack + father = Bag + dad = Baghdad
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First submittedNovember 27, 2013
Times taken30,938
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Word Puzzle
City
Internal organ + place for swimming
Liverpool
Singer Sheeran + Jamaican for "man" + 1,000 kg
Edmonton
The end is ... + judge's garment + fifth letter
Nairobi
Language spoken in Chiang Mai + settle one's debts
Taipei
To be victorious + puppy's bite + square ___ in a round hole
Winnipeg
Synonym of gulf + plant part
Beirut
Boss in a kitchen + where crops grow
Sheffield
Gore or Capone + opposite of cheers
Algiers
To break into a safe + hey that hurts!
Krakow
I like the cut of his __ + to modify a garment
Gibraltar
Place to see animals + Astley or Riordan
Zurich
What Big Ben is + report card component
Belgrade
"Ham" to a Cockney + martini mixing option + Hoover or Three Gorges
Amsterdam
Saw mill product + French for water
Bordeaux
Lock opener + to be in someone's debt + foot digit
Kyoto
Superman or Hercules + Feminine pronoun + pa's wife
Hiroshima
Homer's catchphrase + opposite of under
Dover
Prefix meaning "again" + not even
Riyadh
Voyage + first letter in Canada's national anthem + martial artist Bruce
Tripoli
Also + not tight
Toulouse
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62 Comments
ShefCrispie
+15
Level 39
Apr 7, 2014
Great quiz - I tried Hartlepool for the internal organ one, but can see that it shouldn't be allowed as the 'le' isn't accounted for in the clue, and to be fair, Hartlepool isn't one of the better known places in the world - in fact, it isn't even a city. I'm beginning to wish I hadn't started typing this now ...
Bubblecat
+4
Level 79
Mar 6, 2016
It's alright, I tried Hartlepool too :P
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Aug 29, 2025
me too, no idea where it is exactly but I have hearad of it and was the first thing I thought of (trying a few spelling variations)
kitshef
+2
Level 88
Aug 29, 2025
Hartlepool works as well as Gibraltar.
pinkvaporeon
+2
Level 66
Sep 4, 2025
Also wrote Hartlepool first and was thrilled such an obscure place was in the quiz…..
irish41
+5
Level 58
Apr 7, 2014
The only one I missed was Beirut. I kept trying TigerLeaf, which I think is a great name for a city! :)
smartcookie17
+1
Level 44
Jun 20, 2014
I'll remember that.
akwildrose
+1
Level 50
Apr 26, 2015
I agree. That's a great name for a city!
Zefyrinus
+8
Level 74
Mar 31, 2018
I tried Bayleaf...
tden
+5
Level 62
Apr 5, 2022
i cannot bayleaf this
anitatravelmoore
+2
Level 65
Oct 2, 2022
You butter bay leaf it
Irreality
+2
Level 74
Apr 23, 2014
Awesome.
sillie
+3
Level 75
Jun 5, 2014
I sorta suspected there was no city called "Plank-aqua". I got the dumbs.
akwildrose
+1
Level 50
Apr 26, 2015
I thought it was aqua, too.
escojm
+10
Level 65
Feb 2, 2016
Couldn't get away from the idea of "boos" instead of "jeers," and "Albooze" didn't work. :D
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Nov 26, 2021
I tried Albuquerque (Albu-querque, geddit?)
Jamessssss
+1
Level 24
Feb 8, 2017
Hartlepool? Heart (organ) pool (swimming)
brandybuck96
+4
Level 82
Jun 11, 2017
But where would the "le" come from?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Nov 26, 2021
I tried that too! (before I got the correct answer)
cjkfutball
+1
Level 99
Mar 7, 2017
Ya Winnipeg
ZQuizzes
+1
Level 60
Mar 19, 2018
A puppy's bite is not a nip! It's a bite!
toowise
+4
Level 81
Jun 28, 2018
Dover is hardly a "world city"

According to Wikipedia, Dover UK has a population of around 31000 and Dover , Delaware, USA despite being the state capital, only has a populaton of around 36000

even adding the 2 together doesnt get anywhere near to even 100,000

MayaB
+10
Level 73
Sep 8, 2018
Yes, but the white cliffs of Dover are quite famous, which would made city to a world city as well.
OfficerDibble
+1
Level 86
Nov 23, 2018
It doesn't really work, but not because of the size of the respective populations.

Dover, England is well known as a port and for the nearby cliffs, but it is not a city (it's a town).

Dover, Delaware is the state capital, but I think it's fair to say that it is not well enough known to be considered a "world city".

cornflakesfu
+2
Level 89
Oct 17, 2018
Durr. Got stuck on Yao Ming as the basketballer (and yes, I know he's Asian, not Asian-American).
RachelB2022
+4
Level 66
Dec 14, 2018
OK, the fact that Rick Astley and Rick Riordan were the two Ricks chosen to represent that end of the answer is great.
Catgames2
+2
Level 56
Jun 29, 2023
jetpunk just rickrolled us
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Dec 18, 2018
Feeling stupid when I see the 3 I missed.
PauloMX
+1
Level 66
Jan 18, 2019
2/20 Feeling miserable
Catgames2
+2
Level 56
Jun 21, 2023
bayleef
Hapsburg
+2
Level 75
Jul 13, 2023
I feel like an idiot for writing heroherma
catie09
+1
Level 87
Aug 28, 2025
I wish it said "modify" instead of "change" a garment.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 28, 2025
Good suggestion. Changed it to that.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Aug 29, 2025
I would lose the garment part, just modify would do.

(and the garment part threw me, trying to think of all sorts of sewing terms, just modify I think would have gotten me alter. But apart from my personal experience, I would still say just modify would be better)

cpgatbyu
+7
Level 88
Aug 28, 2025
Where does the first "r" in Gibraltar come from?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 28, 2025
Nowhere, whoops. Oh well, I'm sure "gibalter" is enough to get people where they need to be.
Tramp
+5
Level 79
Aug 28, 2025
Nice quiz. Much more challenging than the first one, but isn't it more like re-add and not re-odd? That one totally threw me off.
mrputter
+3
Level 89
Aug 29, 2025
I mean, Krakow is properly pronounced closer to "crack-oov" and Zurich a bit like "tsyur-eesh" and Toulouse more like "too-looze" and so on. Many of these are approximations at best, and there's a lot of Anglicization going on. Just comes with the territory.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 29, 2025
Yes, we are using the English language pronunciation of these cities.
Tramp
+8
Level 79
Aug 29, 2025
I don't think people say re-odd in English either though, do they? I've only ever heard re-add.
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 94
Aug 30, 2025
Your pronunciations for Krakow and Zurich are wrong as well. In English they are usually pronounced cra-cow and zew-rick
AMK
+1
Level 97
Aug 28, 2025
Isn't Big Ben technically a clock with 5 bells?
PoetsCorner
+6
Level 87
Aug 29, 2025
No, that would be the Westminster Clock. Big Ben is the name of the hour bell in the Westminster Clock.
barmanitan
+3
Level 84
Aug 28, 2025
Why is it modify a garment and not just to modify? I thought it was looking for something like sew or patch. But great quiz :)
tschutzer
+1
Level 93
Aug 28, 2025
That's a great score distribution. Really proud to have gotten them all on my first try.
sumguy
+1
Level 87
Aug 28, 2025
Got everything except for Krakow. I didn't consider anything for "to break into a safe" other than "pick", and I couldn't think of a Pickow or Pickouch.

Yes, I know you crack a safe, but you pick a lock. I was sure it was pick.

AbiA
+6
Level 88
Aug 28, 2025
Krakow is pronounced krakov in the UK so that took me a while.
AbiA
+4
Level 88
Aug 28, 2025
Also, Toulouse should be too + lose not too + loose.
overtired
+3
Level 88
Aug 28, 2025
Couldn't get And-a-loose-ia out of my head for the last one, despite Andalusia not being a city or fully fitting the clue.
Getreelgirl
+1
Level 85
Aug 29, 2025
Same here
rwwt
+5
Level 86
Aug 29, 2025
Gib + alter does not equal Gibraltar
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Aug 29, 2025
A better prompt might be g/gee* brawl tar

* as in g-force or, exclamation, or slang for grand/1k

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 29, 2025
Doesn't really work either. It's not a "gee" sound.
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 94
Aug 30, 2025
It’s also barely a city. More a territory really, the only built up bit being in the north west corner and population of the whole peninsula at around 30,000.

Dover’s not a city either, even though I was born there…

Pedantry over - great quiz!

RuthlessCosmo
+1
Level 78
Dec 4, 2025
Try "cut of your ------ + barroom fight + old-fashioned word for sailor."
HylianScientist
+1
Level 87
Sep 3, 2025
I kept on coming back to Bayleaf, and could not get around it for the longest time!
Marlex
+1
Level 54
Sep 11, 2025
Ayyy got stock at "Reno" instead of "Ryiadh"
DocEckleburg
+1
Level 68
Dec 4, 2025
Couldn't get past Al-Sadd for Algiers. Great quiz though.
Remster
+3
Level 81
Dec 4, 2025
"Re-odd" doesn't sound like "Riyadh" if either is pronounced in a British accent (not that anyone cares). Nice quiz, though.
Scrazna
+2
Level 68
Dec 4, 2025
Saw mill product + French for water. I tried Woodeau, Plankeau, Lumbereau, Timbereau, Dusteau XD Just could not think of "Bo(a)rd" - Think it should be changed to something like "What chess is played on" but otherwise, great quiz!
Pharley
+1
Level 75
Dec 10, 2025
"I like the cut of his __ + to modify a garment" Jib plus alter. Where does the "r" come from to make Gibraltar?
Chocapic
+1
Level 73
Apr 2, 2026
I like the cut of his JIB + to modify a garment: BOOTY

JIBOOTY

djibouti

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