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The Daily 20 - Cities

You have 20 hints to get the mystery city. Use 6 or less and get full points!

Click any of the hints and they'll turn green if the answer is yes, red if the answer is no.

Megahints give you even more information than yes/no.

Click on a ? box to guess what letter goes in that specific box.

Answers change... DAILY!

Please don't be a lame-o and spoil the answer every day.
The populations are based on URBAN AREA population, not city proper.
Thank you playtesters!
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100 Recent Comments
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Level 68
Mar 29, 2026
13 hints but the diacritic messed me up badly. I'm counting 13 since I knew the city by then.
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Level 68
Mar 29, 2026
I used 5, since I immediately knew the city when I saw the vowels. The A doesn't work though
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Level 83
Mar 29, 2026
Why are so many people playing the one day with a diacritic, lol. I’ll go fix it. 😂
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Level 71
Mar 29, 2026
Lol, it didn't do anything for me because it was in the two random letter hint...
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Level 83
Mar 30, 2026
Uh... 49 hints. Yikes.
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Level 68
Mar 31, 2026
Solved in 8 hints, but because of the spacing, it doubled to 16.
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Level 71
Mar 31, 2026
Wow. That's sad. After one try, I realised the spacing problem. 6 hints somehow.

For yesterday @Dimby, I didn't do any better with around 30-40 hints...

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Level 68
Apr 1, 2026
25 hints because I never heard of this city
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Level 71
Apr 2, 2026
44 what is this city...
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Level 68
Apr 2, 2026
Ditto, but I've heard of the city.
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Level 71
Apr 3, 2026
Wait, Dimby, I just realised, why don't the super hints count as two hints? I thought they did
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Level 83
Apr 3, 2026
Maybe they should. They’re pretty powerful. Maybe I should make it so they increase in cost every time you use one. Then you could use all 4 and it’ll cost you 9.
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Level 83
Apr 3, 2026
Today took me quite a bit because I would’ve thought that city was on the other side of Mumbai for sure.
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Level 68
Apr 3, 2026
13 hints!
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Level 68
Apr 4, 2026
11 hints! Got the city real fast after learning about the vowels.
+2
Level 83
Apr 4, 2026
I hit big today and got it in 3!
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Level 68
Apr 5, 2026
16 today.
+1
Level 83
Apr 5, 2026
I had to restart after 20. 😂
+2
Level 35
Apr 6, 2026
2 again today
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Level 71
Apr 6, 2026
2?!? I used 29... The country first letter helped but I only faintly knew the city and wasted a bunch of hints of the letters
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Level 35
Apr 6, 2026
mild spoiler ig?

well i used 2 letters and starting country letter, so with that letter, considering its only cities with over 1 million and capitals, only one country was left, and its quite easy to go through like 5 cities with that population there and find one that fits the given letters

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Level 68
Apr 6, 2026
13 for me.
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Level 83
Apr 6, 2026
12 here
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Level 71
Apr 7, 2026
6 today, was a bit braindead so wasted a hint, even though I already knew that it was east of a certain city...
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Level 83
Apr 7, 2026
5 hints for me. Wasted a megahint because I thought I had it narrowed down to two cities… turns out it was a third!
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Level 68
Apr 7, 2026
11 because I thought I found the country. (Wrong country...)
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Level 71
Apr 8, 2026
39 today... had yet another brain-fart and thought that the city was in between ankara and london because it was east of London... and Mumbai.

Ugh.

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Level 83
Apr 8, 2026
Managed 12 even though I’d never heard of the city
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Level 68
Apr 8, 2026
19. never heard of the place.
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Level 71
Apr 9, 2026
10 today, never heard of it (at least I figured out the country correctly this time...)
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Level 83
Apr 9, 2026
14
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Level 68
Apr 9, 2026
Ditto with Dimby's number.
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Level 35
Apr 9, 2026
27 😭

never heard of it

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Level 71
Apr 10, 2026
😭29 for such a stereotypical place name for the country
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Level 83
Apr 10, 2026
6 for me! I thought I knew it and used the reveal every __ letter and whiffed, but Eve that narrowed it down a lot.
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Level 68
Apr 10, 2026
9!
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Level 35
Apr 10, 2026
ugh, 5 hints

SPOILER

thought of london first, then lansing 🥀

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Level 71
Apr 11, 2026
8 hints... got the country, and two letters... turned out that it was half of them and then I spam-guessed the two missing vowels...
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Level 83
Apr 11, 2026
I ended up with 3 hints by a total fluke. Two mega hints happened to basically give me the city even though I’d never heard of it!
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Level 68
Apr 11, 2026
11.
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Level 71
Apr 12, 2026
16 today, faintly have heard of it...
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Level 68
Apr 14, 2026
15 hints after a brief hiatus.
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Level 83
Apr 14, 2026
8 hints, and I actually used the “Does it contain” letter hints for once and it paid off big time.
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Level 35
Apr 15, 2026
4 hints today
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Level 83
Apr 15, 2026
Dang, I took 5!
+1
Level 71
Apr 16, 2026
4 hints... just the day after. After getting the country and two letters it was easy... I've faintly heard of the place...
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Level 83
Apr 16, 2026
I failed. I actually ran out of time. Never heard of it!
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Level 35
Apr 16, 2026
me neither, i got it in 10 somehow
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Level 71
Apr 16, 2026
Today was sad. The two letter hit gave me letters that made me thing

(Spoiler alert)

Berlin

Dublin

Stalinigrad

Until I realised it was a Chinese city I've never heard of (I should make it my goal to eventually visit all of these cities once I grow older...)

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Level 68
Apr 16, 2026
21 hints because i've never heard of this city.
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Level 71
Apr 17, 2026
19 hints (the day after I don't like starting new comment threads) for a seeminly straight-forward city - I was stumped after the two letter megahint
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Level 83
Apr 17, 2026
I managed a 5! The location hints always help me narrow it down
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Level 68
Apr 17, 2026
8 for today!
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Level 83
Apr 18, 2026
Nice! Same here. Never heard of it but I’m starting to get China’s naming conventions.
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Level 68
Apr 18, 2026
8 once more today! (yes I took April 17 and got 8.)
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Level 83
Apr 19, 2026
2 today!
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Level 71
Apr 19, 2026
4 for me! (Good by my standards)
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Level 68
Apr 19, 2026
7!!!
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Level 71
Apr 20, 2026
6 today. probably wasted a few...
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Level 83
Apr 20, 2026
5. I find that if it’s not in China I waste at least 2 hints making sure it’s not in China 😂
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Level 68
Apr 20, 2026
8, I should try and limit my hints next time.
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Level 35
Apr 20, 2026
FINALLY GOT IT IN ONE HINT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Level 68
Apr 21, 2026
congrats!!!
+1
Level 83
Apr 21, 2026
13 today
+1
Level 71
Apr 21, 2026
5 for me (German subject at school isn't wasted?)
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Level 68
Apr 21, 2026
8, tried to limit my hints but wasted one via guesswork.
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Level 68
Apr 22, 2026
Barbaric 39 hints. I tried limiting my hints, but I've never heard of this city.
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Level 83
Apr 22, 2026
30 for me. Ow
+2
Level 71
Apr 23, 2026
Uh, why's the province also included in the name?!? The fact that there's two words in the name of a Chinese city really tripped me up. 64 hints... do I get a refund???
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Level 68
Apr 23, 2026
I hate this city now. 178 hints, the highest I had used.
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Level 68
Apr 23, 2026
Also, the province was included because there's two of these cities with the same name so they must be differentiated somehow.
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Level 83
Apr 23, 2026
Oops. 🪙🪙
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Level 71
Apr 24, 2026
Those first 4 letters are giving me flash-backs to 2025...
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Level 83
Apr 24, 2026
17 hints and that’s with revealing every A.
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Level 68
Apr 25, 2026
5 hints!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Level 83
Apr 25, 2026
8 hints after taking a loooong time to even try it since I swear it’s on the other side of Ankara.
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Level 71
Apr 27, 2026
I got it... on the 27th. Still, it's 5 hints...
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Level 68
Apr 26, 2026
57 hints.
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Level 83
Apr 26, 2026
22 for me. I would’ve had a lot less if I didn’t start at A and proceed through the alphabet for the starting letter 😂
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Level 68
Apr 27, 2026
5 hints again!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm on a roll! (Did waste one thinking we were in Parma)

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Level 83
Apr 27, 2026
Managed a 2. Got lucky with the megahint selection.
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Level 71
Apr 28, 2026
8 today (aka day after I dislike starting new comment threads...)

Mediocre

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Level 83
Apr 28, 2026
Wow, another 2. Reveal every __ and reveal two letters is very strong if you get lucky on what letter you choose or reveal.
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Level 68
Apr 28, 2026
8 hints, my optimal start is Country starts with and Which vowels megahints and trying to decipher from there.
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Level 71
Apr 29, 2026
Never heard of it... 8 hints because of lucky letter guesses! :)
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Level 83
Apr 29, 2026
16 here. Got three letters off the bat and then didn’t make any progress for awhile!
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Level 68
Apr 29, 2026
13 hints used, they tricked me
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Level 68
Apr 30, 2026
April 30 Thread

75.

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Level 83
Apr 30, 2026
70. I took like 15 on the last letter I needed. Didn’t think the third letter would be that.
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Level 35
Apr 30, 2026
omg 36 today 😭😭😭

this is like my worst ever except for that saudi arabian city, i think

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Level 83
May 1, 2026
May 1: 5 hints!
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Level 68
May 2, 2026
May 2: 5 hints!
+1
Level 83
May 4, 2026
May 4: 2 hints
+1
Level 68
May 4, 2026
May 4: 8 hints.
+2
Level 83
May 5, 2026
May 5: 56 hints
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Level 35
May 5, 2026
YAYYYY 1 HINT AGAIN!!

got lucky with the reveal 2 letters thingy, but still woohooo

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Level 71
May 5, 2026
80. Did the two letters as always but don't know the city 😭
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Level 35
May 5, 2026
brazil is my 2nd best country tbf, ik 140 cities there
+1
Level 71
May 5, 2026
WOW. How is it only 2nd (I mean most JPunkers probably know hundreds of US cities (not me however))
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Level 35
May 5, 2026
i know 210 in the us, i havent specifically learnt anything there

then poland with 120 (i live here) and 65 in canada cuz ive learnt all 100k+

after that its just some 30s and lower