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Two Letter U.S. State Abbreviations

Beat the clock to guess the two-letter abbreviation for each selected state.
Quiz by Quizmaster
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Last updated: September 1, 2018
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First submittedFebruary 6, 2012
Times taken676,799
Average score42.0%
Rating4.07
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State
Abbv
Alabama
AL
Alaska
AK
Arizona
AZ
Arkansas
AR
California
CA
Colorado
CO
Connecticut
CT
Delaware
DE
Florida
FL
Georgia
GA
Hawaii
HI
Idaho
ID
Illinois
IL
State
Abbv
Indiana
IN
Iowa
IA
Kansas
KS
Kentucky
KY
Louisiana
LA
Maine
ME
Maryland
MD
Massachusetts
MA
Michigan
MI
Minnesota
MN
Mississippi
MS
Missouri
MO
Montana
MT
State
Abbv
Nebraska
NE
Nevada
NV
New Hampshire
NH
New Jersey
NJ
New Mexico
NM
New York
NY
North Carolina
NC
North Dakota
ND
Ohio
OH
Oklahoma
OK
Oregon
OR
Pennsylvania
PA
State
Abbv
Rhode Island
RI
South Carolina
SC
South Dakota
SD
Tennessee
TN
Texas
TX
Utah
UT
Vermont
VT
Virginia
VA
Washington
WA
West Virginia
WV
Wisconsin
WI
Wyoming
WY
100 Recent Comments
+4
Level 44
Dec 10, 2016
19/50! I couldn't figure them out fast enough to finish. I didn't know any of the abbreviations before I took it so I had to go through each letter of the state and it took forever. I have to try this quiz again!
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Level 43
Dec 24, 2016
surprised that only 6% know TX!
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Level 46
May 18, 2024
It's not that we don't know it - we just don't get enough time to get that far!
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Level 28
Jan 5, 2017
Thank you Quizmaster for making this quiz :) the time is challenging, but fun
+4
Level 45
Jan 11, 2017
More time PLEASE!
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Level 47
Jan 12, 2017
50/50 with 28 seconds left.
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Level 52
Jan 29, 2017
why is this a one minute quiz? there are too many speed typing quizzes already..
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Level 44
Mar 7, 2017
Funny how Hawaii is HI! (hi)
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Level 46
Feb 15, 2018
And Maine is ME.
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Level 75
Mar 4, 2019
OK
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Level 71
Dec 20, 2022
OH
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Level 21
Mar 8, 2017
on 5th attempt 44/50f
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Level 21
Mar 8, 2017
Finished 4 seconds left... took like 10 attempts
+5
Level 56
Mar 21, 2017
Lots of complaints about not enough time. I second the motion. So fix the quiz!
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Level 48
May 5, 2017
Please ignore all requests for more time. They should know there is an option for taking this untimed, even a separate quiz that gives more time. Good on ya.
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Level 72
Jun 9, 2019
If they call this one the speed version there is no issue. Doing the quizzes untimed is no fun, takes a lot of fun out of it. It is good that quizzes are timed but there should be a balance, enough time to think, not enough to randomly try every word in existence that might fit. Speed quizzes are fine to, but fun in a totally different way.

just because some like it fast that doesnt mean they should take away the fun for others, that is rather selfish.

following your argument (take untimed), Even when there is more time you are not FORCED to type slow, you can still try to go as fast as you can. Nothing changes for the worse

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Level 35
Jun 3, 2017
I love NY
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Level 42
Jul 3, 2017
6th try finally completed!

8 seconds left.

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Level 44
Jul 19, 2017
45 seconds remaining no big deal
+3
Level 63
Aug 4, 2017
nowhere near enough time allotted for this quiz. please add an extra minute or so, even 30 seconds.
+1
Level 70
Sep 5, 2017
great quiz
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Level 69
Oct 4, 2017
0:01 left after fifth try! I am form Serbia.
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Level 8
Nov 10, 2017
took it untimed,got all 50 abbreviations, timed myself too,1:35
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Level 22
Nov 12, 2017
Man how is that enough time? I only got up to the Ms
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Level 38
Dec 13, 2017
Finished with 7 seconds left
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Level 39
Dec 29, 2017
Not sure why people need more time? Finished easily with 8 seconds left
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Level 56
Jun 26, 2022
Because we are not speed typists
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Level 65
Jan 16, 2018
geez, three tries but finally got it with 5 secs left
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Level 36
Jan 28, 2018
I got them all but, for some reason, got only credit for 75% on many.

Why?

+3
Level 5
Jan 28, 2018
more time we need
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Level 28
Mar 4, 2018
29 seconds left. Holy cow, I thought I wasn't going to make it because I started to type DC after DE just out of habit, then realized it wasn't a state; later on I forgot WV was West Virginia so that ate up another couple seconds.
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Level 2
Apr 4, 2018
you guys are slow i got it in 5 seconds
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Level 37
Apr 28, 2018
Nice Quiz
+1
Level 4
May 2, 2018
Easy but missed Missouri, and vermont
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Level 49
May 6, 2018
Got them all and I'm a British. Do it untimed, speed is not everything!
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Level 90
Jun 16, 2018
61 seconds left! Look at me! And I'm an elephant from the Maldives.
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Level 62
Jun 22, 2018
This quiz needs more time.
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Level 70
Jul 30, 2018
25/50 in 30 seconds! I don't believe in this !
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Level 14
Oct 10, 2018
Weird that Wyoming is listed higher above the other W states in the end it shows percentage
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Level 19
Nov 25, 2018
i got kicked out of my old account, WindMasterLilaclovella. So i made this one
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Level 33
Mar 13, 2019
Why did you get kicked out?
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Level 48
Nov 28, 2018
100%
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Level 48
Nov 28, 2018
Only 4% for West Virginia?
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Level 33
Mar 13, 2019
Finished with 1 second left.
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Level 75
Apr 19, 2019
thats one beautiful bell curve
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Level 71
Apr 30, 2019
Can you call it a bell curve if it's only half a bell?
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Level 38
May 8, 2019
13 seconds left!
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Level 72
Jun 9, 2019
@quizmaster Could you perhaps call this one the speed version and make another one with an average amount of time.

Speedtests are fine and fun. But not everyone might know these by heart and some people might just want to test their knowledge. And expected this to be a normal quiz.

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Level 72
Jun 9, 2019

Maybe an idea for a section. All speed quizzes together? Some hate em some love. Everyone happy, the ones that like em have easy acces and the others can avoid them.

(I am in the middle sometimes I like em sometimes not, but I do like to know before hand if it is gonna be one or not. Speedquizzes are not something I tend to take when I am not feeling well and need to stay calm. But fun when you feel well, energetic and competive. It is almost more a physical challenge than a mental one. Which both can be great. But each on their own occasion.

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Level 25
Jul 6, 2019
Its a good quiz but can I please have more time.
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Level 81
Aug 18, 2019
Sure. Click the button that says "take untimed"
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Level 36
Sep 9, 2019
I always hit the "untimed" button. My purpose in taking these quizzes is to test my knowledge and maybe learn something I didn't know before, not to compete with other test takers.
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Level 90
Oct 26, 2019
Yeah, I don't get people worried about a score. It won't get you a job or a grade in school. Trying to anonymously impress anonymous people you'll never know or meet is just sad.
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Level 90
Oct 26, 2019
EZ
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Level 80
Nov 13, 2019
I have never taken a quiz related to the two-letter U.S. state abbreviations, and am very surprised to have got all of them in this quiz for the first time!
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Level 48
Nov 20, 2019
Finished with exactly 0:07 seconds on the clock.

The name is Bond...James Bond.

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Level 57
Mar 5, 2020
finished with 1 second left!
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Level 24
Mar 9, 2020
I don't understand the scoring. I got 43 out of 50 and zero points.
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Level 47
May 9, 2020
missed wyoming f
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Level 35
May 9, 2020
15 seconds left! after 20 attempts I guess I will never do this quiz again haha.
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Level 65
Jun 5, 2020
Not enough time.
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Level 68
Jun 29, 2020
Got them all on my fourth try.
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Level 51
Oct 29, 2020
Done with 5 seconds left
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Level 24
Nov 7, 2020
50/50 with 4 seconds remaining
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Level 51
Jan 8, 2021
Done with 18 seonds left
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Level 43
May 2, 2021
Impossible
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Level 66
May 2, 2021
This was too easy. 26 seconds left.
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Level 41
May 2, 2021
These are supposed to be knowledge and trivia quizzes, not stinkin' typing/keyboard skill speed tests. Didn't come to this website to become a hacker. Come on!
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Level 91
May 2, 2021
If you don't like the time limit, you know there's an option to turn the timer off, right? You won't earn points but then you won't have to worry about trying to become a hacker (though if that is what you're going for, this site may not be the best place for that.)
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Level 62
May 2, 2021
This is a knowledge quiz, testing your knowledge of the two letter state abbreviations. The time limit is there because it's just two letters, and the quiz maker is expecting you can type two letter abbreviations fast.
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Level 46
May 3, 2021
trying it again because it got featured and i forgot how fast it was
+1
Level 65
May 3, 2021
how did only 3% of ppl get it all its really easy i did it in 41 seconds
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Level 59
May 3, 2021
I got it with 1 second left lol
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Level 26
May 5, 2021
Got it with 8 seconds left!
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Level 53
May 5, 2021
after like 10 tries i could get it with 6 seconds left

it takes practice to try to memorize all of those haha :D

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Level 39
May 14, 2021
4% of people get Wyoming. I am American and I have to say that whatever a Wyoming is, doesn't exist. [Jk lol]
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Level 36
Nov 29, 2024
wy you like this?
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Level 26
Jun 2, 2021
100% 2 seconds left

phew

lol

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Level 25
Aug 12, 2021
Did it with 0:12 left full speed lmfao
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Level 23
Aug 12, 2021
I’m brazilian and got 26 in my first try.
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Level 59
Aug 13, 2021
Just 1 second left!
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Level 29
Oct 6, 2021
im so bad i got 15
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Level 33
Apr 6, 2022
probably from a different country, like me :(
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Level 64
Jan 7, 2022
I've joined the 50 club it appears. 58 seconds with some errors.
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Level 36
May 31, 2022
Not enough time.

I went very fast and only got the first 3 coulomns

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Level 81
Nov 7, 2022
You woeren't going fast, then.
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Level 40
Jun 9, 2022
WOOHOO! WY WITH ONE SECOND LEFT!!!
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Level 34
Aug 30, 2022
epically not enough time on this gosh darn thing... god i'm old....
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Level 68
Dec 20, 2022
this is site wide, but I can't stand the timer flashing once there's 10 seconds left. It is so distracting and keeps me from being able to think clearly.
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Level 28
Dec 20, 2022
1 second left!! phew!
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Level 46
Dec 20, 2022
Wow, not a lot of time. Maybe consider adding a bit more. Or I'm just really slow haha
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Level 60
Dec 20, 2022
Why is Missouri like this
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Level 70
Feb 24, 2023
I guess cuz all the logical ones were taken by the other M states
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Level 70
Feb 24, 2023
6 seconds remaining
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Level 67
Apr 6, 2024
As an experiment, I peck-typed each answer after reading each state and finished all with 3 seconds left...if you know the abbreviations well enough, typing skills should not be that big of an issue
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Level 14
May 11, 2024
Whoa, the time's really short!
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Level 72
Nov 27, 2024
The time is just about perfect if the goal is to distinguish between knowing the abbreviations and guessing at them. If you actually know them, you're fine on time; if you have to "figure it out", you won't make it.

These are two-letter abbreviations, typing is not much of an issue.

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Level 68
Nov 27, 2024
Were the abbreviations GE, HA, LO, PE, VE and VI already taken by someone?
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Level 31
Nov 29, 2024
This needs more time added.