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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 taken616,620
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
+7
Level 36
Feb 9, 2012
:31 left. It's not hard when you aren't guessing.
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Level 26
Jun 13, 2012
How is that even possible?

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...

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really, tell me.

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Level 70
Mar 11, 2018
Well theres 100 letters that you have to type total. If you’ve memorized not only the abbreviations themselves but the order in which they go in this quiz, then its purely typing. To type 100 letters in 30 seconds means typing at about 3.3 / second, which is reasonable if youre a fast typer. Its possible, but tbh youre probably right that its not real cuz who would put in the effort to memorize the order?
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Level 73
Jul 23, 2018
Plenty of people who do quizzes like this.
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Level 88
Sep 2, 2018
1:00 left 50/50
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Level 83
Apr 30, 2019
Know the answers. Read ahead so you're not pausing at every answer. Type fast.
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Level 36
May 19, 2023
R U a mail carrier?
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Level 15
Feb 10, 2012
:19
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Level 23
Feb 17, 2012
no time to guess :(
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Level 11
Feb 18, 2012
there should really be some more time. Barely noticed how much time was given until i noticed that i was already done.
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Level 15
Apr 24, 2012
ever occur to you that maybe some of us cant type that freakin fast?
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Level 71
Aug 15, 2014
Do some Mavis Beacon, then try again.
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Level 60
Mar 2, 2015
Mavis Beacon!!! LOL
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Level 29
Apr 24, 2012
After wasting twenty minutes on this quiz I finally got it with 32 seconds left and my hands hurt T.T
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Level 14
Apr 24, 2012
In time and not American!
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Level 45
May 1, 2012
4 seconds to spare (:
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Level 66
May 28, 2012
Whoa! Timing is definitely a problem with this one!
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Level 23
Jun 22, 2012
1 second left
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Level 14
Aug 15, 2012
0:23 once I realized it was timed -- hurrah!
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Level 14
Jan 21, 2013
50 and I'm an Australian teenager
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Level 74
Mar 23, 2013
Give us more time!!
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Level 59
Apr 24, 2013
1 second left!
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Level 78
Jun 14, 2013
Needs more time!
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Level 26
Jun 20, 2013
Wish I could read quicker :(
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Level 16
Jul 18, 2013
23/50... and I'm English :P but then I was just guessing the letters.
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Level 23
Oct 26, 2015
Omg same! But I got 18/50 XD
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Level 20
Aug 15, 2013
damn, I was just taking my sweet time, then the time was up after only getting 26.
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Level 74
Oct 18, 2013
Not enough time.
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Level 35
Feb 28, 2014
UGH! 49/50 when it ended.
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Level 18
Mar 4, 2014
HAH! 10 seconds to victory!
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Level 14
Mar 11, 2014
lol, don't even live in the states and was able to get the average score
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Level 12
Apr 10, 2014
20 seconds!
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Level 54
Apr 13, 2014
Exactly one second left, like defusing a bomb! Wipe sweat from head and exhale.
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Level 84
Sep 9, 2016
Yep, :01 left. MORE than enough time. :-)
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Level 61
Apr 14, 2014
average is only 20? wow, seems low
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Level 57
Apr 14, 2014
need way more time
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Level 49
Jun 12, 2014
this shouldnt be time-restricted to 60 seconds. Is this about typing or knowledge? I know em all easy but 1 minute cant do
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Level 45
Jun 25, 2014
9 seconds... phew!
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Level 45
Aug 7, 2014
And this time around, it is... 13 seconds!
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Level 22
Aug 7, 2014
It's funny how the average for each state decreases as you move through the list. The first few have high averages in the 90's and the last 10 have averages under 20%. Just like the 12 months in 15 second quiz. You should try it.
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Level 84
Aug 7, 2014
Funny because the only way to really complete it in time is to do it in order?
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Level 91
Oct 30, 2014
Well it's certainly the fastest, otherwise you have to use time moving the highlighted box around. If you answer in order, the movement is done for you.
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Level 55
Aug 7, 2014
ups employee so this was no problem
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Level 62
Aug 7, 2014
19 sec left
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Level 54
Oct 3, 2014
From Australia and got all with 9 seconds left!
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Level 15
Nov 25, 2014
19/50 guessing xD
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Level 12
Dec 19, 2014
Not enough time!
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Level 33
Dec 28, 2014
needs WAY more time
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Level 69
Dec 29, 2014
As a non-US citizen this took me six tries because I just couldn't let it go. Now I've finished with 8 seconds to spare I am going to forget these abbreviations probably in the next hour.
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Level 43
Jan 31, 2015
MAKE IT SO YOU CAN TYPE ANY OF THEM IN RANDOMLY
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Level ∞
Feb 1, 2015
I LIKE IT BETTER THIS WAY. IS IT LOUD IN HERE?
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Level 55
Sep 2, 2015
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT.
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Level 72
Sep 4, 2015
SHUT UP ALL OF YOU! I AM TRYING TO SLEEP HERE.
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Level 65
Jun 9, 2019
Haha This thread made me smile. ow wait... I need to make myself audible over the noise.. hang on..

THIS THREAD MADE ME SMILE !!! *(actually miming the words cause it is way to loud in here to be heard anyway...)

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Level 34
Feb 9, 2015
More time please
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Level 36
Feb 13, 2015
first 2 times I thought my computer was jumping to other quizzes (which it does a lot) because I was just on the 2d row when this ended. Someone here is using fast typing skills to convince themselves they are brighter than most others. I had many secretaries who barely made it through high school who would be brilliant by your standards. But sadly, they just type very fast. When I was in school, they pulled you from typing classes if you were college prep (or smart enough to be). They made you take a foreign language, not typing. Typing was for those not going to college, who were getting full time jobs straight out of high school. It's fine if scoring takes speed into account, but to remove the opportunity to complete these quizzes from the majority of takers is manipulation. Give time for average people to finish and have a chart interpreting scores taking speed into account. But this way, it's just a vanity quiz for speed typists. Very misleading! Too many quizzes are like this.
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Level 83
Feb 26, 2015
Was your father killed by a stenographer or something?
+2
Level 55
Nov 1, 2016
You literally just made me LOL with this comment!
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Level 55
Apr 10, 2015
Also, why not make your own Two Letter State Abbreviations For Non-Typists quiz with a longer time limit. Or you could get a secretary to do it.
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Level 52
Mar 26, 2017
Which is kind of silly, because at that point it jus becomes ridiculously easy to win. Every state abbreviation could be gotten just be typing the first letter and going through the rest of the letters (HA, HW, HI for Hawaii).
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Level 49
Jan 3, 2017
completely agree with the last bit - this is a quiz that focusses too much on speed. 1 minute is not enough. I know all of them and i can finish it. Either give it more time or put 'speed test' in the heading
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Level 37
Feb 22, 2017
I was also forbidden from taking typing because I was university-bound. But I taught myself quickly once I got to university and

had to regularly submit papers and theses!!!

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Level 28
Mar 4, 2018
My physics teacher used to say that the time limit was part of the assessment. You either know the information in time or you don't. I'm sure you're a fine person, but complaining too much about something that's a draw for many other JP users is ridiculous. So if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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Level 83
May 2, 2021
The time limit is a little bit tight... and I also find the various speed-typing quizzes to be annoying... but in the case of this quiz it's an adequate time limit and not just a fast-typing version of another quiz that already exists on the site, so seems fine to me. Having a tight time limit is preferable to having an excessive time limit. You can always take the quiz untimed if you want to.
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Level 47
Mar 8, 2015
Could you add just one minute longer?
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Level 27
Mar 10, 2015
I only got as far as New Mexico (NM), i.e. 32/50, yet that said I beat 86% of test takers? Definitely an indicator this isn't enough time to complete the quiz!
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Level 35
Apr 9, 2015
im scottish and had 6 seconds left, you know the first letter then take your pick from the second letter or last letter first, thats my technique :)))
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Level 65
Jun 9, 2019
I did notice a lot of times it was the last letter ( very often an a)
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Level 55
Apr 10, 2015
30 seconds at last!

It's hard to remember at speed that Arizona isn't AR (it's the next one), and as a typist the most challenging area is the News because they are all on the same hand, instead of alternating hands which is faster.

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Level 52
Apr 10, 2015
I know them all, but I had to stop the timer to finish it, because I kept accidentally looking ahead and typing those abbreviations.
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Level 67
Apr 12, 2015
7 seconds on my 5th attempt :) not bad for an Aussie
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Level 65
May 22, 2015
Wow! 2 seconds on 10th attempt for a Texan!
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Level 50
Jun 1, 2017
Yeah same here, took me a few goes but as an Australian, that's not be for me
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Level 34
Apr 29, 2015
It was harder for me, I'm Brazilian... huehue
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Level 65
May 14, 2015
I think I'm happier that I only had 2 seconds left. It's like getting the basketball in right before the buzzer.
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Level 33
May 28, 2015
I know all of these....cant type fast enough......
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Level 25
Jun 14, 2015
0:01 remaining. and im a finger typer
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Level 62
Jun 14, 2015
I finally beat it with maybe a half second left.
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Level 62
Aug 2, 2015
:03 after four tries.
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Level 36
Sep 2, 2015
You've got to give people more time. Right now, this quiz doesn't give people time to think, or type even if they do know it!
+1
Level 71
Nov 1, 2016
Now you can, Try my '2 1/2 minute 2 Letter State Abbreviation Quiz. '
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Level 38
Sep 24, 2015
Why is there such a rush for time?
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Level 53
Nov 9, 2015
Needs more time. Or at least make it so we don't have to input the highlighted answer
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Level 25
Nov 12, 2015
Finally done with 7 seconds left and I'm from Northern Ireland
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Level 53
Nov 12, 2015
The timing is set just right! You can't think during this one, people. You either gotta be a mail sorter or a ham radio operator or something. These abbreviations have to be synonymous with the state name in your head. :)
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Level 48
May 5, 2017
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Level 23
Dec 24, 2015
I'm british so I guessed most of them XD got to Maine before time ran out :(
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Level 14
Dec 31, 2015
It needs more time.
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Level 36
Jan 19, 2016
50 out of 50 with 33 seconds to go. I'm from India and I'm ten.
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Level 29
Mar 29, 2016
need so much more time
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Level 68
Apr 1, 2016
25 seconds left. All those m states left me scrambling, though...
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Level 43
Oct 29, 2016
I'm from one of those "m" states, and it helped me get 100% with 12 seconds left on attempt one. I was admittedly scrambling in the "n" section, though.
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Level 23
Apr 12, 2016
Took 4 tries but got all of them with 0:03
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Level 60
Apr 30, 2016
I just realized that for 14 of the U.S. states, their two letter abbreviation was just the states' first and last letter put together. And 25 states when you count states with two words, like South Carolina, when the first letter of each word forms the abbreviation.
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Level 24
May 20, 2016
finally got all on 9th attempt. I would support adding a little bit more of time
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Level 71
May 27, 2016
Unfortunately this is a good quiz spoilt by the irrational thinking that a fast typist must be somehow superior in brain power than a slower manipulator of the keyboard. As the individual's time is always given, surely anyone keeping some sort of typing record can keep their own times without rushing to finish the quiz and then boasting about useless times to complete the quiz. I have learnt a great deal about the US just from jetpunk quizzes, if all the quizzes were as poorly timed as this I would have left jetpunk long ago.
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Level 46
Feb 15, 2018
"Beat the clock"
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Level 61
May 30, 2016
Managed all fifty, with 7 seconds remaining. Australian, as well.
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Level 49
Jun 24, 2016
4 seconds left! Phew!
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Level 45
Jun 29, 2016
Got it my first try. Fun quiz!
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Level 28
Sep 13, 2016
I got exactly half. How sad.
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Level 52
Sep 28, 2016
23 seconds left
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Level 65
Oct 9, 2016
Add more time, please. Don't make this some kind of sprint
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Level 53
Dec 20, 2022
Its supposed to be a sprint
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Level 67
Oct 12, 2016
from india 3seconds left.. completed :)
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Level 67
Oct 23, 2016
Im a little 8 year old from china who doesn't know anything about america and can't even speak english and I got 100%
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Level 75
Oct 28, 2016
Much easier the second time through, which makes me think a little more time might be better for most of us to be able to think just a bit the first time.
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Level 55
Nov 1, 2016
I like this quiz, just can't get it done quick enough on the phone that I'm using. Im gonna retake next time I have a keyboard in front of me.
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Level 73
Nov 2, 2016
Not enough time for me from NZ
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Level 26
Nov 3, 2016
wow only 16/50
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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 52
Jan 2, 2017
I'm still contempt with 35/50. I got an A-. 91.5%
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Level 27
Jan 5, 2017
Thank you Quizmaster for making this quiz :) the time is challenging, but fun
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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 51
Jan 29, 2017
why is this a one minute quiz? there are too many speed typing quizzes already..
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Level 52
Jan 29, 2017
I made it all the way to 44! That's alright I think. Beats 96.3% of testers. I'm pretty sure that's an A+.
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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 70
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
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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 65
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 45
Jul 19, 2017
45 seconds remaining no big deal
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Level 62
Aug 4, 2017
nowhere near enough time allotted for this quiz. please add an extra minute or so, even 30 seconds.
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Level 70
Sep 5, 2017
great quiz
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Level 67
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 39
Dec 13, 2017
Finished with 7 seconds left
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Level 40
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 63
Jan 16, 2018
geez, three tries but finally got it with 5 secs left
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Level 37
Jan 28, 2018
I got them all but, for some reason, got only credit for 75% on many.

Why?

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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 38
Apr 28, 2018
Nice Quiz
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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 88
Jun 16, 2018
61 seconds left! Look at me! And I'm an elephant from the Maldives.
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Level 63
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 37
Nov 28, 2018
100%
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Level 37
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 72
Apr 19, 2019
thats one beautiful bell curve
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Level 72
Apr 30, 2019
Can you call it a bell curve if it's only half a bell?
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Level 39
May 8, 2019
13 seconds left!
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Level 65
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 65
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 83
Aug 18, 2019
Sure. Click the button that says "take untimed"
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Level 37
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 88
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 88
Oct 26, 2019
EZ
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Level 78
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 38
May 9, 2020
missed wyoming f
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Level 36
May 9, 2020
15 seconds left! after 20 attempts I guess I will never do this quiz again haha.
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Level 60
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 42
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 39
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 89
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 60
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
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Level 60
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 57
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 26
Jun 2, 2021
100% 2 seconds left

phew

lol

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Level 26
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 58
Aug 13, 2021
Just 1 second left!
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Level 30
Oct 6, 2021
im so bad i got 15
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Level 34
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 35
May 31, 2022
Not enough time.

I went very fast and only got the first 3 coulomns

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Level 83
Nov 7, 2022
You woeren't going fast, then.
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Level 41
Jun 9, 2022
WOOHOO! WY WITH ONE SECOND LEFT!!!
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Level 33
Aug 30, 2022
epically not enough time on this gosh darn thing... god i'm old....
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Level 65
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 27
Dec 20, 2022
1 second left!! phew!
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Level 47
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 55
Dec 20, 2022
Why is Missouri like this
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Level 67
Feb 24, 2023
I guess cuz all the logical ones were taken by the other M states
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Level 67
Feb 24, 2023
6 seconds remaining