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Random Category Elimination - Countries

In each randomized group, name any answer which matches the first category to reveal the second category, then name any answer which applies to both categories to reveal a third, and so on.

The answers and categories change every time you play!

Using JetPunk conventions where applicable (Russia is Europe, Cyprus is Asia etc...). Overseas territories are excluded, but overseas regions are included.
# = the number of answers possible. Answer must correspond to the highlighted yellow box.
All data as of January 2025.
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Quiz by Stewart
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Last updated: January 19, 2025
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First submittedMay 3, 2021
Times taken342,088
Average score70.0%
Rating4.99
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Green Categories
92
Countries with a land area smaller than 100,000 km²
62
... with fewer than 5 million people
8
... that border the Mediterranean sea
3
... that contain the letter L
1
... that start with a vowel
Albania
 
Orange Categories
90
Countries that are guessed 60%+ on JetPunk
77
... that are only one word
15
... that contain the letter C
4
... with a density less than 50 per km²
1
... that are in Africa
Chad
Blue Categories
151
Countries that are not landlocked
51
... that contain the letter T
10
... that are in The Americas
4
... with green on their national flag
1
... with a maximum elevation above 3000m
Guatemala
 
Purple Categories
152
Countries with red on their national flag
75
... that are in Eurasia
8
... that are 5 letters long
5
... with a land area greater than 250,000 km²
1
... that contain the letter M
Yemen
100 Recent Comments
+21
Level 68
Jun 21, 2021
What to know how this quiz was made? Read about it in How I Made Random Category Elimination.
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Level 64
Mar 1, 2022
What are the odds to get Niger and Nigeria in the same go, because I just did lol
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Level 63
Jun 12, 2023
Assuming all countries have an equal chance of being chosen, there are 196 choose 4 = 59626385 ways to choose the 4 countries and 194 choose 2 = 18721 ways that include both Niger and Nigeria. The total chance is 18721/59626385 ≈ 0.0314%.
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Level 62
May 3, 2024
pi?
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Level 68
May 9, 2024
it shows up in the most unexpected places sometimes
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Level 49
Mar 9, 2022
Could Hungary be in the green category?
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Level 68
Mar 9, 2022
This is a randomized quiz. I have no idea what your clues were.
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Level 75
Apr 22, 2022
The clues for my Orange category one were: Countries with green on their national flag / that are in Eurasia / with a land area greater than 100,000 km2 / that contain the letter S / that start with a vowel.

The answer you had was Uzbekistan, but Afghanistan also works and I used up the whole time trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. Afghanistan has almost a third of its flag green, it's in Eurasia, its land area is more than 650,000 km2, it contains an S, and it starts with an A.

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Level 68
Apr 22, 2022
Afghanistan's flag is no longer green! It changed last year after the government was changed.
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Level 75
Apr 22, 2022
I just realized that playing another game. Ugh! Why can't everything just stay the same?
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Level 68
May 9, 2024
Else we'd all be cavepeople with no Internet to do JetPunk on
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Level 65
May 14, 2022
For the one that starts with "Countries with a land area greater than 100,000 km^2" Poland is also a valid answer.
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Level 68
May 14, 2022
Works fine for me
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Level 34
May 17, 2022
i think for the one with 'countries with 8 or more letters, in africa, not landlocked, and has an L', algeria should work for that.
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Level 68
May 17, 2022
Might need to recount... Algeria has 7 letters :)
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Level 65
Jun 2, 2022
Maybe I'm wrong, but doesn't Vatican City have a bit of green on it's flag? (Look closely on the right)
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Level 68
Jun 2, 2022
I don't see any green:

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Level 49
Jun 29, 2022
This comment wasted approximately 3 minutes and 52 seconds looking for a green and I still don’t see a green
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Level 69
Jul 13, 2022
Countries that are only one word

with more than 5 million people

that are landlocked

that are eight letters long...

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country

Population: 14.86 million (2020) World Bank

Wouldn't accept it as an answer

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Level 68
Jul 13, 2022
All the categories are correct for it, so I don't know how or why that happened.
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Level 40
Jul 16, 2022
Found Cambodia at the last second but couldn't type it twice! Darn it
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Level 61
Sep 27, 2022
Finally got it after at least two dozen tries with 8 seconds left! One of the hardest quizzes I've taken on Jetpunk that's dependent on random luck!
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Level 66
Sep 29, 2022
1. Contains blue on the flag

2. Contains the letter R

I typed USA and it didn’t accept it. America has an R and the flag has blue

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Level 68
Sep 29, 2022
It is called "United States" on JetPunk as you would know, being level 60.
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Level 44
Nov 22, 2022
Everyone just types in "USA" so I honestly assumed that it was referred to as the United States of America too. I also tried it for the blue set of clues, for contains letter M. Also, French Guiana should work instead of France. I tried it a million times and thought the quiz was broken.
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Level 68
Nov 23, 2022
Why should French Guiana work for France? I'd you type in California or Hawaii should it give you USA too? That makes no sense
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Level 75
Dec 8, 2022
In Blue I got Countries that are not landlocked with more than 10 million people that contain the letter R. I believe United States of AmeRica should be included. Unless Jetpunk only considers their name to be United States?
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Level 68
Dec 8, 2022
Correct, the official short name (those used on JetPunk) is United States
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Level 39
Feb 10, 2023
Why not Micronesia for Purple?
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Level 68
Feb 10, 2023
The categories are randomized, so I have no clue what categories you are referring to.

Most likely though, is that "Micronesia" is called the "Federated States of Micronesia" on JetPunk and so is not one word.

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Level 76
Feb 13, 2023
Namibia is not a part of the British Commonwealth.
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Level 68
Feb 13, 2023
The Commonwealth itself disagrees with you.
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Level 84
Aug 4, 2023
It's part of the Commonwealth of Nations. There's been no such thing as the "British Commonwealth" since the 1940s, so the wording in the question is incorrect and should be updated.
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Level 70
Mar 27, 2023
Togo is now part of the British Commonwealth.
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Level 35
May 11, 2023
hey, just a little confused, one of the things was "that border the caribbean sea" and it let me type netherlands. the netherlands doesnt border the caribbean sea.
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Level 68
May 11, 2023
A constituent part of the Netherlands, equivalent of USA's Hawaii, does though. You would classify the USA as being in the middle of the Pacific, and bordering the arctic via Alaska, so this counts exactly the same.
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Level 35
May 15, 2023
ohhh i completely forgot about aruba and curacao. thanks for clarifying
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Level 72
Oct 4, 2023
Don't forget Sint Maarten!
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Level 51
Aug 9, 2023
Hi
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Level 37
Sep 27, 2023
On orange categories (at least 100 000km2, with blue on their flag, 7 or fewer letters, contains the letter D and is part of NATO) it only put iceland, but now Finland joined NATO and fits in every other categories. Can you update the quiz?
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Level 68
Nov 17, 2023
The quiz will be updated every 2 years, so Feb 2024 is next.
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Level 65
Apr 25, 2024
It hasn't been updated...
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Level 68
Apr 25, 2024
Sorry it's on my to-do list, I haven't found time yet
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Level 68
Apr 28, 2024
The data has finally been updated to latest.
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Level 46
Sep 29, 2023
This may be my most played quiz on the site
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Level 34
Nov 7, 2023
Its funny that i got 3 communist countries (North korea, vietnam, and china) in one go
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Level 46
Nov 17, 2023
One of mine was glitched, it said that france bordered brazil
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Level 68
Nov 17, 2023
This is not a glitch. France and Brazil do share a border via French Guiana. And that's not just an "overseas territory", French Guiana is as much part of France as Hawaii is to the USA.
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Level 58
Dec 14, 2023
Countries that contain the letter R

with a land area greater than 100,000 km²

that are part of NATO

with white on their national flag

How does USA not fit into this?

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Level 62
Apr 29, 2024
JetPunk uses the, "United States" as its official name only.
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Level 60
Feb 20, 2024
Countries with green on their national flag

... with a maximum elevation above 3000m

... with a land area smaller than 100,000 km²

... that contain the letter R

... with fewer than 5 million people

I mean this might be the hardest country ever to guess, because of the 3000m. Because I had absolutely no idea that the tiny country of equatorial guinea has a peak that is >3000

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Level 68
Mar 6, 2024
Guess you learnt an interesting factoid!
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Level 35
Mar 6, 2024
Countries that contain the letter E

with more than 25 million people

with blue on their national flag

that are in The Americas

that end in the letter S

This was the USA but for the last one "that end in the letter S" the USA ends with the letter A and not S as it is United States Of America.

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Level 68
Mar 6, 2024
JetPunk uses Official English Short Names, so the country name is United States. This aligns with what is used on the Countries of the World quiz on JetPunk. There is no other way to make this fair than to use the standard across JetPunk.
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Level 35
Mar 6, 2024
Ok, Thanks
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Level 36
Mar 11, 2024
nyt lähtee eka yritys
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Level 55
Mar 12, 2024
After some grinding, I managed to get it in 42 seconds lol
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Level 62
May 3, 2024
"Countries with a land area smaller than 250,000 km² that contain the letter O that are in Asia with black on their national flag that end with the letters IA."

It answered Cambodia but I don't remember black on the national flag.

Is it the building (Angkor Wat) or is it a mistake?

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Level 68
May 3, 2024
Yes the building's outline is in black. Due to the randomness of this quiz all possibilities must be included.
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Level 62
May 6, 2024
ok thanks for telling me!
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Level 45
May 20, 2024
FINALLY! I BEAT BY HIGH SCORE, it was 2:27 before, now it's 2:21
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Level 55
May 30, 2024
40 seconds
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Level 55
Jun 9, 2024
Who would guess that the Netherlands would be the answer for a category with the clue "Borders the Caribbean", dang.
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Level 55
Jun 9, 2024
Definitely my favorite quiz on Jetpunk
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Level 59
Jul 28, 2024
for the orange category how does Singapore not work? is it guessed less than 60%?
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Level 33
Aug 22, 2024
doesn't the afghanistan flag have green?
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Level 68
Aug 22, 2024
Not anymore, it changed a while ago to black and white
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Level 55
Aug 29, 2024
Holy cow I just beat my personal best twice in a row, going from 40 seconds to 38 seconds to 32 seconds
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Level 55
Aug 30, 2024
I just completed it in 27 seconds...
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Level 55
Sep 10, 2024
25 seconds
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Level 55
Sep 13, 2024
24 seconds

Edit: 20 SECONDS DANG

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Level 38
Sep 17, 2024
Green category: according to Wikipedia, Iraq has a density of 82.7/km2, so it cannot be the answer.
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Level 68
Sep 17, 2024
This quiz is randomized so I have no idea what clues you're referring to
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Level 55
Sep 18, 2024
I'd like to know, where do you get the information for this quiz? Wikipedia says 82.7 people per square kilometer, but google says 106 (which I'm assuming his condition was >100/sqkm).
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Level 68
Sep 18, 2024
The data is collected from reputable sources and computed. In the case of population density, population figures from JetPunk's own population source here from April 2024.

For Iraq, this was 46,346,275 at the time. Area used was taken from Wikipedia's page for land area here. The figure on record for that is 437,367 km2. Which also matches the area stated on Wikipedia. This gives a density of 105.97 people per km2.

The fault is on Wikipedia's Iraq page. As its own source here states 105, and even computing using the numbers on the Iraq page gives 105 as well.

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Level 48
Sep 23, 2024
So got this one:

Countries that contain the letter R

...that are 8 or more letters long

...with more than 10 million poeple

...that border the Carribbean Sea

...with a total land area greater than 100,000 square km

The answer was Honduras

Couldn't it also be The United States of America

because Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands border that sea?

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Level 55
Sep 25, 2024
That could be confusing, but the reason is that Jetpunk recognizes the USA as the 'United States', meaning that it doesn't contain an R.
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Level 50
Oct 8, 2024
why in purple category saudi arabia are bad answer
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Level 55
Oct 22, 2024
Each category is randomized, so you'd need to specify clues if you want answers.
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Level 38
Nov 29, 2024
Guinea Bissau is wrong, its coastline is 350 km according to Wikipedia.

The correct solution shoud be Federal State of Micronesia:

Countries that are 8 or more letters long: OK

... that are not landlocked: OK

... that contain the letter E: OK

... with fewer than 5 million people: OK (105,754)

... with a coastline of at least 1000 km: OK (6,112 km)

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Level 33
Dec 11, 2024
Countries that contain the letter R

... that are 8 or more letters long

... with a land area greater than 250,000 km²

... with white on their national flag

why doesn't USA work here? It worked for each hint up to the 4th one, and they definitely have white on their flag. This wouldn't have worked for the last one, which was 'borders Iran', but still

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Level 68
Dec 11, 2024
United States is the JetPunk name
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Level 43
Dec 23, 2024
Countries with a density greater than 100 per km²

with black on their national flag

with more than 25 million people

with a coastline of at least 1000 km

that contain the letter M

It said Germany, but Mozambique also fits these criteria right?

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Level 55
Jan 6, 2025
I find the population density of Mozambique to be about 44.54 per km². What you may be thinking of is people per mile², which does exceed 100. All of the clues work for Mozambique except the first.
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Level 30
Jan 16, 2025
Jumped from 16 to 20 after many attempts when i got one obvious (part of Yugoslavia goated category) and 2 guessed at 3rd clue
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Level 55
Feb 10, 2025
No matter how hard I try, I'm never beating 20 seconds. Too hard to keep that pace.
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Level 63
Mar 9, 2025
I hate/love this quiz.....I dutifully made a spreadsheet with columns continent, flag (image), country name, populalion density km and mi, land in km and mi and I still don't have enough time. How on earth can @scythebrine finish in 20 seconds???? I've devolved to going untimed just so I can get it finished, pathetic
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Level 55
Mar 13, 2025
It's not pathetic, it's a hard quiz (8.1% of people got 100% as of now). A minute per country is pretty hard if you think about it. I just hard grinded for fast completions.

(Edit, I'm getting back into it, time to grind for sub 20 seconds)

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Level 26
Mar 19, 2025
South Korea is considered a part of Eurasia?
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Level 55
Mar 28, 2025
Don't see why it wouldn't be. It's on the mainland of Asia.
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Level 44
Mar 21, 2025
i took it 3 times in a row and got the one starting with "located in Eurasia" for the green category all three times. interesting coincidence
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Level 29
Apr 3, 2025
Jordan is listed as a non-landlocked country... Quizmaker please get the lead out of your brain.
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Level 55
Apr 7, 2025
Jordan is not landlocked. Check a map, it has a small coastline on the Gulf of Aqaba, which connects it to the Red Sea and thus makes it not landlocked.

Wikipedia: "Jordan's only coastline at its southern extremity, where nearly 26 kilometres (16 mi) of shoreline along the Gulf of Aqaba provides access to the Red Sea."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Jordan

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Level 45
May 22, 2025
- Contains one word

- Red on flag

- Contains letter y

- Has 6 letters

- Situated in Europe

Turkey is partially in Europe and should also be an acceptable answer. Fun quiz though!

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Level 55
May 27, 2025
You're right, but Jetpunk standards for European/Asian countries apply here. For now, the answer is solely Norway.
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Level 45
Jun 10, 2025
I had: Countries that contain the letter R, with more than 5 million people, with a coastline of at least 1000 km, that start with a vowel. Why does "United States of America" not work here? It seems it should.
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Level 45
Jun 10, 2025
Oh, ok, apparently it's "United States" on Jetpunk. I figured it out because I had "Countries... that end in s" and "United States" was the answer. Kind of weird given that Jetpunk accepts "USA" for short, but whatever.
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Level 45
Jun 10, 2025
This time it's: Countries with white on their flag, that are 8 or more letters long, that contain the letter O, with a land area greater than 100,000 km. Still "United States of America" won't work. What am I missing?
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Level 45
Jun 10, 2025
I just figured out that although Jetpunk uses "USA" for short, when spelled out, only "United States" is accepted. I found out because I had "...ends in s" as a clue. A little surprising, but ok.
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Level 31
Jun 10, 2025
no