Countries with Letters Missing

Each country will have every other letter taken out, you have to try to fill in the gaps. Harder than you think!

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Last updated: February 19, 2019

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First submitted	November 29, 2012
Times taken	121,954
Average score	51.9%
Rating	4.97

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Hint	Country
_R_Q	Iraq
_E_I_O	Mexico
_R_Z_L	Brazil
_U_S_A	Russia
_R_L_N_	Ireland
_R_N_E	France
_H_T_N	Bhutan
_I_I	Fiji
_E_M_N_	Germany

Hint	Country
_F_H_N_S_A_	Afghanistan
_G_P_	Egypt
_Z_R_A_J_N	Azerbaijan
_A_Z_N_A	Tanzania
_T_I_P_A	Ethiopia
_J_B_U_I	Djibouti
_Z_E_I_T_N	Uzbekistan
_I_B_B_E	Zimbabwe
_A_A_A_C_R	Madagascar

Hint	Country
_O_O_O	Kosovo
_Y_R_S	Cyprus
_U_U_D_	Burundi
_W_T_E_L_N_	Switzerland
_O_A_B_Q_E	Mozambique
_U_E_B_U_G	Luxembourg
_H_L_P_I_E_	Philippines
_A_A_A	Canada
_W_N_A	Rwanda

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Level 44

Feb 25, 2013

Good idea. Great quiz.

Level 81

Oct 11, 2017

People seem to have trouble with this quiz. I aced it on my first try. On these particular kinds of quizzes I seem to have a fairly high aptitude--but I sure suck at other kinds of quizzes.

+17

Level 59

Oct 13, 2017

I'm the other way round - I struggle with this kind of quiz even though names of countries aren't normally an issue for me.

Level 73

Oct 30, 2021

Here's my strategy for this:

1. immediately write Iraq

2. randomly pick a clue in column #2 and solve it

3. randomly pick a clue in column #3 and solve it

4. randomly pick a clue in column #1 and solve it

5. Repeat #2 - #4

***Rules:

- Never spend more than 1 second thinking unless it's the last country

- Write your strategy in the comments as the time runs out if you really can't think of France.

Level 23

Oct 15, 2017

I ALMOST missed mAdAgAsCaR, and i lived there for a long time

+11

Level 75

Jul 10, 2019

I've found that this happens quite often. I think when doing these quizzes, you don't normally think "Well, let's see, which country do I live in" first. Every country (or city) becomes just an item equal to all the others, Whether you're living in it - or have lived there - or happen to just have been there on holiday becomes entirely irrelevant. It's like doing a mathematical equation that has the solution of, say, 80. Of course you know the number 80, and maybe your granddad had just turned 80. That won't get you to the solution any faster, though. You still have to work it out.

Level 66

May 22, 2019

I scored 25/27. I'd love to know how I missed Kosovo and Zimbabwe

+18

Level 83

Feb 25, 2013

man... I usually ace countries quizzes, but this was tough!

+10

Level 65

Oct 13, 2017

Er, that because they are usually based on geographic knowledge rather than the spelling of them!

Level 74

Feb 25, 2013

Probably the most challenging quiz yet. With 14 on my first attempt I finally got them all after about 30 tries. Lots of fun!

Level 60

Feb 25, 2013

This was hard! I went at it backwards, thinking of countries then trying to find ones it might be.

Also, Panama could work for the Canada answer, couldn't it?

Level 54

Feb 25, 2013

Yes, that answer should work anyway

Level 90

Feb 25, 2013

That's what I guessed, and it accepted it.

+12

Level 66

Oct 14, 2017

C "eh" N "eh" D "eh"

Level 39

Jul 20, 2018

i typed panama, just to see if it works: it showed up as 'Canada'.

I other quizzes i type 'holland' instead of 'Netherlands' because it's shorter and usually replaces it in the same sort of way.

Level 66

May 20, 2019

but panama is a country, (that correctly fits the question here) and holland is not..

+17

Level 27

Feb 25, 2013

I didn't know that connection between the U.S. and Russia before :D

Very good quiz idea!

Level 72

Jun 16, 2017

I bet you do a bit more now! ;)

+10

Level 23

Feb 26, 2013

_O_O_O Looks like shock faced emoticons XD!

Level 32

Feb 26, 2013

suprised to see Azerbaijan with over 60% yet Mexico on only 30%...

Level 61

Oct 13, 2017

I'm from Mexico and got Azerbaijan but not Mexico.

Level 70

Sep 4, 2019

I think Azerbaijan is easier because there is a Z as the second letter. That narrows it down quite a bit for guessing. if the x was one of the given letters for Mexico it would have been much easier for basically the same reason.

Level 55

Mar 15, 2013

great quiz idea, and as others have said, a lot harder than I thought it would be. pleased with 25 on first attempt.

Level 44

May 21, 2013

It's hard. I couldn't believe that people forgot to answer Indonesia. Fortunately, I'm an Indonesian.

Level 42

Jul 11, 2014

you have a very nice name :)

Level 74

Feb 21, 2019

In French it means "the frog." Grenouille imitates the sound frogs make :) Its Latin root, 'rāna,' was also onomatopoeic.

Level 66

May 20, 2019

they should ve called a frog a rabbit in english..

Level 36

May 20, 2019

indonesia isnt on there??

Level 65

May 30, 2013

Tough quiz, sucked a lot of people in just because they think they know the names of the countries, but 196 possibilities and you give 3 letters of a 7 letter word.

If you get the obvious ones you are doing very well in my opinion.

Level 42

Feb 14, 2014

got 'em all with 21 sec left. got stuck on kosovo and argentina for a long time. good quiz.

Level 51

Feb 16, 2014

This was hard one! I got 27: Djibouti, France and Philippines missed somehow.

Level 79

Mar 27, 2014

Tougher than I thought it would be. Turns out I'm pretty happy with the 20 I got. Nice job!

Level 78

May 26, 2014

Got them all with 2:02 left. Kosovo was the last one after trying komodo, komoros, comoros, solomo.. just took a while to think about it. --- I agree it was a tough quiz and a real good one!

Level 48

May 31, 2014

3:55

Level 76

Jun 17, 2014

Enjoyed this one, but could have used more time.

Level 82

Mar 6, 2015

somebody should redo this quiz and make the answers random and change everytime, make it really hard

Level 29

May 27, 2015

That USA one completely throws you off. I couldn't imagine it as Russia

Level 23

Oct 15, 2017

same, i actually got the answer by looking at the comments

Level 56

Sep 23, 2021

How impressive :/

Level 33

May 27, 2015

I'm Indonesian and I missed my own country :/

Level 75

May 27, 2015

France is one of the last I found, and I'm french !

Level 23

Oct 15, 2017

im french, and france is the first one i found ;-)

Level 69

May 27, 2015

After Germany, the one that comes up reminds me of Lufthansa so I was like perfect!

Level 65

May 27, 2015

I got 17 very tricky quiz

Level 66

May 28, 2015

Great quiz. Got them all. First try. With 2:58 left.

Level 66

May 28, 2015

Wow, that was tough!

Level 44

Oct 17, 2015

19/30 first try, not bad for an 11 yo

Level 63

Nov 20, 2015

Pretty Hard Quiz

Level 67

Dec 20, 2015

I typed in PANAMA but the answer that came up was CANADA :/

Level 70

Sep 4, 2019

they both fit the clue

Level 49

Feb 15, 2016

20/30. Not too bad. _O_O_O. Surprised faces. I was laughing pretty hard when I saw that comment.

Level 44

Jun 1, 2016

23% of people got Argentina, 30% got France, and yet ..... 63% of people got Djibouti!?

Level 52

Jun 15, 2016

Took a little time to guess Indonesia.

Level 32

Jul 31, 2016

Ran out of time trying to figure out Indonesia!!

Level 48

Dec 14, 2016

If I didn't take the 'Countries of the World' quiz 3-4 times a week there are at least 8 I would have missed. And I didn't even come close to acing this.

Level 52

Dec 14, 2016

Great quiz, got em all but just with only 18 secs left

Level 52

Mar 25, 2017

3mth later got em all with 3.44 left, took a while to get one of them though

Level 43

Dec 14, 2016

100% first time.. 2m 7s left!

Level 40

Dec 14, 2016

just in time...8 seconds left at the end

Level 69

Dec 15, 2016

Thought it was going to be a walk in the park. It was anything but.

Level 44

Feb 15, 2017

Kosovo isn't working for me, but it's guessed correctly by 25%. Does it have another spelling or name that does work?

Level 44

Apr 18, 2017

Kosovo worked for me. Did you spell it right?

Level 51

Mar 26, 2017

this quiz was awesome!! Have to make one in my language haha. Couldn't get more than 22/30, but thanks to the "countries of the world" -guiz I got that much

Level 84

Jun 16, 2017

Great quiz, make more of this, in different topics.

Level 40

Aug 30, 2017

Did it on first attempt with 2mins left.

Level 63

Oct 13, 2017

Why is this so hard? Kept staring at _G_P_ and _U_U_D_ wondering why I couln't just get them. Should be way easier but for some reason it isn't. Love this quiz :)

Level 66

Oct 13, 2017

27/30. Missed Mexico, Philippines and Argentina. Damn!

Level 66

Oct 13, 2017

Good quiz, #Brexit

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Level 48

Oct 13, 2017

Surprised I did better than average on this. I'm usually just a little below average or average so I was surprised!

Level 76

Oct 13, 2017

I found a website with all the countries and just ctrl+f for letters I was looking for. Cheating, but it worked.

Level 66

Jan 25, 2019

Or just click give up, then you get all the answers all at once...

Level 56

Sep 23, 2021

Wow that sounds so fun for you! /s

Level 23

Oct 15, 2017

can someone comment the answers? please im stuck on _I_I and _W_Z_L_N_

Level 37

Sep 2, 2019

^ Fiji and Swaziland (which is now eSwatini).

Level 77

May 28, 2020

You could have looked at the answers after ending the quiz.

Level 56

Sep 23, 2021

Why would you ask for the answers in the comments?

Level 23

Oct 15, 2017

happy that they put small countries like Swaziland

Level 29

Oct 15, 2017

You should have made this a fill in the blanks quiz

Level 62

Oct 17, 2017

Great Quiz!

Level 36

Oct 20, 2017

I looked at the problems, ready to click "start," and after "Iraq," I could not get another one until "Fiji." Literally, I sat here for hours (watching msnbc too) working on these! Only clicked start after I'd figured them out--didn't want the answers until my aging brain figured it out! Thanks for one of the hardest quizzes yet!

Level 66

May 20, 2019

you should have clicked give up immediately after and not fillin the answer. Otherwise the statistics get really skewed. And that is part of the fun, seeing where ou did compared to others.

Level 56

Sep 23, 2021

I disagree. The statistics aren’t affected with untimed, it’s good practice to figure it out, and that doesn’t stop you from seeing if what you struggled with lines up with the stats in the answers.

Level 50

May 20, 2018

Missed Canada in the first attempt. Finished in second attempt with 4:59 remaining. great quiz

Level 76

Jul 15, 2018

Swaziland recently changed its name to Eswatini. Update?

Level 49

May 20, 2019

Switzerland =/= Swaziland

Level 66

Jul 20, 2018

Good fun- I struggle with missing letters & anagrams.

Level 63

Mar 25, 2019

I do too! Some I recognize right away, others won't come to me at all. Trying to guess the last 3 letters helped me a lot.

Level 66

Jan 25, 2019

Mexico and France were harder than they should be, I got them though, Germany was weirdly tough aswell and I missed that one (plus Kosovo, latvia and erm 2 others)

Level 48

Apr 29, 2019

do _S_

Level 56

Sep 23, 2021

If you’re referring to ‘USA’, that’s not a country name, but if we were to use ‘FSM’ (Federated States of Micronesia) would also be valid.

Level 55

May 20, 2019

Got to 26/27 with 5 minutes remaining, took 4:50 to figure the last one out.

Last one was Germany.

I live in Germany.

Level 42