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U.S. Cities Chain

Can you guess the names of these cities in the United States where the last letter of each is the first letter of the next?
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Last updated: September 3, 2025
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First submittedApril 18, 2016
Times taken33,866
Average score57.7%
Rating4.21
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City
Capital of Texas
Austin
"The Big Easy"
New Orleans
Name of three different cities with
a population over 100,000
Springfield
"The Motor City"
Detroit
Not to be confused with its bay
Tampa
Home of the University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Second largest city in South Dakota
Rapid City
Just outside of NYC
Yonkers
One of the Twin Cities
St. Paul
2028 Summer Olympics host
Los Angeles
Sherman's March to the Sea
ended here
Savannah
One of the first words said on
the surface of the moon
Houston
California's wine capital
Napa
Where Disneyland is located
Anaheim
Hint
City
Where George W. Bush grew up
Midland
Old West boomtown in the
Black Hills of South Dakota
Deadwood
Duke University is here
Durham
The world's busiest cruise port
Miami
City in New York named for the
island ruled by Odysseus
Ithaca
Largest city in the U.S. whose
name contains a Q
Albuquerque
Westernmost city in Texas
El Paso
Warren Buffett's hometown
Omaha
Pennsylvania city that Billy Joel
wrote a song about
Allentown
Phonetically and geographically
close to New York
Newark
City in Tennessee which hosted
the World's Fair
Knoxville
What Archimedes yelled
Eureka
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21 Comments
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Level 65
Aug 15, 2016
I got 15 (57.6%), average score is 14, and got zero points?
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Level 75
Aug 20, 2016
Now it says average score is 16.
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Level 70
Nov 25, 2016
Average score now 12, I managed 9 for 1 point :o)
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Level 45
Oct 12, 2025
It's funny that none of the replies help with the question.
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Level 69
Nov 25, 2016
Great to have a quiz with lesser-known cities. Thanks!
+1
Level 48
Nov 25, 2016
Good quiz!!
+2
Level 74
Nov 28, 2016
Great quiz, but I'm guessing it will be difficult for non-Americans.
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Level 57
Feb 11, 2017
I didn't get Tampa...and I live in St. Pete! D'oh!
+3
Level 92
Sep 12, 2018
Great to see regional cities and not filled with sprawling cookie cutter suburbs that encompass bedroom commuters and absolutely nothing else.
+2
Level 98
Sep 3, 2025
The update has the Bush clue and Confederacy capital clues not chained...
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Level ∞
Sep 3, 2025
Whoops. Fortunately this was easily fixed by swapping out Richmond for Deadwood.
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Level 80
Sep 3, 2025
With the new update, South Dakota is now wildly overrepresented, claiming 7.69% of the quiz's answers with only 0.27% of the American population.
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Level 86
Sep 3, 2025
Woohoo!
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Level 71
Sep 3, 2025
This is far too South Dakota centric and I will not stand for it.
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Level 94
Sep 4, 2025
Hey the eastern side of the state would like some love. They already have Mt Rushmore, the Black Hills and the Wall Drug Store, now Jetpunk is dissing them too. How about some love for attractions like the corn palace and cities like Vermillion?
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Level 82
Oct 11, 2025
In the original version, Sioux Falls was an answer (though Deadwood wasn't.) So this quiz has always made people spend mental resources on South Dakota.
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Level 78
Sep 29, 2025
I do not understand the clue "Not to be confused with its bay." How does that relate to the Motor City answer above it? I kept trying to think of bays and cities in the Detroit area that fit the first and last letter requirements with no luck. As time was running out, I typed in the bay over 1000 miles away and got the answer.
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Level 63
Oct 11, 2025
It means the city of Tampa is not to be confused with the body of water known as Tampa Bay. It doesn't relate to Detroit, other than the fact that it fits the letter chain.
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Level 65
Oct 3, 2025
I truly thought Yonkers was a made up place until today.
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Level 59
Oct 12, 2025
howwww is adjerbeaidzan accepted for azerbaijan on the countries of the world but annaheim is somehow not correct for anaheim
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Level 55
Oct 13, 2025
you have a valid point here lol