Cities · Puzzle #1 · Wednesday, September 30
Cities: the board
Eight items, eight categories, one place each. Here is the board with every figure and where it comes from, and the best way to place them. Play today's Cities.
The categories
- Packed in: 1 pt per doubling over 40 people per square mile
- Sprawl: 1 pt per doubling over 2 square miles
- Big city: 1 pt per doubling over 10,000 people
- Rainy: 1 pt per 8 inches of rain a year
- Most looked-up: 1 pt per 150,000 Wikipedia views in 2025
- Olympic host: 10 pts if it has hosted the Olympics
- High altitude: 1 pt per 500 ft above sea level
- Known worldwide: 1 pt per 30 Wikipedia languages
The best board
The best board is hidden while some of these items are still in play: they're on a board again within 14 days.
The lineup, figure by figure
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Photo: Rafael Rabello de Barros, CC BY-SA 3.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Mumbai
Maharashtra, India
Photo: iMahesh, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Packed in
- packs in 66,207 people per square mile (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 233 square miles (6.9) Source: Wikidata Q1156, P2046
- Big city
- has 15.4 million people within its city limits (10.0) Source: Wikidata Q1156, P1082, 2018
- Rainy
- gets 99 inches of rain a year (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.71 million times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 46 ft above sea level (0.1) Source: Wikidata Q1156, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 230 languages (7.7) Source: Wikipedia
Berlin
Germany
Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Hong Kong
China
Photo: Mustang Joe, CC0 - Packed in
- packs in 17,365 people per square mile (8.8) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 427 square miles (7.7) Source: Wikidata Q8646, P2046
- Big city
- has 7.41 million people within its city limits (9.5) Source: Wikidata Q8646, P1082, 2021
- Rainy
- gets 55 inches of rain a year (6.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 3.35 million times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 23 ft above sea level (0.0) Source: Wikidata Q8646, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 303 languages (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
Cairns
Queensland, Australia
Photo: Donaldytong, Public domain - Packed in
- packs in 779 people per square mile (4.3) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 189 square miles (6.6) Source: Wikidata Q189133, P2046
- Big city
- has 146,778 people within its city limits (3.9) Source: Wikidata Q189133, P1082, 2014
- Rainy
- gets 76 inches of rain a year (9.5) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 245,083 times in 2025 (1.6) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 23 ft above sea level (0.0) Source: Wikidata Q189133, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 82 languages (2.7) Source: Wikipedia
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Photo: Florstein (Telegram:WikiPhoto.Space), CC BY-SA 4.0 - Packed in
- packs in 10,174 people per square mile (8.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 556 square miles (8.1) Source: Wikidata Q656, P2046
- Big city
- has 5.65 million people within its city limits (9.1) Source: Wikidata Q656, P1082, 2025
- Rainy
- gets 32 inches of rain a year (3.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.26 million times in 2025 (8.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 10 ft above sea level (0.0) Source: Wikidata Q656, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 273 languages (9.1) Source: Wikipedia
Cusco
Peru
Photo: gertrudis2010, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Packed in
- packs in 2,882 people per square mile (6.2) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 149 square miles (6.2) Source: Wikipedia infobox
- Big city
- has 428,450 people within its city limits (5.4) Source: Wikidata Q5582862, P1082, 2017
- Rainy
- gets 28 inches of rain a year (3.5) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 347,130 times in 2025 (2.3) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 11,152 ft above sea level (10.0) Source: Wikidata Q5582862, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 115 languages (3.8) Source: Wikipedia
Muscat
Oman
Photo: Leon petrosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Packed in
- packs in 1,052 people per square mile (4.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 1,351 square miles (9.4) Source: Wikidata Q3826, P2046
- Big city
- has 1.42 million people within its city limits (7.2) Source: Wikidata Q3826, P1082, 2019
- Rainy
- gets 4.5 inches of rain a year (0.6) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 439,704 times in 2025 (2.9) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 226 ft above sea level (0.5) Source: Wikidata Q3826, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 159 languages (5.3) Source: Wikipedia
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