Cities · Puzzle #23 · Thursday, October 22
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
- Known worldwide: 1 pt per 30 Wikipedia languages
- Most looked-up: 1 pt per 150,000 Wikipedia views in 2025
- High altitude: 1 pt per 500 ft above sea level
- Hot spot: 1 pt per 5°F of yearly average over 30°F
- Rainy: 1 pt per 8 inches of rain a year
- Old town: 1 pt per doubling over 2 years old
- Capital city: 10 pts if its country's capital
- Seaside: 10 pts if on a sea or ocean
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
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia, USA
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Photo: James Willamor from Raleigh, NC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 San Juan averages 80°F over the year, so its best fit on this board was Hot spot, worth 10.0. Its weakest was High altitude, worth 0.0, since it sits 10 ft above sea level.
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 116 languages (3.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 435,712 times in 2025 (2.9) Source: Wikimedia page views
- High altitude
- sits 10 ft above sea level (0.0) Source: Wikidata Q41211, P2044
- Hot spot
- averages 80°F over the year (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Rainy
- gets 48 inches of rain a year (5.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Old town
- was founded in 1521, 505 years ago (8.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Seaside
- is on the coast (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Photo: ssr (talk), Public domain Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Toronto
Ontario, Canada
Photo: Jchmrt, CC BY-SA 4.0 On this board Toronto scored best in Most looked-up (10.0): its Wikipedia article was read 1.66 million times in 2025. Capital city was its weakest fit (0.0): it isn't its country's capital.
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 224 languages (7.5) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.66 million times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- High altitude
- sits 249 ft above sea level (0.5) Source: Wikidata Q172, P2044
- Hot spot
- averages 48°F over the year (3.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Rainy
- gets 31 inches of rain a year (3.8) Source: Wikipedia
- Old town
- was founded in 1750, 276 years ago (7.1) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Seaside
- isn't on the coast (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Tel Aviv
Israel
Photo: Ynhockey, CC BY-SA 4.0 On this board Tel Aviv scored best in Seaside (10.0): it is on the coast. High altitude was its weakest fit (0.0): it sits 16 ft above sea level.
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 191 languages (6.4) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 962,600 times in 2025 (6.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- High altitude
- sits 16 ft above sea level (0.0) Source: Wikidata Q33935, P2044
- Hot spot
- averages 68°F over the year (7.5) Source: Wikipedia
- Rainy
- gets 14 inches of rain a year (1.8) Source: Wikipedia
- Old town
- was founded in 1909, 117 years ago (5.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Seaside
- is on the coast (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
Hobart
Tasmania, Australia
Photo: Michael fromholtz, CC BY-SA 4.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Luang Prabang
Laos
Photo: Shelly Zohar, CC BY-SA 4.0 Luang Prabang was founded in 698, 1,328 years ago, so its best fit on this board was Old town, worth 9.4. Its weakest was Capital city, worth 0.0, since it isn't its country's capital.
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 87 languages (2.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 143,191 times in 2025 (1.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- High altitude
- sits 1,001 ft above sea level (2.0) Source: Wikidata Q190165, P2044
- Hot spot
- averages 74°F over the year (8.8) Source: Wikipedia
- Rainy
- gets 40 inches of rain a year (5.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Old town
- was founded in 698, 1,328 years ago (9.4) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Seaside
- isn't on the coast (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Yogyakarta
Indonesia
Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0 Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
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