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Cities · Puzzle #27 · Monday, October 26

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

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

  1. Darwin

    Northern Territory, Australia

    Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

  2. Kingston

    Jamaica

    Photo: The original uploader was Blofeld of SPECTRE at English Wikipedia. (Original text: W. Harris), CC BY-SA 3.0

    Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

  3. Tokyo

    Japan

    Photo: Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0

    Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

  4. Rome

    Italy

    Photo: Bert Kaufmann from Roermond, Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0

    Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

  5. Guatemala City

    Guatemala

    Photo: BladimiroAlvarado, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

  6. Florence

    Tuscany, Italy

    Photo: Wikibusters, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

  7. Sapporo

    Hokkaido, Japan

    Photo: Hideki Uchida (セラ), CC BY-SA 3.0

    Sapporo has hosted the Olympics, so its best fit on this board was Olympic host, worth 10.0. Its weakest was High altitude, worth 0.0, since it sits 16 ft above sea level.

    Most looked-up
    its Wikipedia article was read 413,260 times in 2025 (2.8) Source: Wikimedia page views
    Olympic host
    has hosted the Olympics (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
    Old town
    was founded in 1868, 158 years ago (6.3) Source: Wikipedia
    Rainy
    gets 50 inches of rain a year (6.3) Source: Wikipedia
    Packed in
    packs in 4,526 people per square mile (6.8) Source: Wikipedia
    Big city
    has 1.96 million people within its city limits (7.6) Source: Wikidata Q37951, P1082, 2020
    High altitude
    sits 16 ft above sea level (0.0) Source: Wikidata Q37951, P2044
    Known worldwide
    Wikipedia has an article on it in 161 languages (5.4) Source: Wikipedia

  8. Boston

    Massachusetts, USA

    Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0

    Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

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