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Food · Puzzle #32 · Saturday, October 31

Food: 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 Food.

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. Coconut

    Hairy shell around white meat

    Photo: Robert Wetzlmayr, Public domain

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

  2. Sardines

    Little oily fish packed in a tin

    Photo: Pannet, CC BY-SA 4.0

    On this board Sardines scored best in Calcium (10.0): they have 382 mg of calcium per 100 g. Fiber was their weakest fit (0.0): they have 0 g of fiber per 100 g.

    Fiber
    has 0 g of fiber per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Calorie bomb
    has 208 calories per 100 g (4.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Most looked-up
    its Wikipedia article was read 224,313 times in 2025 (3.7) Source: Wikimedia page views
    Carbs
    has 0 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Calcium
    has 382 mg of calcium per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Iron
    has 2.9 mg of iron per 100 g (5.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Fat
    has 11 g of fat per 100 g (2.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Sugar rush
    has 0 g of sugar per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central

  3. Heavy cream

    The thick cream you whip

    Photo: jeffreyw, CC BY 2.0

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

  4. Sugar

    White crystals from cane or beets

    Photo: Romain Behar, Public domain

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

  5. Olives

    Fruit pressed to make its own oil

    Photo: Gphoto, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

  6. Quinoa

    Seed cooked like a grain

    Photo: HaJunkiyada, CC BY-SA 4.0

    On this board Quinoa scored best in Most looked-up (10.0): its Wikipedia article was read 797,188 times in 2025. Sugar rush was its weakest fit (0.3): it has 0.87 g of sugar per 100 g.

    Fiber
    has 2.8 g of fiber per 100 g (2.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Calorie bomb
    has 120 calories per 100 g (2.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Most looked-up
    its Wikipedia article was read 797,188 times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
    Carbs
    has 21 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (3.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Calcium
    has 17 mg of calcium per 100 g (0.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Iron
    has 1.5 mg of iron per 100 g (3.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Fat
    has 1.9 g of fat per 100 g (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Sugar rush
    has 0.87 g of sugar per 100 g (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central

  7. Hard candy

    Lollipops and lozenges you suck on

    Photo: Adam Zivner, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

  8. Pork rinds

    Puffy fried pork skin

    Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Pork rinds have 544 calories per 100 g, so their best fit on this board was Calorie bomb, worth 10.0. Their weakest was Fiber, worth 0.0, since they have 0 g of fiber per 100 g.

    Fiber
    has 0 g of fiber per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Calorie bomb
    has 544 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Most looked-up
    its Wikipedia article was read 130,236 times in 2025 (2.2) Source: Wikimedia page views
    Carbs
    has 0 g of carbohydrate per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Calcium
    has 30 mg of calcium per 100 g (1.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Iron
    has 0.88 mg of iron per 100 g (1.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Fat
    has 31 g of fat per 100 g (7.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
    Sugar rush
    has 0 g of sugar per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central

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