Cities · Puzzle #6 · Monday, October 5
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
- Olympic host: 10 pts if it has hosted the Olympics
- High altitude: 1 pt per 500 ft above sea level
- Sprawl: 1 pt per doubling over 2 square miles
- Old town: 1 pt per doubling over 2 years old
- Packed in: 1 pt per doubling over 40 people per square mile
- Known worldwide: 1 pt per 30 Wikipedia languages
- Most looked-up: 1 pt per 150,000 Wikipedia views in 2025
- Rainy: 1 pt per 8 inches of rain a year
The best board
- Dhaka in Rainy: gets 88 inches of rain a year (10.0)
- Aspen in High altitude: sits 7,890 ft above sea level (10.0)
- Singapore in Known worldwide: Wikipedia has an article on it in 333 languages (10.0)
- Ho Chi Minh City in Sprawl: covers 2,615 square miles (10.0)
- Fez in Packed in: packs in 9,452 people per square mile (7.9)
- Innsbruck in Olympic host: has hosted the Olympics (10.0)
- Rome in Most looked-up: its Wikipedia article was read 1.69 million times in 2025 (10.0)
- Bordeaux in Old town: was founded in 500 BC, 2,526 years ago (10.0)
The most this board could score: 77.9 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Photo: Tanweer drmc, Public domain - Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 13 ft above sea level (0.0) Source: Wikidata Q1354, P2044
- Sprawl
- covers 118 square miles (5.9) Source: Wikipedia infobox
- Old town
- was founded in 1610, 416 years ago (7.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Packed in
- packs in 87,001 people per square mile (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 222 languages (7.4) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 629,558 times in 2025 (4.2) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 88 inches of rain a year (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
Aspen
Colorado, USA
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 7,890 ft above sea level (10.0) Source: Wikidata Q205842, P2044
- Sprawl
- covers 3.9 square miles (1.0) Source: Wikidata Q205842, P2046
- Old town
- was founded in 1879, 147 years ago (6.2) Source: Wikipedia
- Packed in
- packs in 1,808 people per square mile (5.5) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 80 languages (2.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 219,056 times in 2025 (1.5) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 21 inches of rain a year (2.6) Source: Wikipedia
Singapore
Singapore
Photo: Ramir Borja., CC BY-SA 3.0 - Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 46 ft above sea level (0.1) Source: Copernicus GLO-90, via Open-Meteo
- Sprawl
- covers 278 square miles (7.1) Source: Wikidata Q334, P2046
- Old town
- was founded in 1819, 207 years ago (6.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Packed in
- packs in 21,128 people per square mile (9.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 333 languages (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 4.98 million times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 93 inches of rain a year (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Photo: Pimnl, CC0 - Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 43 ft above sea level (0.1) Source: Wikidata Q1854, P2044
- Sprawl
- covers 2,615 square miles (10.0) Source: Wikidata Q1854, P2046
- Old town
- was founded in 1698, 328 years ago (7.4) Source: Wikipedia
- Packed in
- packs in 5,355 people per square mile (7.1) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 257 languages (8.6) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.1 million times in 2025 (7.3) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 54 inches of rain a year (6.8) Source: Wikipedia
Fez
Morocco
Photo: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 1,339 ft above sea level (2.7) Source: Wikidata Q80985, P2044
- Sprawl
- covers 124 square miles (5.9) Source: Wikidata Q80985, P2046
- Old town
- was founded in 789, 1,237 years ago (9.3) Source: Wikipedia
- Packed in
- packs in 9,452 people per square mile (7.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 124 languages (4.1) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 214,746 times in 2025 (1.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 28 inches of rain a year (3.5) Source: Wikipedia
Innsbruck
Austria
Photo: Michael aus Halle, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Olympic host
- has hosted the Olympics (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 1,883 ft above sea level (3.8) Source: Wikidata Q1735, P2044
- Sprawl
- covers 41 square miles (4.3) Source: Wikidata Q1735, P2046
- Old town
- was founded in 1234, 792 years ago (8.6) Source: Wikipedia
- Packed in
- packs in 3,271 people per square mile (6.4) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 149 languages (5.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 270,663 times in 2025 (1.8) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 53 inches of rain a year (6.6) Source: Wikipedia
Rome
Italy
Photo: Bert Kaufmann from Roermond, Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0 - Olympic host
- has hosted the Olympics (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 69 ft above sea level (0.1) Source: Wikidata Q220, P2044
- Sprawl
- covers 497 square miles (8.0) Source: Wikidata Q220, P2046
- Old town
- was founded in 752 BC, 2,778 years ago (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Packed in
- packs in 5,529 people per square mile (7.1) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 344 languages (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.69 million times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 31 inches of rain a year (3.8) Source: Wikipedia
Bordeaux
France
Photo: Patrick Despoix, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Olympic host
- has never hosted the Olympics (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 20 ft above sea level (0.0) Source: Wikidata Q1479, P2044
- Sprawl
- covers 19 square miles (3.3) Source: Wikidata Q1479, P2046
- Old town
- was founded in 500 BC, 2,526 years ago (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Packed in
- packs in 14,062 people per square mile (8.5) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 184 languages (6.1) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 430,572 times in 2025 (2.9) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 30 inches of rain a year (3.7) Source: Wikipedia
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