Food · Puzzle #6 · Monday, October 5
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
- Iron: 1 pt per 0.5 mg of iron per 100 g
- Most looked-up: 1 pt per 60,000 Wikipedia views in 2025
- Grows on trees: 10 pts if it comes from a tree
- Fiber: 1 pt per gram of fiber per 100 g
- From Asia: 10 pts if first grown or made in Asia
- Calorie bomb: 1 pt per 50 calories per 100 g
- Protein: 1 pt per 2.5 g of protein per 100 g
- Salty: 1 pt per doubling over 1 mg of sodium per 100 g
The best board
- Saltine crackers in Salty: has 941 mg of sodium per 100 g (9.9)
- Black beans in Fiber: has 8.7 g of fiber per 100 g (8.7)
- Olives in Iron: has 6.3 mg of iron per 100 g (10.0)
- Pumpkin seeds in Protein: has 30 g of protein per 100 g (10.0)
- Guava in Grows on trees: comes from a tree (10.0)
- Okra in Most looked-up: its Wikipedia article was read 650,558 times in 2025 (10.0)
- Carrot in From Asia: was first grown or made in Asia (10.0)
- Granola in Calorie bomb: has 489 calories per 100 g (9.8)
The most this board could score: 78.4 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Saltine crackers
Square crackers for soup
Photo: Evan-Amos, Public domain - Iron
- has 5.6 mg of iron per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 116,624 times in 2025 (1.9) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Grows on trees
- doesn't come from a tree (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Fiber
- has 2.8 g of fiber per 100 g (2.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Calorie bomb
- has 418 calories per 100 g (8.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 9.5 g of protein per 100 g (3.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 941 mg of sodium per 100 g (9.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Black beans
Beans of burritos and rice bowls
Photo: Father.Jack from Coventry, UK, CC BY 2.0 - Iron
- has 2.1 mg of iron per 100 g (4.2) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 121,277 times in 2025 (2.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Grows on trees
- doesn't come from a tree (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Fiber
- has 8.7 g of fiber per 100 g (8.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Calorie bomb
- has 132 calories per 100 g (2.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 8.9 g of protein per 100 g (3.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 1 mg of sodium per 100 g (0.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Olives
Fruit pressed to make its own oil
Photo: Gphoto, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Iron
- has 6.3 mg of iron per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 454,809 times in 2025 (7.6) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Grows on trees
- comes from a tree (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Fiber
- has 1.6 g of fiber per 100 g (1.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Calorie bomb
- has 116 calories per 100 g (2.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 0.84 g of protein per 100 g (0.3) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 735 mg of sodium per 100 g (9.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Pumpkin seeds
Green seeds, also called pepitas
Photo: Dmitry Makeev, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Iron
- has 8.8 mg of iron per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 279,118 times in 2025 (4.7) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Grows on trees
- doesn't come from a tree (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Fiber
- has 6 g of fiber per 100 g (6.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Calorie bomb
- has 559 calories per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 30 g of protein per 100 g (10.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 7 mg of sodium per 100 g (2.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Guava
Fruit with pink flesh and a musky scent
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Iron
- has 0.26 mg of iron per 100 g (0.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 483,802 times in 2025 (8.1) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Grows on trees
- comes from a tree (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Fiber
- has 5.4 g of fiber per 100 g (5.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Calorie bomb
- has 68 calories per 100 g (1.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 2.5 g of protein per 100 g (1.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 2 mg of sodium per 100 g (1.0) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Okra
Green pods that thicken gumbo
Photo: Bill Tarpenning, Public domain - Iron
- has 0.28 mg of iron per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 650,558 times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Grows on trees
- doesn't come from a tree (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Fiber
- has 2.5 g of fiber per 100 g (2.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Calorie bomb
- has 22 calories per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 1.9 g of protein per 100 g (0.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 6 mg of sodium per 100 g (2.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Carrot
Orange root that rabbits love
Photo: Evan-Amos, Public domain - Iron
- has 0.3 mg of iron per 100 g (0.6) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 334,774 times in 2025 (5.6) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Grows on trees
- doesn't come from a tree (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Fiber
- has 2.8 g of fiber per 100 g (2.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- was first grown or made in Asia (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Calorie bomb
- has 41 calories per 100 g (0.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 0.93 g of protein per 100 g (0.4) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 69 mg of sodium per 100 g (6.1) Source: USDA FoodData Central
Granola
Toasted oat clusters for yogurt bowls
Photo: Arnold Gatilao from Oakland, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 - Iron
- has 4 mg of iron per 100 g (7.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 203,642 times in 2025 (3.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Grows on trees
- doesn't come from a tree (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Fiber
- has 8.9 g of fiber per 100 g (8.9) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- From Asia
- wasn't first grown or made in Asia (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Calorie bomb
- has 489 calories per 100 g (9.8) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Protein
- has 14 g of protein per 100 g (5.5) Source: USDA FoodData Central
- Salty
- has 26 mg of sodium per 100 g (4.7) Source: USDA FoodData Central
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