Cities · Puzzle #7 · Tuesday, October 6
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
- Packed in: 1 pt per doubling over 40 people per square mile
- Sprawl: 1 pt per doubling over 2 square miles
- Capital city: 10 pts if its country's capital
- Hot spot: 1 pt per 5°F of yearly average over 30°F
- High altitude: 1 pt per 500 ft above sea level
- Known worldwide: 1 pt per 30 Wikipedia languages
- Most looked-up: 1 pt per 150,000 Wikipedia views in 2025
- Seaside: 10 pts if on a sea or ocean
The best board
- Quito in High altitude: sits 9,350 ft above sea level (10.0)
- San Francisco in Most looked-up: its Wikipedia article was read 1.62 million times in 2025 (10.0)
- Jaipur in Hot spot: averages 78°F over the year (9.6)
- Phuket in Seaside: is on the coast (10.0)
- Budapest in Capital city: is its country's capital (10.0)
- Varanasi in Packed in: packs in 37,808 people per square mile (9.9)
- Paris in Known worldwide: Wikipedia has an article on it in 366 languages (10.0)
- Sydney in Sprawl: covers 4,689 square miles (10.0)
The most this board could score: 79.5 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Quito
Ecuador
Photo: Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0 - Packed in
- packs in 12,264 people per square mile (8.3) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 144 square miles (6.2) Source: Wikidata Q2900, P2046
- Capital city
- is its country's capital (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 63°F over the year (6.7) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 9,350 ft above sea level (10.0) Source: Wikidata Q2900, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 180 languages (6.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 309,049 times in 2025 (2.1) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Seaside
- isn't on the coast (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
San Francisco
California, USA
Photo: Lightandtruth, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Packed in
- packs in 3,769 people per square mile (6.6) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 232 square miles (6.9) Source: Wikidata Q62, P2046
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 56°F over the year (5.3) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 98 ft above sea level (0.2) Source: Wikidata Q62, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 238 languages (7.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.62 million times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Seaside
- is on the coast (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
Jaipur
Rajasthan, India
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0 - Packed in
- packs in 16,412 people per square mile (8.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 187 square miles (6.5) Source: Wikipedia infobox
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 78°F over the year (9.6) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 1,414 ft above sea level (2.8) Source: Wikidata Q66485, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 145 languages (4.8) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 505,962 times in 2025 (3.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Seaside
- isn't on the coast (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Phuket
Thailand
Photo: Полина Славянская, CC BY 3.0 - Packed in
- packs in 16,751 people per square mile (8.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 4.6 square miles (1.2) Source: Wikidata Q844430, P2046
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 82°F over the year (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 43 ft above sea level (0.1) Source: Copernicus GLO-90, via Open-Meteo
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 60 languages (2.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 94,862 times in 2025 (0.6) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Seaside
- is on the coast (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
Budapest
Hungary
Photo: Thomas Depenbusch (Depi) from Cologne, Germany, CC BY 2.0 - Packed in
- packs in 8,311 people per square mile (7.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 203 square miles (6.7) Source: Wikidata Q1781, P2046
- Capital city
- is its country's capital (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 51°F over the year (4.3) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 384 ft above sea level (0.8) Source: Wikidata Q1781, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 259 languages (8.6) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.12 million times in 2025 (7.5) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Seaside
- isn't on the coast (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh, India
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0 - Packed in
- packs in 37,808 people per square mile (9.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 32 square miles (4.0) Source: Wikidata Q79980, P2046
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 80°F over the year (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 249 ft above sea level (0.5) Source: Wikidata Q79980, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 134 languages (4.5) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 643,721 times in 2025 (4.3) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Seaside
- isn't on the coast (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Paris
France
Photo: Yann Caradec from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0 - Packed in
- packs in 51,696 people per square mile (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 41 square miles (4.3) Source: Wikidata Q90, P2046
- Capital city
- is its country's capital (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 52°F over the year (4.3) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 89 ft above sea level (0.2) Source: Wikidata Q90, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 366 languages (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.9 million times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Seaside
- isn't on the coast (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Sydney
New South Wales, Australia
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Packed in
- packs in 1,162 people per square mile (4.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Sprawl
- covers 4,689 square miles (10.0) Source: Wikidata Q3130, P2046
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 66°F over the year (7.1) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 190 ft above sea level (0.4) Source: Wikidata Q3130, P2044
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 266 languages (8.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.19 million times in 2025 (7.9) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Seaside
- is on the coast (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
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