Talk of Town

Guess the state from how it talks.

Puzzle #54 · resets at midnight UTC

Turn 1 of 6 · 6 left

  1. Clue 1 of 6 How do you pronounce Mary/merry/marry?
    all 3 are the same
    54%
    ▼ 0.9× nat
    Mary and marry are the same; merry is different
    18%
    ▲ 1.1× nat
    Mary and merry are the same; marry is different
    15%
    ▲ 1.5× nat

How to play

Guess the state from the way people there talk. Six turns.

Guess by clicking a state, or type its name. A wrong guess points you toward the answer and stains the map — the deeper the colour, the closer you were.
Example clue What do you call the night before Halloween?
mischief night
89%
▲ 12× nat
I have no word for this
9%
▼ 0.1× nat
other
2%
▼ 0.5× nat
Every turn reveals a clue: one real survey question, and how one state answered it. The last column compares them with the country — ▲ more often, ▼ less, and by how much. Clues start vague and sharpen as your turns run out.

That example is yesterday's puzzle. The answer was Delaware.