Talk of Town

Guess the state from how it talks.

Puzzle #92 · resets at midnight UTC

Turn 1 of 6 · 6 left

  1. Clue 1 of 6 What vowel do you use in "roof", "room", "broom" and "root"?
    [u:] as in "food"
    76%
    ▲ 1.1× nat
    these four words do not all have the same vowel
    17%
    ▼ 0.8× nat
    [ʊ] as in "foot"
    7%
    ▲ 1.1× 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
44%
▲ 6.1× nat
I have no word for this
40%
▼ 0.5× nat
devil's night
10%
▲ 1.8× 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 Pennsylvania.