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Test your knowledge with this fun quiz: Can you name the largest US cities based on the number of letters in their name? Challenge yourself with this city name length trivia!

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US Largest Cities By Name Length

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Name the 50 largest US Cities by the number of letters in their name (usually official name unless something much more common used). ‘St’ is the only abbreviated word, and any punctuation/space does not count toward name length.

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canyonfjordkarst

2 days ago

can this be updated with newer census data?

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darin

2 days ago

Reply to canyonfjordkarst

I’ll be updating US cities when the 2025 estimates come out, didn’t update for the 2024 ones.

quidditch

7 years ago

Coming from a Premium Member, this needs more time. I ran out of time very early and that was with my premium advantages.

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darin

6 years ago

Reply to quidditch

adding time to it now.

victor_pavao

7 years ago

This quiz is nearly impossible

shrebs

7 years ago

This quiz is impossible now if you’re not a premium member. I believe you used to get a time bonus for completing a number but now the only bonus I get is at 250. There may be one at 500 but I can only get in the mid-300s now in the time provided.