What letter is in none of the 50 states?

Well, my trivia-savvy friends, the answer is...Q. That's right—50 different names, and not one of them contains the letter Q. Every other letter of our alphabet shows up at least once (well, unless you count these 6 letters that dropped out of our alphabet.)
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Is the letter J in any of the 50 states?

And you'd be close — the letter J actually appears in one state name: New Jersey. Another Simplemost staffer guessed X out of the gate.
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Is there a state with the letter Q?

As pointed out by Meghan Jones of Reader's Digest, the only letter that is not in any U.S. state name is the letter “Q”.
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What is the only letter not in a US state?

Thanks again for participating. Letter Q is the only letter not used in the US state names. The answer is "Q".
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Is J in any state name?

If you guessed J or Z, though, you were close—and probably don't live in New Jersey or Arizona, since those are the only states that contain J and Z, respectively. There are couple of other rare letters, too, that only show up twice.
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What Letter Is Not In Any Of The Fifty US State Names?



What states start with K?

K
  • Kansas.
  • Kentucky.
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Is there a state beginning with B?

No states except Alabama and Nebraska have a B in their name, and California and Florida are the only state names that contain F. If X was your guess, you were also close—the rare letter makes an appearance in only New Mexico and Texas.
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What 6 letters dropped from the alphabet?

The six that most recently got axed are:
  • Eth (ð) The y in ye actually comes from the letter eth, which slowly merged with y over time. ...
  • Thorn (þ) Thorn is in many ways the counterpart to eth. ...
  • Wynn (ƿ) Wynn was incorporated into our alphabet to represent today's w sound. ...
  • Yogh (ȝ) ...
  • Ash (æ) ...
  • Ethel (œ)
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How many states begin with the letter M in America?

Of the 50 US states, 8 begin with the letter M. Eight of the states which make up the United States have names which start with the letter “M.” These states are, in no particular order, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Missouri, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Minnesota, and Maine.
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What state has az in its name?

Arizona, constituent state of the United States of America. Arizona is the sixth largest state in the country in terms of area.
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How many US states contain the letter S?

Just like our last American states quiz, this is another one with 21 answers, the 21 states in America which contain the letter 'S'.
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What states start with the letter N?

Of the 50 states, only eight of them have names beginning with the letter “N.” These states are Nevada, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (the state), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
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Which month has the most letters in its name?

This is *usually* asked as a trick question. The answer to that trick question is September. "September" has 9 letters, all the others have between 3 and 8. That makes it the "longest" month.
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What were the last 2 states added to the Union?

The date each state joined the Union is shown in the table below (usually coinciding with a territory being granted statehood). Five states were added during the 20th century. Alaska and Hawaii were the last states to join the Union -- both in 1959.
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What letter is after F?

Letters in the alphabet:

The English Alphabet consists of 26 letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.
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What is the 27th letter in the alphabet?

The ampersand, also known as the and sign, is the logogram &, representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the letters et—Latin for "and".
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Is there a state that starts with C?

They are California, Colorado and Connecticut.
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How many US states begin with C?

There are three US States that begin with the letter C.
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What's the 49th state?

1946.
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What is the 47th state?

For both New Mexico and Arizona, the road to statehood was protracted and contentious. However, after much effort, on January 6, 1912 New Mexico became the 47th state and on February 14, 1912 Arizona became the 48th state in the Union.
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What is the 44th state?

The House passed the bill March 27, 1890. President Benjamin Harrison signed Wyoming's statehood bill, making Wyoming the 44th state.
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What is the 13th state?

On this date, Rhode Island became the 13th state to enter the Union after ratifying the Constitution.
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