What one letter is not in 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 there a state with the letter Z?

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.
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What US state has the letter Q in it?

The letter that doesn't appear in any state name is Q!
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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 states start with K?

K
  • Kansas.
  • Kentucky.
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What Letter Is Not In Any Of The Fifty US State Names?



Is there a state with the letter J?

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 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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What letter is after Z?

The English alphabet : The letter z (Z uppercase) is the last letter, thus nothing comes after z.
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Is there A 27th letter of the alphabet?

Total number of letters in the alphabet

Until 1835, the English Alphabet consisted of 27 letters: right after "Z" the 27th letter of the alphabet was ampersand (&). The English Alphabet (or Modern English Alphabet) today consists of 26 letters: 23 from Old English and 3 added later.
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Does state contain 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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Is Q in any of the 50 states?

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”. “That's right”, says Jones.” 50 different names, and not one of them contains the letter Q.
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What state does not have the letter E in it?

California, Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Montana, Arizona, Oklahoma, South Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas, Iowa, North carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Idaho, Wyoming, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Colorado, Utah.
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Is there a state without an A in its name?

The state without an A riddle answer

In this riddle one is just expected to simply spell the initial word state without the letter A. This is the reason why the riddle might sound a little odd to anyone who is reading or listening to it. Therefore the right answer to State without an A riddle is 'Stte'.
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Is state beginning with M?

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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How many US states start with W?

Of the 50 states, only four of them have names beginning with the letter “W.” These states are Washington State, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the state of Wyoming.
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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 are the 52 states in alphabetical?

Alphabetical List of 50 States
  • Alabama. Alaska. Arizona. Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut. Delaware. ...
  • Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Kentucky. Louisiana. Maine. Maryland. Massachusetts. ...
  • Nebraska. Nevada. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. New York. North Carolina. ...
  • Rhode Island. South Carolina. South Dakota. Tennessee. Texas. Utah. Vermont.
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How old is the letter J?

I understand that the letter "J" is relatively new — perhaps 400–500 years old.
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What is happening to the letter Z?

It depends on the word. According to the ELCC, words that started with a “z” will now start with an “x”. Examples include: zero becomes xero.
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Is there a word with all 26 letters?

An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. A perfect pangram is a pangram where each of the letters appears only once.
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What sentence has all 26 letters in it?

An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”.
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