US city name anagrams quiz

David Whitley,

The American cities you might know pretty well are about to get mixed up. This quiz gets you to navigate your way around the States in anagram form – some of which are pretty easy to work, and others which are, well, a little more taxing. Get unscrambling…

The state capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin.

US city name anagrams quiz

The American cities you might know pretty well are about to get mixed up. This quiz gets you to navigate your way around the States in anagram form – some of which are pretty easy to work, and others which are, well, a little more taxing. Get unscrambling…

1 / 10

Which Californian city’s name is an anagram of a word meaning “determine what is wrong”?

2 / 10

Which famously musical US city’s name is an anagram of a word meaning “more eccentric”?

3 / 10

Which popular US tourist city’s name is an anagram of a word meaning “rescues”?

4 / 10

The capital of which US state is an anagram of a word meaning “travelled”?

5 / 10

Which desert-surrounded city in the southwest of the US is an anagram of a word meaning “adds up”?

6 / 10

The capital of which US state is an anagram of a word meaning “persecutes”?

7 / 10

Which US state’s capital is an anagram of a word meaning “men”?

8 / 10

Which Oklahoma city’s name is – in French – an anagram of a word meaning “cheers”?

9 / 10

Which city in Ohio, which shares its name with one in Europe, is an anagram of a word meaning “stolen”?

10 / 10

The capital of which US state is an anagram of a word meaning “residences”?

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More geography anagram quizzes

Other geography anagram quizzes to test your wits against include the capital cities anagram quiz and French cities anagram trivia challenge.

Alternatively, you can read a bit more about US cities over on sister site Planet Whitley. Articles look at Chicago’s gangster heritage, 101 things to do in Las Vegas for non-gamblers and the mistake not to make when visiting the Statue of Liberty.

Book recommendations

For more brain-teasers with a twist, I recommend the map-centric Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book and the lateral thinking-sparking GCHQ Puzzle Book.

For absolutely astonishing tales of mutiny, shipwreck and survival, Batavia’s Graveyard by Mike Dash and The Wager by David Grann cover two of the most riveting true stories you’ve probably never heard of.

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