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The United States of America, such a wonderful place! This is a map that we see all the time, but most people can't really point out more than 10 states. It's not hard to imagine that to spell out our 50 states we need to use a lot of letters. With our iconic map, we've created a fun quiz (or at least we hope you enjoy it). Okay, here's the rub... Believe it or not, to spell all 50 states we are only using twenty-five out of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. Here’s your challenge: Can you name the one letter in the alphabet that doesn’t appear in any of the names of the fifty United States? Take some time to think this through. If you’re like me, you guessed J. And you’d be close, but the letter J actually appears in only one state name: New Jersey. Fun fact for all the Jersey residents. A staffer from Do You Remember guessed the letter X right when we posted this quiz But that’s OBVIOUSLY not right because of: TEXAS Welcome to Texas sign at the state border. Such a huge state how could you even make that guess?? Don't worry Texans, we reprimanded that employee ;) And New Mexico How could you possibly forget about New Mexico??? I actually did, whoops... Another guessed Z. Can you think of a state that includes the letter Z? Arizona Ah, there it is. So that’s not right. Btw we absolutely LOVE Arizona at DYR... So If It’s Not J, X Or Z—What Is It? Trying to find the answer to this alphabetic fun fact made me think of the “Fifty Nifty United States” song that I memorized in elementary school in the ’90s. Do you remember it? You know, it’s that song that teaches kids the names of the states in alphabetic order, the one that goes “Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas….” Did that help you get closer to the answer? Are You Still thinking? (the answer is not what you may be thinking - this is quite possibly a trick question) https://giphy.com/gifs/reactionseditor-reaction-xUPGcmF2iGsTGEFVL2 Okay, I Bet You're Ready For The Answer Here it is: The letter that doesn’t appear in any state names is 'Q'! Good old Q. I have to say I’m not surprised. Q is a relatively rare letter of the alphabet, anyway, usually combined with U in most words. And it is, after all, one of the most valuable Scrabble letters due to that rarity. In the popular word-making board game, Q is worth a whopping 10 points. Now... Q isn’t the only rare letter in our state names here in the U.S. The letter Z appears in the name of the only state (Arizona) and X in just two (Texas and New Mexico). P is also fairly rare among the 50, as it appears in only three state names — Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and New Hampshire. Credits: simplemost.com