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Fewest choices: Capital City Pop. over 5M × Flag has Red AND Blue has 7 valid answers in this puzzle. Its answer list includes United Kingdom as a match for both clues. Jump to its answers.
Indonesia fits 4 cells here, but you can use it only once on a playable board. Compare these choices before placing it: Capital City Pop. over 5M × Name Starts with a Vowel, Capital City Pop. over 5M × Flag with only 2 Colors, In Asia × Name Starts with a Vowel, In Asia × Flag with only 2 Colors.
The lowest score from each cell is added above. These independent choices can repeat a country, so the total may be impossible under the no-repeat rule. For a nine-cell board, 45 points is the theoretical lower bound. See the scoring explanation.
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Col 1 🔠Name Starts with a Vowel | Col 2 🔴🔵Flag has Red AND Blue | Col 3 2️⃣Flag with only 2 Colors | |
|---|---|---|---|
Row 1 🇺🇳Founding UN Member (1945) | 12 answers  India(5 pts reference) | 24 answers  USA(5 pts reference) | 14 answers  China(5 pts reference) |
Row 2 🌆Capital City Pop. over 5M | 9 answers India(5 pts reference) | 7 answers  Russia(5 pts reference) | 9 answers China(5 pts reference) |
Row 3 🌏In Asia | 11 answers India(5 pts reference) | 12 answers  Philippines(5 pts reference) | 15 answers China(5 pts reference) |
Answers by Cell
Founding UN Member (1945) × Name Starts with a Vowel → Lowest-scoring answer: India (5 pts)
United Kingdom
UkraineIndia
Iran
IraqUSA
Ethiopia
Egypt
Australia
Ecuador
El Salvador
ArgentinaFounding UN Member (1945) × Flag has Red AND Blue → Lowest-scoring answer: USA (5 pts)
Netherlands
NorwayUnited KingdomRussiaPhilippinesUSA
Chile
Venezuela
CubaEthiopia
South Africa
ColombiaAustralia
New Zealand
Luxembourg
SerbiaEcuador
Panama
Paraguay
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Costa Rica
Liberia
FranceFounding UN Member (1945) × Flag with only 2 Colors → Lowest-scoring answer: China (5 pts)
Denmark
PolandUkraine
TurkeyChina
Saudi Arabia
Canada
Peru
Guatemala
HondurasEl SalvadorHaiti
Nicaragua
GreeceCapital City Pop. over 5M × Name Starts with a Vowel → Lowest-scoring answer: India (5 pts)
United KingdomIndia
IndonesiaIranIraqEgypt
Ivory Coast
AngolaArgentinaCapital City Pop. over 5M × Flag has Red AND Blue → Lowest-scoring answer: Russia (5 pts)
United KingdomRussia
Thailand
South KoreaChileColombia
DR CongoCapital City Pop. over 5M × Flag with only 2 Colors → Lowest-scoring answer: China (5 pts)
TurkeyChinaIndonesia
Vietnam
BangladeshSaudi ArabiaPeru
Singapore
JapanIn Asia × Name Starts with a Vowel → Lowest-scoring answer: India (5 pts)
IndiaIndonesiaIranIraq
Afghanistan
Uzbekistan
Israel
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Oman
UAEIn Asia × Flag has Red AND Blue → Lowest-scoring answer: Philippines (5 pts)
MalaysiaThailandPhilippinesSouth Korea
Cambodia
NepalAzerbaijanArmenia
Mongolia
North Korea
Taiwan
LaosIn Asia × Flag with only 2 Colors → Lowest-scoring answer: China (5 pts)
TurkeyChinaIndonesiaVietnam
PakistanBangladeshSaudi Arabia
KazakhstanIsraelSingapore
Qatar
Georgia
Bahrain
KyrgyzstanJapan