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Countries with Six Letters Quiz

Name the countries of the world whose common English name is 6 letters long.
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Last updated: December 13, 2019
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First submittedJune 30, 2012
Times taken156,199
Average score62.5%
Rating4.93
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Africa
Angola
Gambia
Guinea
Malawi
Rwanda
Uganda
Zambia
Asia
Bhutan
Brunei
Cyprus
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Taiwan
Turkey
Europe
France
Greece
Kosovo
Latvia
Monaco
Norway
Poland
Russia
Serbia
Sweden
North America
Belize
Canada
Mexico
Panama
Oceania
Tuvalu
South America
Brazil
Guyana
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Level 56
Oct 1, 2012
Very nice. I should make a quiz for nations with 27 letters in their name.
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Level 14
Mar 21, 2013
Start discovering for that.................just kidding
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Level 47
Oct 12, 2016
Federated states of Micronesia
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Level 60
Sep 16, 2021
@BObPolly’s comment currently has 27 likes.
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Level 39
Oct 18, 2023
46
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Level 48
Oct 18, 2023
47
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Level 62
Mar 6, 2024
53
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Level 76
Nov 23, 2022
now it has 36. There's nothing I could do :(
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Level 54
Oct 20, 2023
Democratic republic of the congo
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Level 85
Feb 16, 2017
My favorite number
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Level 57
Mar 2, 2017
Federated States of Micronesia
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Level 65
Mar 4, 2022
This has 27 likes, please don't like it so it stays like this forever.
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Level 62
Oct 1, 2012
Bosnia?
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Level 59
Oct 2, 2012
I'm pretty sure the country's official name is "Bosnia & Herzegovina," but I was thinking the same thing.
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Level 33
Nov 6, 2012
Yes, it is.
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Level 84
Oct 21, 2016
Of course, the full name is much longer - but the quiz asks for "common English name," and in English-speaking countries, the name most commonly used is the abbreviated version "Bosnia."
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Level 57
Nov 20, 2016
Freestatebear, by that logic, Antigua and Barbuda should just be Antigua, and Sao Tome and Principe should just be Sao Tome. The full name of the country is Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Level 84
Oct 19, 2023
@DrakiGuy (nearly 7 years later!): I didn't mean to imply what an abbreviated name should or should not be. Only that on this site, the shortened versions you cite (Antigua and Sao Tome) are accepted type-ins. Sorry my original comment wasn't clear.
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Level 75
Apr 6, 2018
That's a tough one. I think there a few cases with "and" countries in which there is a diminutive partner that gets lost in "common" - and often formal - conversation, much to the consternation of people from Barbuda, Herzegovina, Labrador, and so on. This is different, I think, than dropping "Darussalam" from Brunei or the things that are sometimes used to distinguish one thing, or a part of a thing, from another (as in Congo, Micronesia, Macedonia, the U.S., etc.).
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Level 45
Nov 16, 2018
DrakiGuy a lot of people refer to it as antigua and sao tome
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Level 66
Oct 4, 2019
Gambia is allowed and its official name is "The Gambia". On that basis, Bosnia should be allowed. Also, who uses the whole Bosnia and Herzegovina title, unless it's for reading out their points scored in the Eurovision Song Contest?
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Level 39
Apr 17, 2020
Same
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Level 48
Oct 25, 2021
The difference is that leaving out Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina is essentially leaving out half of the country, since Bosnia is a region in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Most people do just call it Bosnia, and there's no problem with doing so, but that doesn't mean it's 100% correct.) The difference between Bosnia and Gambia is that "The" in Gambia is just a meaningless article, but Herzegovina has meaning, as Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country with both Bosnia and Herzegovina in it. Perhaps Bosnia should be added as a grayed out answer.
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Level 36
Feb 16, 2013
32/32 with 46 seconds left
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Level 73
Apr 14, 2018
I got them all in 2:18, which is weird because I know I didn't do that good on some of the other "countries with X letters" quizzes.
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Level 14
Mar 21, 2013
I got Tuvalu but forgot Russia.......feels stupid
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Level 36
Dec 29, 2013
Ditto!
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Level 43
Jul 22, 2013
I always thought Cyprus was in Europe.
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Level 23
Mar 22, 2015
Yeah, Cyprus is a member of the EU
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Level 51
Mar 22, 2015
Nowhere near Asia
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Level 60
Nov 14, 2021
Are you serious @nanook? Cyprus is way closer to asia than europe.
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Level 58
Mar 10, 2022
Let's just declare Cyprus as it's own Continent!
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Level 54
Jun 17, 2022
Or we can all eat Cyprus and then there will be no argument
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Level 75
Sep 5, 2019
Not this again.......
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Level 75
Dec 23, 2020
July 22, 2013 - back when the Cyprus/Europe/Asia argument was still in its infancy...
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Level 54
Sep 4, 2021
Russia, Turkey, and Cyprus are all in Europe and Asia atleast partially (Cyprus is in Africa too!).
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Level 62
Sep 14, 2021
I always thought Cyprus was in Australia.

wait

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Level 73
Mar 3, 2015
Cyprus is in Europe, not in Asia
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Level 56
Mar 22, 2015
Why can't some people just accept the global consensus? Are the National Geographic Society, the World Factbook and most national governments of the world together not trustworthy enough?
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Level 55
Sep 18, 2015
Because ARGUING is FUN, darn it!
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Level 43
Nov 19, 2016
I'm not trusting my federal government for another four plus years.
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Level 66
Oct 4, 2019
All we can hope is that those greedy, land-grabbing governments of "United Europe" and the "Asian Empire" don't start WW3 over this territorial claim!
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Level 69
Apr 9, 2020
Cyprus is not in Asia or Europe or Africa, but in its own continent of Mediterranea with Malta, the Balkans, Turkey and Northern Africa.
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Level 60
Nov 14, 2021
I am not sure if you are being serious @AntiMatter8192
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Level 24
Mar 22, 2015
According to the sources above, Cyprus and Turkey are both part of Asia as they are east of the Caucasus mountains. However, because of their proximity regarding trade, it is easier to be part of the EU so they are accepted there. Russia is considered part of Europe, however even though more of the country is on the East side of the Caucasus. Bizarre,
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Level 74
Oct 8, 2016
Except Turkey isn't in the EU
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Level 75
Apr 16, 2019
Cyprus and Turkey are certainly not East of the Caucasus, unless you're going the really long way round
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Level 88
Mar 22, 2015
All this quizzes continue to put Cyprus in Asia, it is not. All my Cypriot friends are baffled by this. It is, and always has been (check ancient history) European. Can we change this please?
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Level 45
Nov 16, 2018
It means it is in Asia geographically, not culturally. If we adhered to this Madagascar would be in Asia.
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Level 49
Jun 5, 2020
if we adhered to geography, europa would not be a continent but part of asia
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Level 64
Sep 26, 2023
Europa's not either, it's in Jupiter's gravity.
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Level 43
Mar 30, 2015
I forgot Canada.WHY?
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Level 42
Jun 9, 2015
Cyprus has never been considered part of Asia; it's part of the European Union and has the Euro as its currency. It is close to both Greece and the European part of Turkey and is definitely part of Europe!!
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Level 47
May 29, 2016
Very very wrong. It is not close to mainland Greece at all, or European turkey.
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Level 62
May 12, 2018
I would say it is Eurasian, but then someone would argue that it should be in Africa. I saw somebody suggest that it was in South America in a comment on a different quiz, and I think that is the best answer. Anybody else for team South America?
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Level 54
Jun 17, 2022
I saw someone say we should just make Cyprus its own continent
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Level 64
Sep 26, 2023
Cyprus is an island of both European (Greece) and Asian (Türkiye) influence, so there's no point in going for anything other than geographical location. If we go by that, then someone's gonna suggest modern Türkiye being in Europe...
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Level 56
May 28, 2016
Missed...well, lots. Although I was happy to misspell some 7 letter countries!!
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Level 19
Sep 10, 2016
Where is Belize?
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Level 43
Nov 19, 2016
On the Caribbean coast south of the Yucatan Peninsula
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Level 74
Oct 8, 2016
Am I only the only one who thinks Cyprus is in Africa? It's damn close to Egypt after all
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Level 44
Feb 17, 2017
Culturally European, some would argue that it's geographically Asian... definitely not African
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Level 62
May 12, 2018
Nope, look again. Clearly South American.
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Level 52
Dec 24, 2020
Nah, it's in a ocean, so it must be in Oceania
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Level 60
Nov 18, 2020
Cyprus is culturally European, Politically Asian and Geographically perhaps African
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Level 70
Nov 20, 2016
They missed Vanatu.
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Level 65
Jan 24, 2019
It is Vanuatu
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Level 57
Feb 16, 2017
I forgot Kosovo and Greece
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Level 70
Feb 16, 2017
Forgot Vanatu in Oceania
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Level 70
Feb 16, 2017
Vanuatu
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Level 93
Feb 16, 2017
brunei is not .....it's brunei darussalam
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Level 44
Feb 16, 2017
Common ENGLISH name.
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Level 32
Feb 16, 2017
Missed Guinea and Belize first time round, great quiz!
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Level 61
Feb 16, 2017
Missed 4 in Africa, 3 in Asia and 1 in Europe. Why does everything seem so obvious now?
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Level 44
Feb 16, 2017
31/32! Missed Kosovo
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Level 30
Feb 18, 2017
Got 11... why...
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Level 35
Apr 16, 2017
Where is Bosnia or Vanatu?
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Level 92
Dec 11, 2017
see comments above
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Level 75
Jul 13, 2018
Bosnia is in the Balkan peninsula and Vanuatu is in Oceania
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Level 58
Dec 3, 2020
Vanuatu has 7 letters when spelt correctly, Bosnia uses "Bosnia and Herzegovina".
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Level 63
Sep 18, 2023
Bosnia is not the full name
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Level 72
Oct 19, 2018
Kosovo is not a country, why can't everyone understand that?
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Level 70
Oct 31, 2018
I understand it, I just understand that it is wrong.
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Level 64
Mar 18, 2021
Because Jetpunk recognizes it
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Level 63
Sep 18, 2023
It is lol
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Level 65
Jan 24, 2019
Am I the only one that thinks this quiz needs more time or have they shortened it ? You need some time to picture the continents/countries. It is not like it is basic knowledge which countries have 6 letters, you have to check it.

and in response for future comments like "just because you are dumb doesnt mean the timer needs to be raised for everyone" etc. I have done other quizes that werent my area of expertise, where I had absolutely no idea and didnt even get a quarter right and never ask for more time. If I dont know it I dont know it, but I think there should be time to think.

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Level 75
Dec 23, 2020
I probably could have got them all with another 30 seconds or a minute. I got 30/32 which I'm happy with, but I did have to go through all of the countries in all of the continents I don't know how others did it.
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Level 71
Sep 14, 2021
I got 31/32, but I thought of Malawi literally as the quiz was ending... so I'd say yes, 20 or 30 more seconds would have been nice :)
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Level 48
May 9, 2019
What about "Merica"
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Level 60
Oct 4, 2019
Murica!
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Level 67
Oct 5, 2019
Too many letters. You can't spell "Merica" without "freedom."
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Level 57
Oct 4, 2019
Can't believe I missed Brazil, not pleasing time for this man!
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Level 43
Oct 4, 2019
I knew Spain wouldn't work, but part of my secretly hoped typing in Espana would work. It didn't. (Yes, I understand why) 😄
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Level 47
Jul 29, 2020
Forgot Sweden. I'm Swedish.
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Level 38
Sep 28, 2020
31/32 with a minute left. It was not enough to get France at last...
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Level 46
Jan 19, 2021
I see Taiwan included in all these quizzes but not Puerto Rico...they say Puerto Rico is not a country so it shouldn't be included as one, but the thing is...Taiwan is not independent either! So....
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Level 77
Sep 14, 2021
Taiwan is fully independent, regardless of what Chinese Communist Party propaganda might say.
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Level 65
Sep 14, 2021
Puerto Rico isn't a state, much less a country. Also, P U E R T O R I C O. 10 letters.
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Level 63
Sep 18, 2023
Taiwan is fully independent, Puerto Rico is a territory.
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Level 65
Mar 27, 2021
i really only forgot canada and mexico
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Level 39
Apr 14, 2021
Oh my god! I got Malawi but not Russia.
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Level 59
Apr 25, 2023
Mala-why?

Russ-ha!

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Level 67
Sep 14, 2021
Not enough time. I would need one more minute at least.
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Level 72
Sep 14, 2021
Really enjoyed this quiz and nice time limit I thought. Thanks a lot.
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Level 60
Nov 14, 2021
These comments are really funny.

For anyone still curious, it’s Vanuatu not “Vanatu”. Featured quizzes, especially this late after the feature, rarely have mistakes, so stop asking dumb questions and do your research first. Second, in my opinion Cyprus is in Asia, like the quiz says. I can see that there I minds I won’t be able to change, though. Really though, who bloody cares where Cyprus is? Just realize that it will always, always, always, be in Asia on a featured quiz and that arguing won’t do good. Just because you don’t post a comment saying “Cyprus is in Europe” doesn’t mean you’re not entitled to an opinion.

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Level 29
Aug 10, 2023
Cyprus is in Asia!!!
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Level 63
Sep 18, 2023
and then he woke up
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Level 28
Oct 20, 2023
Any tips to get better?
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Level 25
Oct 20, 2023
Taiwan is not a country, it is belonged to China.