US states by order of admission
A Dartle category: each answer is worth its admission order. Name up to 3 answers that add up to exactly 100. New to the game? Read how to play.
When it was played
- Puzzle #15, October 13, 2026 · replay in the archive
The numbers
- 50 answers count.
- 208 different ways to hit exactly 100, the shortest in 3 darts.
How it's counted
- The original 13 are ordered by the date they ratified the Constitution.
- senate.gov blocks automated access, so order comes from Wikipedia's cited list.
Source
Wikipedia (List of U.S. states by date of admission), as of September 27, 2026.
Every answer
Alphabetical. Their values stay a secret, so the puzzle is still worth replaying.
Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia (U.S. state) · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York (state) · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington (state) · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming