CityQ Answers — July 12, 2026
The most famous valid city for each cell, plus how many alternative answers the grid accepted.
The grid
Rows
- Language — Austronesian (Indonesian, Tagalog, Malay)
- Language — Indo-Aryan (Hindi, Bengali, Urdu)
- Language — Bantu (Swahili, Zulu)
Columns
- Population — Major (1–10M)
- Geography — Mountain city (1000m+)
- Capital city
Cell-by-cell solutions
Language — Austronesian (Indonesian, Tagalog, Malay) × Population — Major (1–10M)
Quezon City
Also valid: Manila, Kuala Lumpur + 21 more
Language — Austronesian (Indonesian, Tagalog, Malay) × Geography — Mountain city (1000m+)
Antananarivo
Also valid: Baguio, Antsirabe + 4 more
Language — Austronesian (Indonesian, Tagalog, Malay) × Capital city
Jakarta
Also valid: Manila, Kuala Lumpur + 14 more
Language — Indo-Aryan (Hindi, Bengali, Urdu) × Population — Major (1–10M)
Ahmedabad
Also valid: Kolkata, Pune + 46 more
Language — Indo-Aryan (Hindi, Bengali, Urdu) × Geography — Mountain city (1000m+)
Kathmandu
Also valid: Srinagar, Abbottabad + 9 more
Language — Indo-Aryan (Hindi, Bengali, Urdu) × Capital city
Dhaka
Also valid: Kathmandu, Islamabad + 3 more
Language — Bantu (Swahili, Zulu) × Population — Major (1–10M)
Johannesburg
Also valid: Nairobi, Dar es Salaam + 20 more
Language — Bantu (Swahili, Zulu) × Geography — Mountain city (1000m+)
Johannesburg
Also valid: Nairobi, Pretoria + 172 more
Language — Bantu (Swahili, Zulu) × Capital city
Kinshasa
Also valid: Nairobi, Pretoria + 18 more
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