All the countries of the world by entering 3-letter sequences Quiz

Can you name the all the countries of the world by entering 3-letter sequences?

created by jmsr525

Enter a 3-letter sequence in the box below
Correctly named 3-letter sequences will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Standard Sporcle names only. If a space would normally occur in a sequence, that sequence has been omitted (e.g., OF is never listed). Punctuation has been ignored.
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Countries by ANY 3-Letters Quiz

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Created Mar 14, 2012 in Geography
Featured Mar 28, 2012
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	Rayavi:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 04:26 GMT		50 points
	I'm going to assume that what kills a lot of people isn't trying to remember countries, but trying to work out the most efficient method of completion without watching the clock.

	Pogues:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 04:33 GMT		20 points
	This quiz sure LOOKED easy...yet I see two obvious combos I completely missed.

	mrdrake:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 04:41 GMT		5 points
	Yup, sure am getting more answers right in this quiz than the world countries quiz. Makes spelling all those hard ones, oh so much easier, especially all in Africa and the Middle East.

	Stanford0008:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 05:25 GMT		58 points
	Brilliant quiz. I can't even begin to imagine how long it took to add in every 3 letter combo!

	sym:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 05:54 GMT		24 points
	nothing like a quiz where Solomon Islands and St. Vincent are in the top 10 most guessed

	Kloddz:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 06:38 GMT		22 points
	When I entered "EG" (without a third letter) it triggered "The Gambia" (I was going for "EGY"). Minor kink, awesome quiz regardless!

	tank_dogg06:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 07:23 GMT		-2 points
	Only got 111. Thought it would be easier.

	Getoka3:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 07:29 GMT		9 points
	Fab quiz. Love not having to write out Bosnia etc.

	Denicio:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 07:48 GMT		8 points
	An interesting variation. Enjoyed it.

	chikka2:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 08:10 GMT		34 points
	Isn't it amazing how quizmakers, after five Sporcle years, can still turn out an original challenging geog. quiz. Congrats jmsr525

	dje:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 09:06 GMT		2 points
	@kloddz- i think because sporcle recognizes "E-space-G" as in the letters in "the gambia" without a space, so typing EG would trigger the same thing as if you typed in "e g"

	DandyDan17:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 11:37 GMT		2 points
	171/196. The clock makes this game. Excellent. Yes, it must have been an enormous amount of work to create this!

	gwynn19:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 12:27 GMT		8 points
	Surpised that typing in "qat" and "dji" only got me one country for each :)

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	jmsr525:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 12:59 GMT		14 points
	Time to fess up. This turns out to have been a pretty easy quiz to write (hence, the mess up with The Gambia which should get fixed). I was working on my #1 Hits by ANY word quizzes (again, ripped off by me from the fantastic @MSUKent) and I was wondering how to convert that idea to the Countries of the World. It seemed that 3-letter sequences was the best way to do it. After that, it was just using Excel to make the letter list (text to columns + concatenate and then concatenate again). In truth, the hardest part was getting the official Sporcle 196 country list. So thanks everyone.

	America:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 13:38 GMT		15 points
	@Tony_A: Micronesia's full name is "Federated States of Micronesia" which is why I assume "sta" was accepted.

	WCRoentgen:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 13:39 GMT		-2 points
	@Tony_A: Was about to post the same thing, i.e., STA gives you Micronesia. Must be a glitch in an otherwise terrific quiz.

	fzondervan:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 13:55 GMT		6 points
	so glad to not have to type democratic republic etc

	Poison76:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 13:58 GMT		12 points
	EL (space) and ELS didn't work for El Salvador.

	geigerm:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 14:15 GMT		2 points
	Absolutely awesome--really enjoyed this quiz. Really great idea.

	eab21:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 14:39 GMT		4 points
	Awesome original idea, but I think my brain just exploded all over the monitor.

	NotThere:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 14:52 GMT		2 points
	Great idea for a quiz.

	ChicagoGuy88:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 15:28 GMT		-2 points
	@Tony_A and @WCRoentgen: That's because the official name is Federated States of Micronesia. It has that 3 letter combination in the word States. Nice idea for a quiz!

	Honest_John:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 16:38 GMT		9 points
	Got Tuvalu, missed France

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	DandyDan17:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 18:32 GMT		2 points
	I started out with the entire alphabet followed by "ia"; did "tan", "and", "uay" and that got me going. 181/196 on my second try. The clock's still the challenge, there really isn't any time to waste typing ones you already have and then having to delete them. I probably need to study the list to find three letter combinations more useful than initially apparent. Because there's not enough time to methodically work your way around the world.

	vegemighty:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 19:43 GMT		3 points
	Any idea what is the minimum number of 3-letter combinations needed to complete the quiz? Or, for that matter, the maximum number?

	_witsd_:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 19:49 GMT		2 points
	Maximum is probably around the 190 mark... There are very few which don't have three letter chain that isn't unique. The minimum will take a little more puzzling out. O_o

	Davidos:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 20:07 GMT		2 points
	I think this is more difficult than just guessing all the countries (at least when the answers go on a map)

	66pop:	Mar 28th, 2012 at 21:57 GMT		1 point
	An absolutely cool game. I love it. I got them all by doing the countries alphabetically so I didn't notice if certain combos gave weird results, but El Salvador and Egypt took many tries but I guess you already know something is screwy with them. bravo!