| Hint | State |
| State | |
| State Not Among the Original 13 American Colonies | |
| State Sharing a Land Border With Canada | |
| State Sharing a Land Border With Mexico | |
| State Bordering the Gulf of Mexico | |
| State Bordering Tennessee | |
| Four Corners State | |
| State Whose Name Begins with a Vowel | |
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| State Whose Name Ends in 'a' | |
| One Word State | |
| State Referred to as a 'Commonwealth' | |
| State Beginning and Ending with the Same Letter | |
| State Home to a Big Four (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL) Sports Team | |
| State Containing 15 Million+ People (2009 US Census Bureau Estimates) | |
| State Admitted to the Union Between 1800 and 1850 | |
| State to Have Joined the Confederate States of America | |
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