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On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 21:19:34 +0000, IlanMayer wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 0:56:28 +0000, leflynn wrote:
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>> Recently Games Magazine had a Wild Card entry where the goal was to find
>> the longest chain of US States where the last letter of an entry in the
>> chain had to be the same as the first letter of the next entry.
>>
>> Here are three more challenging problems.
>> 1. Find the longest chain using the two-letter US Post office codes for
>> the 50 states.
>> 2. Same as 1. but add the postal codes for the District of Columbia and
>> the five US Territories for a total of 56 two-letter codes.
>> 3. Same as 2. but add the postal codes for the three Possessions.
>>
>> https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-are-the-USPS-abbreviations-for-U-S-states-and-territories
>>
>> L. Flynn
>
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> 50 states (length 22):
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> MI
> IN
> NV
> VT
> TN
> NM
> MN
> NC
> CA
> AL
> LA
> AK
> KS
> SC
> CO
> OH
> HI
> IA
> AR
> RI
> ID
> DE
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> 50 states + DC + 5 territories (length 27):
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> MN
> NV
> VI
> ID
> DC
> CA
> AL
> LA
> AK
> KS
> SC
> CO
> OH
> HI
> IN
> NC
> CT
> TN
> NM
> MP
> PA
> AR
> RI
> IA
> AS
> SD
> DE
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> 50 states + DC + 5 territories + 3 possessions (length 30):
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> FM
> MN
> NV
> VA
> AL
> LA
> AK
> KS
> SC
> CA
> AR
> RI
> ID
> DC
> CO
> OH
> HI
> IN
> NC
> CT
> TN
> NM
> MP
> PW
> WV
> VI
> IA
> AS
> SD
> DE
>
> Please reply to ilanlmayer at gmail dot com
>
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great...  Are these the Longest chains?