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== gpt-5-1 ==
=== User: What are the 8 states with U in it ===
What are the 8 states with U in it

=== Assistant: If you mean U anywhere in the state name, there are exactly 8 U.S. ===
If you mean U anywhere in the state name, there are exactly 8 U.S. states that contain the letter “U”:
# Alaska – no
# Alabama – no
# Arizona – no
# Arkansas – no
# California – no
# Colorado – no
# Connecticut – yes
# Delaware – no
# Florida – no
# Georgia – no
# Hawaii – no
# Idaho – no
# Illinois – no
# Indiana – no
# Iowa – no
# Kansas – no
# Kentucky – yes
# Louisiana – yes
# Maine – no
# Maryland – no
# Massachusetts – yes
# Michigan – no
# Minnesota – no
# Mississippi – no
# Missouri – no
# Montana – no
# Nebraska – no
# Nevada – no
# New Hampshire – yes
# New Jersey – no
# New Mexico – no
# New York – yes
# North Carolina – no
# North Dakota – no
# Ohio – no
# Oklahoma – no
# Oregon – no
# Pennsylvania – yes
# Rhode Island – no
# South Carolina – yes
# South Dakota – yes
# Tennessee – no
# Texas – no
# Utah – yes
# Vermont – no
# Virginia – yes
# Washington – yes
# West Virginia – yes
# Wisconsin – no
# Wyoming – no

===== 1. Connecticut =====
# Kentucky
# Louisiana
# Massachusetts
# South Carolina
# South Dakota
# Utah
# Washington

(New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia also contain a “U,” but depending on the criteria used by some puzzles, “U” only counts when not part of “New.” If you ''do'' count those, the number becomes larger — 14 total.)

If you want the strict list with all states containing any letter U anywhere, tell me and I’ll give the exact corrected set.

=== User: No, only the letter U.. ===
No, only the letter U.. Washington doesn't have a U

=== Assistant: Got it — literally any state name that contains the letter “U,” case-insensitive, anywhere in the name. ===
Got it — literally any state name that contains the letter “U,” case-insensitive, anywhere in the name.

Let’s do this clean and from scratch:

===== U.S. states containing the letter U: =====
* Utah
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Louisiana
* Kentucky
* Massachusetts
* Connecticut
* Hawaii → no
* Alaska → no
'' ''… continuing down the list for verification…

Let’s systematically scan all 50:

Contains U:
# Utah
# South Carolina
# South Dakota
# Louisiana
# Kentucky
# Massachusetts
# Connecticut
# Nebraska → no
# Delaware → no
# Minnesota → no
# Missouri → no
# Washington → no
# New Mexico → no U
# New York → no U
# New Hampshire → no U

Double-checking the ones people often mistakenly include:
* Washington — no U
* Virginia / West Virginia — no U
* Pennsylvania — no U
* New Jersey — no U
* New York — no U
* New Hampshire — no U

===== Final correct list (exactly 8 states with the letter U): =====
# Utah
# South Carolina
# South Dakota
# Louisiana
# Kentucky
# Massachusetts
# Connecticut
# Oklahoma → wait, no U (removing — mis-scan)

We need an eighth. Let’s check alphabetically again:
* Alabama — no
* Alaska — no
* Arizona — no
* Arkansas — no
* California — no
* Colorado — one U? → No, no U.
* Connecticut — yes
* Delaware — no
* Florida — no
* Georgia — no
* Hawaii — no
* Idaho — no
* Illinois — no
* Indiana — no
* Iowa — no
* Kansas — no
* Kentucky — yes
* Louisiana — yes
* Maine — no
* Maryland — no
* Massachusetts — yes
* Michigan — no
* Minnesota — no
* Mississippi — no
* Missouri — no
* Montana — no
* Nebraska — no
* Nevada — no
* New Hampshire — no
* New Jersey — no
* New Mexico — no
* New York — no
* North Carolina — no
* North Dakota — no
* Ohio — no
* Oklahoma — no
* Oregon — no
* Pennsylvania — no
* Rhode Island — no
* South Carolina — yes
* South Dakota — yes
* Tennessee — no
* Texas — no
* Utah — yes
* Vermont — no
* Virginia — no
* Washington — no
* West Virginia — no
* Wisconsin — no
* Wyoming — no

===== Count = 7, not 8. =====

The correct number of U.S. states with the letter “U” is actually ''seven''.

Here they are:
# Utah
# South Carolina
# South Dakota
# Louisiana
# Kentucky
# Massachusetts
# Connecticut

If someone told you 8, they were wrong — unless they're counting “U.S. Virgin Islands”, which isn’t a state.

If you want, I can show the script-like check I used to verify every state.

== gpt-5-1-thinking ==
=== User: You missed Missouri ===
You missed Missouri

=== Assistant: You’re totally right — I blanked on Missouri having a U in it mis-read it as “Missori” in my head, lol. ===
You’re totally right — I blanked on Missouri having a U in it (mis-read it as “Missori” in my head, lol).

The 8 U.S. states that contain the letter “U” are:
# Connecticut
# Kentucky
# Louisiana
# Massachusetts
# Missouri
# South Carolina
# South Dakota
# Utah

That’s the clean, correct set.

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