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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”:

1. Alaska – no
2. Alabama – no
3. Arizona – no
4. Arkansas – no
5. California – no
6. Colorado – no
7. Connecticut – yes
8. Delaware – no
9. Florida – no
10. Georgia – no
11. Hawaii – no
12. Idaho – no
13. Illinois – no
14. Indiana – no
15. Iowa – no
16. Kansas – no
17. Kentucky – yes
18. Louisiana – yes
19. Maine – no
20. Maryland – no
21. Massachusetts – yes
22. Michigan – no
23. Minnesota – no
24. Mississippi – no
25. Missouri – no
26. Montana – no
27. Nebraska – no
28. Nevada – no
29. New Hampshire – yes
30. New Jersey – no
31. New Mexico – no
32. New York – yes
33. North Carolina – no
34. North Dakota – no
35. Ohio – no
36. Oklahoma – no
37. Oregon – no
38. Pennsylvania – yes
39. Rhode Island – no
40. South Carolina – yes
41. South Dakota – yes
42. Tennessee – no
43. Texas – no
44. Utah – yes
45. Vermont – no
46. Virginia – yes
47. Washington – yes
48. West Virginia – yes
49. Wisconsin – no
50. Wyoming – no

1. Connecticut

1. Kentucky
2. Louisiana
3. Massachusetts
4. South Carolina
5. South Dakota
6. Utah
7. 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:

1. Utah
2. South Carolina
3. South Dakota
4. Louisiana
5. Kentucky
6. Massachusetts
7. Connecticut
8. Nebraska → no
9. Delaware → no
10. Minnesota → no
11. Missouri → no
12. Washington → no
13. New Mexico → no U
14. New York → no U
15. 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):

1. Utah
2. South Carolina
3. South Dakota
4. Louisiana
5. Kentucky
6. Massachusetts
7. Connecticut
8. 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:

1. Utah
2. South Carolina
3. South Dakota
4. Louisiana
5. Kentucky
6. Massachusetts
7. 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.

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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:

1. Connecticut
2. Kentucky
3. Louisiana
4. Massachusetts
5. Missouri
6. South Carolina
7. South Dakota
8. Utah

That’s the clean, correct set.