Marshall Islands

Key facts

Land borders

Marshall Islands shares no land border with another sovereign state.

Marshall Islands in the game

Every puzzle gives three claims that exactly one country satisfies. Marshall Islands is a deep cut — answers this obscure only show up in hard puzzles. These are the 31 claims from the pool that are true of Marshall Islands, rarest first — the fewer countries share a claim, the harder it works for you on the board.

• Uses the US dollar as its currency1 of 8
• Its flag contains orange1 of 10
• Its name contains a double letter1 of 11
• Is in Oceania1 of 14
• Its name begins with “M”1 of 18
• Its capital city's name begins with “M”1 of 19
• Has no point higher than 500 m above sea level1 of 23
• Its currency is called the dollar1 of 27
• Its name and its capital city begin with the same letter1 of 28
• Has an area smaller than 10,000 km²1 of 32
• Its name has more than one word1 of 32
• Has fewer than 1 million people1 of 37
• Has no land borders1 of 40
• Has no point higher than 1,000 m above sea level1 of 41
• Its flag contains no red1 of 43
• Is an island nation1 of 47
• Its name has 10 letters or more1 of 48
• Has English as an official language1 of 59
• Has more than one official language1 of 65
• Its flag features a star1 of 67
• Has an area smaller than 50,000 km²1 of 69
• Borders fewer than 3 countries1 of 84
• Has an area smaller than 100,000 km²1 of 88
• Its flag contains blue1 of 99
• Has fewer than 10 million people1 of 100
• Drives on the right1 of 141
• Has an area smaller than 500,000 km²1 of 144
• Lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere1 of 147
• Has a coastline1 of 151
• Does not have a monarch as head of state1 of 153
• Lies within a single time zone1 of 177