# The Atoz Game (Part 1)

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2481 "2020-05-26T16:17:19Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2482 "2020-05-26T16:26:12Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2483 "2020-05-26T16:30:40Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> Islandz
> 
> Bermuda

I’m nitpicking once again, but is there an actual Bermuda Island? I know they’re a territory and a chain of islands but I don’t think there’s an island named Bermuda. The biggest island in the chain is named Main Island.

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2484 "2020-05-26T17:07:55Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica

Replaced Bermuda with Baffin

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2485 "2020-05-26T18:15:46Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2486 "2020-05-26T18:37:39Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans

> **[isles of langerhans - Bing](https://www.bing.com/search?pc=COSP&ptag=D050520-N0610A915F698E57&form=CONBDF&conlogo=CT3335818&q=isles%20of%20langerhans)**
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**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2487 "2020-05-26T18:57:55Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2488 "2020-05-26T19:38:40Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan  
Nauru

Although apparently there’s not a lot of island left.

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2489 "2020-05-26T19:45:00Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan  
Nauru  
Oahu

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2490 "2020-05-26T22:41:57Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Prince of Wales

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2491 "2020-05-26T23:34:10Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Prince of Wales  
Quadra

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**Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2492 "2020-05-27T01:20:49Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Prince of Wales  
Quadra  
Réunion

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Prince of Wales  
Quadra  
Réunion  
San Jose

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Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Prince of Wales  
Quadra  
Réunion  
San Jose  
tahiti

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**Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2495 "2020-05-27T02:12:28Z")

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Prince of Wales  
Quadra  
Réunion  
San Jose  
tahiti  
Unalaska

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Prince of Wales  
Quadra  
Réunion  
San Jose  
tahiti  
Unalaska  
Vanuatu

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Prince of Wales  
Quadra  
Réunion  
San Jose  
Tahiti  
Unalaska  
Vanuatu  
Wight

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> [@jtur88](#):
>
> Islandz
> 
> Aruba  
> Baffin  
> Cuba  
> Dominica  
> East  
> Follett’s  
> Guadeloupe  
> Hispaniola  
> Ireland  
> Ireland  
> Jamaica  
> Kodiak  
> Langerhans  
> Manhattan  
> Nauru  
> Oahu  
> Prince of Wales  
> Quadra  
> Réunion  
> San Jose  
> tahiti  
> Unalaska

How did you manage to create a duplicate of Ireland by adding Unalaska to the end of the list?

Are you doing these things intentionally?

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**Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2499 "2020-05-27T04:18:23Z")

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Blame the edit micro-window. You don’t get many tries. When I selected to copy, I only got Ireland-tahiti, and had to add on the upper block.

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Islandz

Aruba  
Baffin  
Cuba  
Dominica  
East  
Follett’s  
Guadeloupe  
Hispaniola  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kodiak  
Langerhans  
Manhattan  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Prince of Wales  
Quadra  
Réunion  
San Jose  
Tahiti  
Unalaska  
Vize

> **[Wiese Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vize_Island)**
>
> Wiese Island, or Vize Island (Russian: Остров Визе Ostrov Vize), also known as Zemlya Vize (Russian: Земля Визе) is an isolated Russian island located in the Arctic Ocean, named after Russian oceanographer of German-descent Vladimir Wiese.
> This island is desolate and subject to severe Arctic storms, but it has no glaciers. In the summer, large areas of the island are free of ice and snow. Its total area is 288 km2 (111 sq mi). Compared to other Arctic islands it is relatively large and flat, its...

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