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There are 17 US-states that share a certain (purely geographical) property that the remaining 33 US-states do not have. Here are 15 of the 17:

Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming

Which are the two missing states on this list?
What is this mysterious purely geographical property?

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  • $\begingroup$ It is a mysterious property, but is it enigmatic? $\endgroup$
    – KSmarts
    Commented Feb 24, 2015 at 21:31
  • $\begingroup$ It would be useful if you provided a labelled map of the US. $\endgroup$
    – Justin
    Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 7:06
  • $\begingroup$ What does purely geographical mean? Rivers, mountains, lakes? $\endgroup$
    – Haobin
    Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 12:09
  • $\begingroup$ Putely geographic means centered around countries, continents, cities, mountains, rivers, people, culture, climate, and other phenomena of the Earth. $\endgroup$
    – Alexis
    Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 18:04
  • $\begingroup$ In this case purely geographic means one out of the following three: cities, mountains, rivers. $\endgroup$
    – Alexis
    Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 17:17

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It seems likely that the geographic feature you're referring to is

the state's capital city also being the state's largest city

but every source I can find shows 17 states with that quality, not 18. Those 17 are the 15 you listed plus

Colorado and Massachusetts.

For example, Wikipedia shows 17, using census data published in 2012, and there are also 17 on this handy map using 2010 census data. Is it possible you used an outdated source, or miscounted? Or did you have a completely different geographic feature in mind, making this an unbelievable coincidence?

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    $\begingroup$ I made a mistake, I had Minnesota on my list. I have corrected the problem. $\endgroup$
    – Alexis
    Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 9:34

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