Volcanodle
Puzzle #38 was Tungurahua.
Tungurahua, a steep-sided andesitic-dacitic stratovolcano that towers more than 3 km above its northern base, is one of Ecuador's most active volcanoes. Three major edifices have been sequentially constructed since the mid-Pleistocene over a basement of metamorphic rocks. Tungurahua II was built within the past 14,000 years following the collapse of the initial edifice.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 38 ran on 16 Aug 2026 and the answer was Tungurahua, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Ecuador; Region - South America Volcanic Regions; Type - stratovolcano; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - >5000; Last eruption - 21st-century; Rock type - andesite; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 5; Holocene eruptions recorded - 37 eruptions.
Volcanodle builds its record from Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution (Venzke, E. (ed.), Volcanoes of the World, volcano.si.edu). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: A verbatim excerpt of the volcano's GVP Geological Summary. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- Ecuador
- Region
- South America Volcanic Regions
- Type
- stratovolcano
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- >5000
- Last eruption
- 21st-century
- Rock type
- andesite
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 5
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 37 eruptions