Volcanodle
Puzzle #60 was Hood.
Mount Hood, Oregon's highest peak, forms a prominent backdrop to the city of Portland. The eroded summit area consists of several andesitic or dacitic lava domes. Major Pleistocene edifice collapse produced a debris avalanche and lahar that traveled north down the Hood River valley and crossed the Columbia River.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 60 ran on 7 Sep 2026 and the answer was Hood, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - United States; Region - North America Volcanic Regions; Type - stratovolcano; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 3000-5000; Last eruption - older-Holocene; Rock type - andesite; Historically observed - observed.
Beyond the grid the record adds Largest recorded eruption - VEI 2; Holocene eruptions recorded - 8 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
- United States
- Region
- North America Volcanic Regions
- Type
- stratovolcano
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 3000-5000
- Last eruption
- older-Holocene
- Rock type
- andesite
- Historically observed
- observed
Also on the record
- Largest recorded eruption
- VEI 2
- Holocene eruptions recorded
- 8 eruptions