On a provincial level, Ontario and Manitoba matched the national data, with ROUGH as the toughest word. LOUSY stumped British Columbia and neighbouring Alberta, while DOWEL proved tricky for Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. Other regions were tripped up by ATRIA (Nova Scotia), SWING (Prince Edward Island), MINTY (Newfoundland), COVEN (Yukon), TENOR (Nunavut) and FUGUE (Quebec).








