Weird World

Simply 12 favourite accidentally funny What3Words combos

The What3words app is a mapping system that divides the surface of the Earth into 3m by 3m squares, and allocates a unique set of three words to each square.

The system is very useful for when you’re meeting friends, ordering food or calling the emergency services, but it’s also handy for finding landmarks.

Here are a few identifiers for places beloved by tourists.

Buckingham Palace – fence.gross.bats


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The Statue of Liberty – planet.inches.most


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The Eiffel Tower – investor.savings.lance


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Naturally, there are so many of these squares in the system – 57 trillion, in fact – that some of them are bound to be funny – sometimes maybe even NSFW.

We’ve collected a few weird and wonderful examples.

1. Vang Municipality, Norway

2. Wapekeka Reserve no 1, Ontario

3. Al Hinakiyah, Saudi Arabia

4. Carrizo Springs, Texas

5. South Pacific Ocean, near the Pitcairn Islands

6. Millard County, Utah

7. Vinogradovsky District, Russia

8. Arctic Ocean, near Griffith Island

9. Mount Coolon, Queensland

10. Kingswood, Bristol

11. Talodi, Sudan

12. Pollock Pines, California

As a bonus – here are a couple more notable locations.

10 Downing Street

Mar-a-Lago

If you want to search where you live for funny combos, you can do that here.

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