As shown in the screenshot, “Cities” and “Towns and Villages” is listed in the alternative meaning, but not accepted as answer.
I believe the reason for this is that the alternative answer is “cities, towns and villages” not “cities” and “towns and villages”. Depending on how you look at it, it’s either an issues that they didn’t use the Oxford comma or an issue that they used a comma at all.
i came to report the same thing. it definitely is as the other reply said, the comma is confusing because normally a comma is all that delineates when there are multiple alternative meanings
my suggestion to the WK team would be to either encase the term in quotation “cities, towns, and villages” or change the comma to and so it reads as cities and towns and villages
Thanks for the heads up! I brought this to the content team, and we’ll write back once we get an answer.
thrilled for the upcoming new vocab card for “eats shoots and leaves”
Also can’t wait for: “Let’s eat grandma”.
Content team changed the alternative meaning to:
Cities And Towns And Villages
No more commas! No more tangles!
And we always have the option of user synonyms like “Places you shouldn’t poop outdoors”.
Isn’t that “ODF places”? (Open Defecation Free)
Fun fact: every part of Japan, with the sole exception of the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo, is located within a city, town or village.
I am kind of disappointed that I’m not surprised that there’s a term for that. Seems like something that needs to be worked into the five letter game. 
Um, that’s no different than the organisation of Massachusetts or Pennsylvania in the US, though in Pennsylvania they “boroughs” and “townships” instead of towns and villages. Some of the depopulated areas in Japanese towns and villages look a lot like depopulated places in Pennsylvania townships.
ODF is not really a topic in Japan, what with the high number of free public facilities.
Uh… okay? That’s… nice for Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, I guess.