What Worldle Is#
Worldle shows the outline of a country or territory and gives you six tries to name it. Each wrong guess answers with the distance to the target, a direction arrow, and a proximity percentage — so even a bad guess is a compass.
French developer Antoine Teuf released it in January 2022, and by mid-February The Washington Post was reporting it near a million players in a day. He has said he'd rather it be seen as a tribute to Wordle than a copy — the name is the tell.
How to Play#
Guess a country on the same continent as your hunch even when you're unsure — the distance and bearing from a wrong answer narrows the field faster than agonizing over the silhouette. Island territories are the classic trap; their outlines all look like smudges.
Solving the silhouette starts a run of bonus rounds — neighbouring countries, the capital, the flag, spoken languages, population — that turn one puzzle into a small geography quiz. Mobile apps and a practice mode round it out.
The Studio It Built#
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Frequently Asked Questions#
Is Worldle related to Wordle?
Only in inspiration. It borrows the daily one-puzzle rhythm and six-guess structure, swaps words for country silhouettes, and its creator calls it a tribute rather than a clone.
What does the percentage in Worldle mean?
Proximity: 100% is the answer itself, and lower percentages mean your guess sits farther away. Pair it with the distance and direction hints to triangulate.
More Games Like Worldle#
Hot-and-cold on a 3D globe: every country you guess glows warmer the closer it borders the mystery one.
The mystery country's flag reveals itself panel by panel as you guess.
Get from country A to country B in the fewest border crossings you can manage.
Or browse all of them on our games like Wordle.
Daily Puzzles, Our Way
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