You’ve probably seen the word Wordle being thrown around, alongside an array of grey, yellow and green blocks. That just means some of your friends are into word-based puzzle games. The New York Times-owned web-based word game has produced a spin-off (probably one of many). Meet Worldle, the puzzle game that tests your geography knowledge.
Worldle functions in a similar way to Wordle, in that you have six guesses to produce the correct country name. That’s just going on an image of the shape of the country. Each wrong guess will give you a few hints, inching you closer to the correct guess. Hopefully.
How Worldle works
Once you enter an incorrect guess, the game will show in which direction the actual country is, and how far out your guess was in kilometres (you can change the unit of measurement in settings).
“For example, if your first guess is Chile and the answer is Lebanon, the game will reveal you’re off by 13,557 km (you can change the unit to miles) and display an arrow to point you in the geographical direction of the correct answer,” Digital Trends details an example.
Each consequent guess will do the exact same thing, showing the distance of the guess from the correct answer, along with a direction. This should typically help guide you toward the correct country. But if your geography knowledge is as flaky as ours, it may not be the easiest of games to complete. Lucky we’re good at words.
Like Wordle, Worldle is free to use, and accessible via any browser. Try it for yourself here.