Players have six chances to guess a country based on its shape and distance from its neighbors.
The viral online word game Wordle has spawned countless variations since it was launched by Welsh developer Josh Wardle.
Worldlay, the latest spinoff, takes the browser-based puzzle from dictionary to atlas: players are shown a shaded outline of a country and make six attempts to correctly guess what it is.
As with Wordle, which was recently purchased by The New York Times, Worldle shines green, brown and yellow squares. The difference is that the more green squares you see here, the closer you are to the geographically correct nation.
Worldle also shows the distance in kilometers to the actual location you estimate. (You can change that measurement to miles in the Settings section, or even hide the country image for more challenge.)
Try again Twitter. The hashtag is #Worldle about the new geography based trivia game SIMILAR to #Wordle. 😂 pic.twitter.com/5FOQ9E7tpz
— May Daystrike (@mrsaturnvalley) February 13, 2022
While Worldley hasn't quite reached the fantasy level of its inspiration, according to its creator, the one-time puzzle attracted more than 500,000 players on its first day on Sunday.
This is intense and exposed a gap in my education #geography #Worldle pic.twitter.com/Q4m4I7tuIw
— 💉💉💉Simone Pietschner (@SPietschner) February 14, 2022
Basically just went through nations that play in the bundesliga😂😂 #Worldle pic.twitter.com/pHsmQ5SpG5
— WEBBY998 (@JoeWebb97489335) February 14, 2022