Hemiscope: the daily country guessing game

Hemiscope hides one country a day. You find it by guessing other countries: each guess tells you how far away the mystery country is, which way to head, and how it compares on region, population, area, flag colours and coastline. You have 8 guesses, and everyone plays the same country.

How to play

1. Type any country and pick it from the list. Every country in the world can be guessed, small islands included.
2. Read the clues: the distance in kilometres and an arrow pointing toward the answer, then the region, population, area, flag colours and whether it's landlocked.
3. Use them to narrow it down. Distances run between the nearest borders, so a neighbour of the answer shows 0 km.
4. Find the country before your guesses run out, or give up to see it on the globe.

Scoring

• Green means a match, yellow means close: the same continent but another region, a population or area within half again, or some flag colours in common.
• The share grid shows one row of six squares per guess, so friends can see how you got there without seeing the answer.
• Your stats keep games played, win rate, your streak and your average number of guesses.

Tips

• Open with a big, central country such as Germany, Egypt or Brazil: a long first distance still points you at the right continent.
• Trust the arrow more than the number. Two guesses with arrows that cross pin down a small area fast.
• Population and area clues separate neighbours that sit at a similar distance.

Questions

When does a new country come out?

At midnight where you are. Each day's country is the same for every player.

Can I play more than once a day?

Yes: Practice gives you a random country from the full list, as many times as you like. Practice games don't touch your daily stats.

Is Hemiscope like Worldle or Globle?

It's in the same family of daily geography games, with more clues per guess: direction, region, population, area, flag colours and coastline as well as distance.

Is it free?

Yes, on the web and in the iPhone app, with no account needed.

More daily games

• Atlas Find five countries on the globe
• Timeline Put history in order
• Pinpoint Place a country by its stats
• Vault Three riddles, one combination
• Ladder Rank the photos by a hidden stat
• Odd One Out Spot the country that breaks the rule
• No Idea One impossible number a day
• Higher or Lower Which country has more?
• Answers Every past day’s solutions