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And I can’t think of a Globle pun, so…

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Here’s Globle. Start with a country, any country. It tells you how far off you are. Try and get it right in as few moves as possible.

My fave.

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  3. I do Globle daily, after doing Wordle, Crosswordle and Worldle.

    It’s my favourite, because it’s the most like a treasure hunt, and tests my knowledge of the 190+ countries. It’s hardest, of course, when it leads you into the Pacific, in search of just that next isolated island – is it Nauru or Kiribati, Micronesia or the Christmas Islands? I average about 8, which isn’t bad.

    Edit – just seen your Worldle post, hp – that’s great as well. Because there’s no scale, it could be San Marino or DRC – unless you know the shape. It’s also a treasure hunt, but a blind one, as you have to imagine the direction and how far to travel to get from your incorrect choice to a country local to the right one.

    I also do Dordle, Quorde and Octordle – but not every day now, because they are a bit too samey, and I need some time to go swimming. Crosswordle is a speed game – can you think of all the words quickly enough to get a “Blimey, that was fast!” score….

    • I always start with the UK. Having only one tiny land border, it strikes me as as good a place to start as any. Plus, I know roughly how far, say, Chad or India are from the UK. No idea how far Chad is from India, though.

      • I am so slapdash – I was going by the colour of the country only. I didn’t notice the ‘Closest border’ line at the bottom of the screen. I’m not sure if that makes it easier or not.

        I do like the idea of unconsciously absorbing the distances between countries. Beyond a certain size, numbers become a bit meaningless. The world has a circumference of about 40,000 km, which means a point on the other side of the earth is 20,000km, coincidentally the size (in km2) of Wales – another useful reference to remember (I will forget this).

        • I got Papua New Guinea in one the other day. (Well, two.) I put in UK, and it said 13,000-odd km. So I typed in Papua New Guinea and BINGO. Pure jammy, but it felt good.

  16. 🌎 Apr 12, 2022 🌍
    🔥 12 | Avg. Guesses: 8.53
    🟨🟥🟥🟩 = 4

    #globle

    From Gabon to Egypt to Turkey to…
    In sure it’s been this country before, quite recently

  17. Jesus, today’s was an absolute horror

    🌎 Apr 13, 2022 🌍
    🔥 13 | Avg. Guesses: 9
    🟨⬜⬜🟧🟨🟥🟧🟧
    🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
    🟥🟥🟩 = 19

    10 over par. Gross. Look at all those red squares, dancing around every bloody country within 200 miles of the place.

  20. 🌎 Apr 14, 2022 🌍
    🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 8.54
    ⬜🟧🟧🟨🟧🟥🟥🟥
    🟩 = 9

    #globle
    Missed it for the first time in ages yesterday (flying to the UK) – what was the country?

    • 🌎 Apr 14, 2022 🌍
      🔥 14 | Avg. Guesses: 8.79
      🟨⬜🟨🟧🟥🟩 = 6

      Yesterday was São Tomé and Príncipe. My partner got it in 3, largely cos I told her it was rock hard, so she went to Nigeria second and, having assumed it wasn’t a usual West African suspect, correctly jumped straight into the Gulf of Guinea. I’m not bitter at all.

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