Wordle – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 14:13:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Wordle – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 The Problem with Worldle https://www.maproomblog.com/2022/03/the-problem-with-worldle/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 14:13:31 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1806281 More]]> Meanwhile, among the many many Wordle variants and games-inspired-by-Wordle out there is one that map aficionados ought to appreciate: Worldle. Every day you have six chances to guess the name of a country based on an outline map. If you guess wrong, you’re given the distance and direction to the correct answer.

The problem with this is that if you know your geography it’s astonishingly easy, at least in default mode. It’s rare for me to need more than one try—unless, for a totally hypothetical example that has nothing at all to do with one stumper last week, it’s a nondescript atoll in the middle of the ocean, and then it’s as much because you didn’t think it was on the list, like a Scrabble set that unexpectedly includes þ, ð and ß. But you can increase the difficulty level by rotating the country image, or by hiding it: then you have to rely on the distances and directions alone. I should try it that way.

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Mapping Wordle Scores https://www.maproomblog.com/2022/03/mapping-wordle-scores/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:56:45 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1806272 More]]> WordTips map of average Wordle scores by countryWordTips maps Wordle scores. Using Twitter data—what, you thought someone couldn’t do something with all those Wordle results you keep tweeting out?—the word finding site looks at which countries, U.S. states, and cities are the best (and the worst) at the viral game. The country with the best average scores? Sweden. The U.S. state? North Dakota. The U.S. city? Saint Paul, Minnesota. You know, I’m sensing a trend there. [Toronto Star]

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