d.DodoHistoryCURIOSITY HAS A PLACE HERE
FREE PLAY · SIX GUESSES

Guess the country.
Read its outline.

Recognize a country without its name. Make a guess, read the distance and compass direction, then use that evidence to choose your next country.

How to play ↓
3 rounds · Country silhouettesNo accountNo timer
✦ Free guest play♧ Source-linked explanations◎ Keyboard alternatives↗ 30 country targets
YOUR LITTLE RITUAL

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How to play Shape of the world

01

Study the outline

The country is shown north-up using modern generalized boundaries. A written shape clue offers an alternative to the visual outline.

02

Choose a country

Select your best guess from the country list. You have six different guesses per round; repeating a country does not use another attempt.

03

Follow the clues

Use the distance and compass direction to the target’s representative point. The reveal names the country and explains how the clues were measured.

THE RULES, UP FRONT

How scoring works

Three rounds per expedition. A first-guess answer earns 1,000 points, then the maximum drops by 150 for each additional guess. You have six guesses per round. Distances are between representative country points, not the shortest distance between borders.

MORE THAN A SCORE

What you’ll discover

Practice recognizing coastlines, peninsulas, long narrow countries and island groups. Direction clues help turn a missed guess into a geographic deduction instead of a dead end.

A few clues for your first game

  • Keep north-up orientation in mind; the silhouette is not randomly rotated.
  • A nearby country can have an unfamiliar outline, so combine shape with the direction clue.
  • Use the written shape clue if the visual outline is difficult to interpret. It carries no penalty.
BEFORE YOUR FIRST DISCOVERY

Questions about this game

How many guesses do I get?

You get up to six different country guesses in each of three rounds. A correct guess or the sixth attempt opens the answer.

What do the distance and arrow mean?

They point from the representative coordinate of your guessed country toward the target country’s representative coordinate. These are orientation clues, not border-to-border distances.

Is this affiliated with GeoGuessr or Worldle?

No. This is an independent DodoHistory game, using attributed Natural Earth geography. It is not an official GeoGuessr or Worldle product.

Ready to follow your curiosity?

3 rounds · Country silhouettes. Free guest play, with no time pressure.

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Source-checked games · sources checked October 31, 2026; independent expert review not claimed. Finite question banks rotate and eventually repeat. Modern coastlines are navigation references, not ancient continental reconstructions. Read sources and play rules.

PLAY WITH CURIOSITY

The evidence behind the fun.

Eight game mechanics plus a daily remix. Every answer has an explanation and source. The 82 question records and country targets rotate and eventually repeat; they are source-checked on October 31, 2026, not independently expert reviewed.

Country shapes are generalized modern Natural Earth boundaries (public domain). Distances and directions in Shape of the world are to representative country coordinates, not border distances. Hot & cold Earth uses nearest accepted land boundaries with a 40 km tolerance. It is a geographic puzzle, not an animal range map.

Scoring: up to 1,000 per round. Shape and hot/cold: 1,000 on attempt one, then minus 150 per extra attempt, up to six guesses. Species: minus 200 per extra clue; a wrong committed answer gets zero. Year: 1,000 × exp(−absolute year error / 30), rounded. Habitat and chronology: 1,000 correct, zero otherwise. Memory: 5,000 minus 150 per move beyond five, floored at zero. All rules appear before committing.

Use touch, mouse or keyboard. Globe movement is optional; a 2D map, place selector and coordinate form are available. Reduced motion disables reveal movement. Sound is off; there are no autoplay effects or speed bonuses.

Challenge links reproduce the same question set and order on compatible game versions. They are local, unranked and not tamper-proof. Share the link to invite someone to play the same set on DodoHistory.

Natural Earth · Public domain · Representative country coordinates · mledoze/countries · ODbL 1.0 · Adapted coordinate data · Three.js · MIT. Photographs used here retain the individual licenses listed in each reveal; historical reconstructions are labeled.
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