How to play Globle
Globle hides one country somewhere on the globe. You find it by guessing other countries and reading how hot or cold each one is.
The goal
Find the mystery country in as few guesses as possible. There is no limit on guesses and no timer, so take your time: every guess gives you new information.
- Type the name of any country and press Enter (or tap Guess).
- The country lights up on the globe in a colour that shows how close it is to the answer.
- Use the colours to narrow down the area and keep guessing.
- When you guess the right country it turns green and the round is over.
What the colours mean
The colour scale runs from pale cream for countries on the far side of the world to deep red for countries that touch the answer:
The list next to the globe shows the exact distance of every guess and keeps them sorted from closest to farthest, with your best guess at the top.
If reds and oranges are hard for you to tell apart, switch on the colour-blind palette in Settings. It goes from bright yellow (close) to blue (far).
How distance is measured
Globle measures the shortest distance between the borders of two countries, along the surface of the Earth. It does not use capitals or centres. That has a few consequences worth knowing:
- Neighbours are 0 km away. Any country that shares a land border with the answer is shown as “Border” and coloured deep red.
- Big countries are close to many places. Russia is a “neighbour” of countries from Norway to North Korea, so a red Russia still leaves a lot of possibilities.
- Islands count from their coast. The United Kingdom is only about 40 km from France, across the Channel.
- Overseas territories are ignored for distance. France and the Netherlands are measured from their European land, so French Guiana does not make France “close” to Brazil.
Country names
Globle uses 197 countries: the members of the United Nations plus Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo and Taiwan. Suggestions appear as you type, and many alternative names are understood: Burma for Myanmar, Holland for the Netherlands, Czech Republic for Czechia, Swaziland for Eswatini, East Timor for Timor-Leste, and short forms such as USA, UK or UAE.
Territories such as Greenland, Puerto Rico, New Caledonia or Western Sahara are drawn in grey for orientation, but they are never the answer. Very small countries, like Malta or Tuvalu, get a ring marker when you guess them so you can see them on the globe.
Hints and giving up
Stuck? After 3 guesses you can reveal the continent, after 7 the region (for example “Western Africa”), and after 11 the first letter of the answer. Hints are optional and are shown with a 💡 when you share your result.
In the daily game you can give up after 10 guesses; in Unlimited, after 3. Giving up shows the answer and ends your daily streak.
Daily game, streaks and sharing
The daily mystery country changes at midnight in your local time and is the same for everyone. Solve it on consecutive days to build a streak. Your statistics, streak and current game are stored in your browser, so you can close the page and come back later.
When you finish, Share result copies a spoiler-free summary: one coloured square per guess, from your first to the green one.
Want more than one round a day? Globle Unlimited picks a new random country every time and keeps separate statistics.
Controls
- Spin: drag the globe with your mouse or finger. Let go while moving and it keeps spinning.
- Zoom: mouse wheel, pinch with two fingers, or the + and − buttons.
- Jump to a guess: click any country in the list and the globe flies to it.
- See a name: hover over (or tap) a guessed country on the globe.
- Keyboard: press / to jump to the input, use the arrow keys to pick a suggestion and Enter to guess.