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World Clue guide

How to play World Clue

World Clue is a daily geography game where you identify countries from curated clues, bonus questions, and map-based hints.

Goal

  • Guess the 3 secret countries in the daily challenge.
  • You begin each country with 3 starting hints.

Lives

  • You have 6 lives for each country.
  • Each guess, whether it is a country, region, or subregion, uses 1 life.

Each round

  • Guess the country directly, or guess the region to narrow the possibilities.
  • Answer the bonus question for a chance to unlock extra help without losing a life.

Round flow

  • Once your guess is used and the bonus question is answered, the next round starts.
  • New clues appear in each new round.

Win or lose

  • If you solve the country or run out of lives, choose Next Country.
  • You can choose Give Up to reveal the answer and finish the current country immediately.

Other modes

In addition to the daily game, World Clue includes a practice mode for custom rounds, a country explorer for browsing profiles, and a data explorer for comparing country fields.