After each guess you see the distance to the hidden city in kilometers and an arrow that points from your guess toward it. North is up.
After each wrong guess, one clue opens, in this order: region, population, number of letters in the name, country, first letter.
If the sixth guess is wrong, the board shows the answer.
How to play here
Type at least two letters of a city name. Suggestions show under the box, the biggest cities first.
Tap a suggestion, or use the Up and Down arrow keys and press Enter. Enter alone picks the first suggestion.
Your guesses are listed newest first, with the distance and the arrow.
Difficulty levels
Level
The city population of the hidden city
Easy
2 million people or more
Medium
500,000 to 2 million
Hard
150,000 to 500,000
Expert
fewer than 150,000
Strategy
Start big and central: a well-known city near the middle of a continent tells you a lot with its arrow.
Use two arrows: the hidden city is where the lines from two guesses cross.
Read the clues together: region plus population plus the number of letters can leave only a few names.
FAQ
How is the level decided?
By the city population of the hidden city: the people who live in the city itself, not in its whole metropolitan area (Paris counts about 2.1 million). Easy cities have 2 million people or more, medium 500,000 or more, hard 150,000 or more, and expert cities are smaller.
Which cities can I guess?
Any city in the list, at every level: about 5,800 cities around the world with 100,000 people or more. Pick your guess from the suggestions under the box.
How are distance and direction measured?
The distance is the great-circle distance between the two cities, in kilometers. The arrow shows the direction you would set off in from your guess to reach the hidden city, to the nearest of 8 compass points.
Is there a new city every day?
Yes. At each level a city does not come back until every city of that level was played: after 208 days at easy, 952 at medium, 2,679 at hard and 1,972 at expert. Earlier cities are in the archive.
Where does the city data come from?
From GeoNames and Wikidata.
Do I need an account to play?
No. You play right in your browser, with no sign-up and no cookies. Your progress is saved in your browser.