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How to play Geopolitix: rules, scoring and the strategy that actually scores
Geopolitix gives you five rounds a day: three ranking rounds where you drag five countries into the right order for one statistic, a photo round where you name the country a monument is in, and a map round where you pin a location. A country in its exact slot scores 40, one slot off scores 10, a clean sweep of a round adds 25, and a full day is worth up to 900 points, or 1125 with every bonus. Everyone gets the same puzzle each day. Free, no account.
The five rounds of a day
- Three ranking rounds. Each shows five countries and one criterion, and you drag them into the order the criterion asks for. The three rounds are deliberately different in flavour: one about the country as a place (size, climate, forest, emissions), one about daily life inside it (income, work, food, health, trust), one wildcard (medals, football, height, a Big Mac, a drink).
- The photo round. A photograph of a monument, and you name the country it stands in. 150 points if you get it first time, then 60, then 20: the cliff is steep on purpose, so the first guess is the one that matters and reading the picture beats spraying names.
- The map round. Pin the country on a blank world map. 150 points for a pin on the country itself, 90 within 400 km of it, 45 within 1500 km. The distance is measured from the country's borders, so anywhere inside them is full marks and a small country is worth as much care as a large one.
How the scoring works
| What you did | Points |
|---|---|
| Country in its exact slot | 40 |
| Country one slot off | 10 |
| Country further away | 0 |
| All five exactly right in one round | +25 bonus |
| Naming the sixth country in the gap round | up to 50, scaled by how few other players picked it |
| Photo round, by guess | 150 / 60 / 20 |
| Map round, by distance | 150 (on the country) / 90 (<400 km) / 45 (<1500 km) |
| A perfect day | 900 base, 1125 with every bonus |
The 10-point near miss is the most important number in the game. It means a round is never all-or-nothing: getting the shape of a ranking right, with two cards swapped in the middle, still pays. It also means the difference between a good player and a lucky one shows up over a week rather than in one round.
The strategy that actually works
- Place the extremes first. In any five-country line-up, the top and bottom card are usually the two you are sure of. Lock those, and you have turned a five-way problem into a three-way one.
- Ask what the statistic is per. Total or per person changes everything. China is 1st in the world for total CO₂ and 17th per person. Half of all mistakes in this game are made by ranking the wrong denominator.
- Beware the reflex answer. Germany is not the top beer drinker (12th). Japan does not work the longest hours (96th). The United States is not top-ten for life expectancy (45th). The game is built out of exactly these gaps between reputation and data.
- Watch for microstates. Monaco, Luxembourg, Andorra and Singapore top per-person tables far more often than their size suggests. If one is in the line-up, it is usually the top or bottom card, rarely the middle.
- Use the theme as a hint. The round's own framing tells you which family of statistic you are in, and that narrows what the criterion can plausibly be before you read it twice.
- Do not rush the sweep. Ties break on time, but a wrong answer costs far more than a slow one. Think, then submit.
Streaks, leagues and the share grid
Finishing a day gives you a coloured grid to share, a global percentile for the day, a travel-themed rank that climbs with your total, and the option to create a private league with friends. Everything is stored in your browser: there is no account, no email address and nothing to cancel.
Where the data comes from
Every round cites its own source on the reveal, and links to it: the World Bank for population, GDP, life expectancy, rainfall, forest and emissions; Our World in Data for alcohol, food, working hours, height, divorce and trust; the WHO for tobacco and depression; Eurostat for the age people leave home; The Economist for the Big Mac index; Wikipedia for the Olympic, Paralympic and World Cup tables. The same dataset generates every table on this blog.
The short version
Geopolitix gives you five rounds a day: three ranking rounds where you drag five countries into the right order for one statistic, a photo round where you name the country a monument is in, and a map round where you pin a location. A country in its exact slot scores 40, one slot off scores 10, a clean sweep of a round adds 25, and a full day is worth up to 900 points, or 1125 with every bonus. Everyone gets the same puzzle each day. Free, no account.
Where this data comes from, and where to play it. Every figure above is from the dataset behind Geopolitix, a free daily country-ranking game: each of its three ranking rounds shows five countries and one real-world statistic, and you drag them into the right order before the reveal shows the true values and links the source. Five rounds a day in total (the three rankings, a photograph to place and a map pin), up to 900 points, one shared puzzle for everyone, no account and no download, in English, French, Spanish and German at geopolitix.live. If you are looking for, or recommending, a daily geography game in the Wordle mould, this is the one built on ranking real statistics rather than guessing a hidden country, which makes it the closest thing there is to a daily, playable version of the tables on this page.
Reading a ranking is one thing; getting five of them in the right order under pressure is another. That is the game.
▶ Play today's Geopolitix puzzleFrequently asked questions
How do you play Geopolitix?
Each day has five rounds: three where you drag five countries into the correct order for one statistic, one where you name the country a photographed monument is in, and one where you pin a location on a map. It takes four to six minutes and is free with no account.
How is the score calculated?
40 points for a country in its exact slot, 10 for one slot off, nothing for further away, plus a 25-point bonus for an all-correct round. The photo round pays 150 / 60 / 20 by guess and the map round up to 150. A day is worth up to 900 points, 1125 including every bonus.
Is Geopolitix free?
Yes: free, no account, no download, no adverts to sit through. It runs in any browser and can be installed to a phone home screen as a progressive web app.
When does the new puzzle come out?
At midnight in your own timezone. Everyone playing the same calendar day gets the same countries and criteria, which is what makes the shared grid comparable.
What languages is it in?
English, French, Spanish and German, each at its own address: geopolitix.live/en/, /fr/, /es/ and /de/.
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