Wordle Spinoff Globle Is A Geographical Take On The Viral Word Game

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The rise of viral game Wordle has been phenomenal. Launched in October and created by one man for his wife, Wordle has gone from 5000 visits per month to 45 million in January. An increase of 900, 900 percent. Pretty amazing for a game that requires you to do nothing more than try to guess a five-letter word in six attempts or less, and that you can only play once a day.

Wordle will have become so ingrained in many of your daily routines by this point that it's probably hard to imagine a time when it disappears. That will happen eventually, probably sooner rather than later following The New York Times' seven-figure acquisition of the game. It has already been teased that Wordle will likely be locked away behind a paywall eventually, which will be sure to drive away many of the millions of are playing it right now.

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When that happens, or if you are looking for some similar daily puzzles to satisfy you while you wait for a new Wordle to drop, then you might want to check out Globle. As you've likely already guessed judging by its name, Globle is a Wordle spinoff that tasks you with figuring out which country has been picked each day as opposed to a five-letter word.

You kick the game off by picking a country, any country, as your starting point. The deeper the shade of red that country appears on the globe, the closer it is to that given day's nation. It's then your job to circle in on whatever the chosen country is. The good news here is you're not limited to six guesses. You can keep guessing until you finally uncover what the country of the day is.

Globle is actually one of many Wordle spinoffs. There's even a very similar game called