Geo Cross (Geoworldle)

Geo Cross lays out a staggered grid of letter boxes, one row per country, with a single column picked out in blue down the middle. Each row is a different country, and once they are all in place the blue column spells one more country, the mystery nation of the day.

You do not start with a clue list. You can work from the row lengths and the shape of the grid alone, or open Show Hint, which gives each row's letter count and one clue: the country's flag, a neighbouring country, its capital, its continent or its time zone. A separate button shows each row's first letter. Answers are always the common English names of sovereign states, so no territories or old names.

A new grid comes out at midnight in your own time zone, and everyone gets the same one. There is a give-up button, a share button for a spoiler-free result, and a stats panel with games played, wins, points and streaks. Scores go on daily, weekly and monthly leaderboards. An Unlimited mode lets you practise and replay past grids without touching your daily streak.

It is one of the Geoworldle family of map and flag dailies, beside FlagGrid and others, and suits players who like spelling out country names as much as placing them on a map. The site carries ads around the game.