Odd One Out (Hemiscope)

About Odd One Out (Hemiscope)

Odd One Out is one of the newer Hemiscope dailies. Each round puts four countries on the board along with a rule that three of them share: belonging to a region, being landlocked, having a certain official language, driving on a particular side of the road, or being in the European Union.

You tap the country that does not fit, and you have only one guess per round. There are five rounds a day, and a perfect day earns a share line to send to friends. A practice mode is there when you want more.

It is one of the daily games on Hemiscope, a free collection of short geography, history, logic and ranking puzzles that also includes Timeline, Vault, Ladder and Flip. Each game gets a new puzzle every midnight. You can play in the browser or in the free iPhone app, which adds live duels against friends, an endless Survival mode and explorers to collect with stars earned from the puzzles.

It suits players who like quick yes-or-no country facts, and fans of grouping puzzles like Connections.

How to play Odd One Out (Hemiscope)

1. Open hemiscope.com/odd and choose Daily.
2. Read the rule and the four countries.
3. Tap the one country that does not follow the rule.
4. See the answer and move to the next round.
5. Finish all five rounds and share your result.

Tips

• Driving side catches people out: Japan, the UK, India and much of southern Africa drive on the left.
• Landlocked countries include some surprising ones, such as Bolivia and Paraguay.
• Check official languages carefully: several countries have more than one.

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