Originle

About Originle

Originle is a daily geography game built around people rather than maps. Each day has one guest, a real person filmed speaking about themselves and the country they represent, and everyone who plays that day meets the same guest.

You start by watching the guest's first video. From there you can reveal up to eight clues, one at a time, and they get easier as you go; the outline of the guest's country is one of them. Every clue costs points, from 250 for the first to 1,750 for the last, and a wrong guess takes away 30% of what you have. You get three guesses, and even if you miss all three or give up, you still score for how close you came.

A globe works as a scratchpad: you can spin it, flag countries as hunches and keep notes before you lock in a guess. When the day is done it shows what everyone else guessed. The game warns that many guests belong to a diaspora, so the answer is the country of their roots and culture, not always where they live, and an accent can mislead you.

It suits players who like Worldle and Globle but want a puzzle with a human side, where listening matters as much as knowing a map. The guests are real people who apply to take part, and the game pays those it selects.

How to play Originle

1. Open Originle and press play to meet the day's guest.
2. Watch the first video and listen for hints about where they come from.
3. Reveal more clues if you need them; there are eight, each easier and more costly than the last.
4. Use the globe to flag possible countries and keep notes.
5. Lock in a guess by pressing and holding; you have three, and each miss costs 30% of your points.
6. See your score out of 10,000 and what other players guessed.

Tips

• Guess the country of the guest's roots and culture, not where they live now: an American or Australian accent does not mean the answer is the US or Australia.
• Clues get more expensive as you go, so a confident guess after one or two clues often scores better than waiting for an easy one.
• Flag your hunches on the globe before guessing; flags cost nothing, while a wrong guess costs 30% of your points.
• Turn on captions if you cannot play sound, so you do not miss what the guest says.

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