Travle

About Travle

Travle was made by the Irish developer Oisin Carroll, who first shared it in 2023 on his own site. It spread among geography fans that November and later moved to travle.earth as part of Teuteuf Games, the studio behind Worldle and Flagle.

Each day the game names two countries, for example Uzbekistan and Singapore, and you name countries you would pass through on a walk from one to the other. You can guess in any order. Bridges and tunnels count as connections, but exclaves and remote territories do not, and the help page lists the few water crossings it allows. Every guess gets a colour: optimal if it is the next country on the shortest route, good if it is on the route but not next, pretty good if it is close but does not help, and worse for detours or guesses on another landmass. Guesses that are not yet connected to the start stay grey until the chain reaches them.

You only get a few spare guesses beyond the length of the shortest route, and three hints are on offer: the outline of the next country, all the outlines, or the initials. A perfect score means naming the shortest route in order from start to finish. Beyond the world map there are versions for regions and states of more than twenty countries, a practice mode with custom routes, and a tougher weekly route every Monday.

Travle tests something other games in the genre skip: knowing which countries actually share a border. It suits players who already do Worldle or Globle and want a map puzzle that rewards planning a path instead of homing in on a single answer.

How to play Travle

1. Read the start and end countries for today's route.
2. Type a country you think lies between them and submit it.
3. Check its colour: optimal, good, pretty good, a detour, or grey if it is not yet linked to the start.
4. Keep adding countries until there is an unbroken land chain from start to end.
5. If you are stuck, use one of the three hints: the next outline, all outlines, or the initials.
6. Finish within the allowed number of guesses; naming the shortest route in order earns a perfect score.

Tips

• Picture the walk on a map before your first guess and count the countries you expect to cross.
• Name the countries next to the start and end first; the middle of the route usually follows.
• Remember that sea crossings mostly do not count, so islands often force a longer path or are unreachable shortcuts.
• Save hints for the end; showing initials costs less than revealing every outline.
• Play the practice mode to learn borders in regions you keep missing.

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