How to play Farflung
The daily loop
Each local day is one expedition of five prompts. Read a prompt, pin a country, press drop. A correct pin scores its tier; a wrong pin scores 0. One country can serve two prompts if it genuinely fits both.
The official chart has 197 countries. Where a prompt says “country or territory”, territories count. A new expedition opens at midnight in your own time zone, and each prompt has an optional 60-second clock.
Tiers
Common40 kmThe answer everyone thinks of first.
Uncommon55 kmA solid answer, just off the obvious one.
Rare70 kmYou had to know the map a little better.
Elusive85 kmA deep cut.
Farflung100 kmThe least obvious accepted answer.
A wrong pin is 0 km. Tiers are assigned per prompt, not to countries permanently.
Example
Expedition 1 · 5 October 2026
Pin a country where they drive on the left
CommonJapan · United Kingdom
UncommonAustralia · India · Ireland
RareIndonesia · Malaysia · New Zealand · Pakistan · Singapore …
ElusiveAntigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Bangladesh · Barbados · Bhutan …
FarflungSuriname
Strategy
- Read the parenthetical. Words in brackets are rules: “Overseas territories don’t affect island status” changes the whole answer set.
- The obvious answer is usually Common. Ask what else fits the prompt.
- Small, landlocked and island states fill the 100 km tier. If a prompt has one Common answer and thirty accepted ones, the other twenty-nine are the game.
Official rules: farflung.game/how-to-play · Rulings: farflung.game/rulings