What is Flagle?
Flagle is a daily flag game with a hint of Wordle. The flag of a mystery country is hidden behind six blocks, and you have six guesses to name the country. Each time you guess, one more block of the flag is uncovered, so you see a little more of its colours and shapes with every try. Wrong guesses also tell you how far away your country is from the answer and in which direction, which gives you a second way in. That means you can win in two ways: by recognising the flag from its fragments, or by using the distance and direction clues like a map puzzle until only one country makes sense. Guesses are picked from a list of countries, so spelling is never a problem. If you enjoy it, there's also an unlimited mode for practising flags beyond the daily round. Flagle suits geography fans, flag spotters and families who want a quick, friendly quiz to share.
How to play
- Pick a country from the list as your guess.
- Each guess uncovers another part of the flag and shows distance and direction.
- Name the country within six guesses.
Quick facts
- Typical time
- 1–3 min
- Difficulty
- Easy–medium
- Price
- Free to play.
- Account
- Not needed.
- Past puzzles
- No past days, but an unlimited mode sits behind the ∞ button.
- On a phone
- Works in your phone's browser. Nothing to install.
- Practice
- An unlimited mode for extra rounds.
Tips to get better
- Make the first guess a useful one. You can see almost nothing of the flag at the start, so pick a central country. The distance and direction you get back are worth more than a lucky stab.
- Let the colours suggest a region. Red, yellow and green together are common in Africa. Red, white, green and black often mean the Arab world. Light blue and white turn up a lot in Central and South America.
- Notice the layout. Are the stripes horizontal or vertical? Is there a box in the top corner, a triangle at the side or an off-centre cross? Layouts run in families.
- Combine the two clues. Distance and direction often leave five or six candidates. The visible piece of flag picks between them.
- Learn the lookalikes. Indonesia and Monaco, Chad and Romania, Ireland and Ivory Coast. When you meet one of these pairs, the distance clue settles it.
Who it's for
A game for flag spotters and for families. Guesses are picked from a list, so spelling never gets in the way. Having two kinds of clue makes it forgiving, and it's over in a minute or two. If you already know your flags it can be too easy. If you don't, the first few guesses are mostly a map game. Either way, you end up learning flags.
