Spin-offs of a game reinvent the original with surprising changes in themes and gameplay. While there is no shortage of variations that stick to the familiar word game formula, quite a few developers have also taken the liberty of embracing its essence but transforming the entire design. Let’s take a look at Globle, one such fluid variation of Wordle.

Globle is a riff on Wordle by a web developer who goes by the nom de guerre "The Abe Train", where the gameplay involves guessing a "Mystery Country" based on hints provided by the system. It's a daily guessing game based on geography, providing us with a fun-sized interactive globe to help us find the mystery country of the day.

While there may only be 197 possible "correct answers", it is nearly impossible for any player to know them all; even if you do know all the countries by name, the question remains whether you can make the right guess based on their relative positions revealed by the hints in the game. I know I don't, so let's see how well I do in the game when we put it to the test.

Globle can be played online at the host page at globle-game.com, on any web browser. It goes without saying that most devices that support web browsing and have an active internet connection can be used as a medium to reach the game. This includes Android and iOS devices (phones, tablets and TVs) and computers.