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Pin Drop

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How Pin Drop works

  1. 1Five cities, one at a time. Tap the globe to drop your pin, then confirm.
  2. 2You score up to 5,000 points per city: the closer, the more.
  3. 3Rounds get harder. The last city only shows its country's flag.
  4. 4Score 12,500 or more to win the day; 25,000 is perfect.

GlobeFor travellers, map lovers and geography classes

How to play Pin Drop

Pin Drop tests your mental map down to the kilometre. Spin, zoom in, and drop your pin as close as you dare.

  1. Read the city and its country.
  2. Spin and zoom the globe, then tap to drop your pin. You can move it before confirming.
  3. Confirm to see the real location and how many kilometres off you were.
  4. Five rounds, then share your score.

Tips

  • Zoom in before you tap — it's easy to lose 200 km on a small globe.
  • Rivers and coastlines are your landmarks: most big cities sit on one.
  • Keyboard: arrows to spin, + and − to zoom, Enter drops the pin at the crosshair.

FAQ

How is the score calculated?
5,000 × e^(−km ÷ 1,500) per round: about 4,670 points at 100 km, 2,570 at 1,000 km and almost nothing beyond 7,000 km.
Where do the city locations come from?
From Natural Earth's populated places dataset (public domain).
When does a new puzzle come out?
Every day at 00:00 UTC. The countdown shows exactly when.