Farflung Infinite Answers for November 1, 2026
Daily Infinite #1 · Updated: November 1, 2026
Quick answer: Daily Infinite #1 runs today, November 1, 2026. Its five prompts covered land borders, country names, population, mountain ranges and regions. Together they had 42 accepted answers. Prompt 5 had the most options (18), and Prompt 2 had the fewest (3). The answers are hidden below each prompt.
What made this round tricky?
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Prompt 2 ("A country in Europe whose name starts with I") was the tightest prompt, with only 3 accepted countries. Prompt 5 ("A country in Eastern Africa") was the most open, with 18.
- Prompt 1: Zimbabwe has 4 land neighbours in this game's border data, and Botswana and Zambia are landlocked. Not accepted: Namibia. Namibia and Zimbabwe share no border; at Kazungula they come within about 150 m of each other.
- Prompt 2: 3 countries fit. The least populous, Iceland, is the one players skip most.
- Prompt 3: Closest country that just misses the cut: Trinidad and Tobago, with about 1.4 million people.
- Prompt 4: Easy to miss: Monaco. Monaco sits on the edge of the Maritime Alps and is one of the eight Alpine Convention countries.
- Prompt 5: Eastern Africa has 18 countries in this game. Smallest by population: Seychelles.
These notes name answers, so skip them if you want to solve the round first.
Round at a glance
| Date | November 1, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Round | Daily Infinite #1 |
| Prompts | 5 |
| Accepted answers (total) | 42 |
| Outliers found in | Africa, Europe and North America |
Prompt 1: A country that shares a land border with Zimbabwe
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Category: Land borders. 4 countries are accepted.
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The Outlier answer is in Africa.
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The Outlier starts with "B" and has 8 letters.
Reveal answers
- Outlier (75 points): Botswana. It is the least populous accepted answer (about 2.3 million people), so it is the Outlier. Also borders Namibia, South Africa and Zambia.
- Rare (35 points):
- Zambia – Also borders Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Tanzania.
- Uncommon (20 points):
- Mozambique – Also borders Eswatini, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
- Common (10 points):
- South Africa – Also borders Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia.
Easy to miss: Zimbabwe has 4 land neighbours in this game's border data, and Botswana and Zambia are landlocked. Not accepted: Namibia. Namibia and Zimbabwe share no border; at Kazungula they come within about 150 m of each other.
Prompt 2: A country in Europe whose name starts with I
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Category: Country names. 3 countries are accepted.
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The Outlier answer is in Europe.
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The Outlier starts with "I" and has 7 letters.
Reveal answers
- Outlier (75 points): Iceland. It is the least populous accepted answer (about 361,000 people), so it is the Outlier. Capital Reykjavík, Northern Europe.
- Uncommon (20 points):
- Ireland – Capital Dublin, Northern Europe.
- Common (10 points):
- Italy – Capital Rome, Southern Europe.
Easy to miss: 3 countries fit. The least populous, Iceland, is the one players skip most.
Any common English name counts.
Prompt 3: A country in North America (incl. Central America & the Caribbean) with fewer than 1 million people
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Category: Population. 9 countries are accepted.
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The Outlier answer is in North America (including Central America and the Caribbean).
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The Outlier starts with "S" and has 18 letters.
Reveal answers
- Outlier (75 points): Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is the least populous accepted answer (about 53,000 people), so it is the Outlier.
- Very Rare (50 points):
- Dominica – About 72,000 people.
- Rare (35 points):
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – About 111,000 people.
- Antigua and Barbuda – About 97,000 people.
- Uncommon (20 points):
- Saint Lucia – About 183,000 people.
- Grenada – About 112,000 people.
- Common (10 points):
- Belize – About 390,000 people.
- Bahamas – About 389,000 people.
- Barbados – About 287,000 people.
Easy to miss: Closest country that just misses the cut: Trinidad and Tobago, with about 1.4 million people.
Population figures are Natural Earth estimates.
Prompt 4: A country the Alps reach into
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Category: Mountain ranges. 8 countries are accepted.
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The Outlier answer is in Europe.
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The Outlier starts with "L" and has 13 letters.
Reveal answers
- Outlier (75 points): Liechtenstein. It is the least populous accepted answer (about 38,000 people), so it is the Outlier. Liechtenstein lies entirely within the Alps.
- Very Rare (50 points):
- Monaco – Monaco sits on the edge of the Maritime Alps and is one of the eight Alpine Convention countries.
- Rare (35 points):
- Switzerland – Neighbours on this list: Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Liechtenstein.
- Slovenia – The Julian Alps, including Triglav, are in northwestern Slovenia.
- Uncommon (20 points):
- Italy – Neighbours on this list: Austria, France, Slovenia and Switzerland.
- Austria – Neighbours on this list: Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.
- Common (10 points):
- Germany – Germany's share is the Bavarian Alps, with its highest peak, the Zugspitze.
- France – Neighbours on this list: Germany, Italy, Monaco and Switzerland.
Easy to miss: Easy to miss: Monaco. Monaco sits on the edge of the Maritime Alps and is one of the eight Alpine Convention countries.
Source for this list: Alps (Wikipedia).
Prompt 5: A country in Eastern Africa
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Category: Regions. 18 countries are accepted.
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The Outlier answer is in Africa.
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The Outlier starts with "S" and has 10 letters.
Reveal answers
- Outlier (75 points): Seychelles. It is the least populous accepted answer (about 98,000 people), so it is the Outlier. Capital Victoria; Seychelles is an island country with no land border.
- Very Rare (50 points):
- Mauritius – Capital Port Louis; Mauritius is an island country with no land border.
- Djibouti – Capital Djibouti; Djibouti has a coastline and 3 land neighbours.
- Comoros – Capital Moroni; Comoros is an island country with no land border.
- Rare (35 points):
- Rwanda – Capital Kigali; Rwanda is landlocked, bordered by Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania and Uganda.
- Burundi – Capital Bujumbura; Burundi is landlocked, bordered by DR Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania.
- South Sudan – Capital Juba; South Sudan is landlocked, bordered by Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda.
- Somalia – Capital Mogadishu; Somalia has a coastline and 3 land neighbours.
- Eritrea – Capital Asmara; Eritrea has a coastline and 3 land neighbours.
- Uncommon (20 points):
- Madagascar – Capital Antananarivo; Madagascar is an island country with no land border.
- Malawi – Capital Lilongwe; Malawi is landlocked, bordered by Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia.
- Zambia – Capital Lusaka; Zambia is landlocked, bordered by Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
- Zimbabwe – Capital Harare; Zimbabwe is landlocked, bordered by Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.
- Common (10 points):
- Ethiopia – Capital Addis Ababa; Ethiopia is landlocked, bordered by Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan.
- Tanzania – Capital Dodoma; Tanzania has a coastline and 8 land neighbours.
- Kenya – Capital Nairobi; Kenya has a coastline and 5 land neighbours.
- Uganda – Capital Kampala; Uganda is landlocked, bordered by DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan and Tanzania.
- Mozambique – Capital Maputo; Mozambique has a coastline and 6 land neighbours.
Easy to miss: Eastern Africa has 18 countries in this game. Smallest by population: Seychelles.
Regions follow the UN geoscheme as tagged in Natural Earth.