Farflung Infinite Answers for November 3, 2026

Daily Infinite #3 · Updated: November 3, 2026

Quick answer: Daily Infinite #3 runs today, November 3, 2026. Its five prompts covered land borders, no land borders, country names, official languages and regions. Together they had 50 accepted answers. Prompt 3 had the most options (23), and Prompt 1 had the fewest (4). The answers are hidden below each prompt.

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Prompt 1 ("A country that shares a land border with Thailand") was the tightest prompt, with only 4 accepted countries. Prompt 3 ("A country in Africa whose name ends in "-a"") was the most open, with 23.

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Round at a glance

DateNovember 3, 2026
RoundDaily Infinite #3
Prompts5
Accepted answers (total)50
Outliers found inAsia, Africa and South America

Prompt 1: A country that shares a land border with Thailand

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Category: Land borders. 4 countries are accepted.

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The Outlier answer is in Asia.

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The Outlier starts with "L" and has 4 letters.

Reveal answers
  • Outlier (75 points): Laos. It is the least populous accepted answer (about 7.2 million people), so it is the Outlier. Also borders Cambodia, China, Myanmar and Vietnam.
  • Rare (35 points):
    • Cambodia – Also borders Laos and Vietnam.
  • Uncommon (20 points):
    • Malaysia – Also borders Brunei and Indonesia.
  • Common (10 points):
    • Myanmar – Also borders Bangladesh, China, India and Laos.

Easy to miss: Thailand has 4 land neighbours in this game's border data, and Laos is landlocked.

Prompt 2: A country in Asia with no land border with any other country

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Category: No land borders. 7 countries are accepted.

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The Outlier answer is in Asia.

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The Outlier starts with "M" and has 8 letters.

Reveal answers
  • Outlier (75 points): Maldives. It is the least populous accepted answer (about 531,000 people), so it is the Outlier. Capital Malé; Maldives shares no land border with any country.
  • Rare (35 points):
    • Bahrain – Capital Manama; Bahrain shares no land border with any country.
    • Cyprus – Capital Nicosia; Cyprus shares no land border with any country.
  • Uncommon (20 points):
    • Sri Lanka – Capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte; Sri Lanka shares no land border with any country.
    • Singapore – Capital Singapore; Singapore shares no land border with any country.
  • Common (10 points):
    • Japan – Capital Tokyo; Japan shares no land border with any country.
    • Philippines – Capital Manila; Philippines shares no land border with any country.

Easy to miss: Island countries that share an island with a neighbour, such as Haiti, Ireland, Papua New Guinea or Timor-Leste, do not count.

Prompt 3: A country in Africa whose name ends in "-a"

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Category: Country names. 23 countries are accepted.

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The Outlier answer is in Africa.

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The Outlier starts with "E" and has 16 letters.

Reveal answers
  • Outlier (75 points): Equatorial Guinea. It is the least populous accepted answer (about 1.4 million people), so it is the Outlier. Capital Malabo, Middle Africa.
  • Very Rare (50 points):
    • Mauritania – Capital Nouakchott, Western Africa.
    • Namibia – Capital Windhoek, Southern Africa.
    • Gambia – Capital Banjul, Western Africa.
    • Botswana – Capital Gaborone, Southern Africa.
  • Rare (35 points):
    • Rwanda – Capital Kigali, Eastern Africa.
    • Tunisia – Capital Tunis, Northern Africa.
    • Somalia – Capital Mogadishu, Eastern Africa.
    • Libya – Capital Tripoli, Northern Africa.
    • Eritrea – Capital Asmara, Eastern Africa.
    • Liberia – Capital Monrovia, Western Africa.
  • Uncommon (20 points):
    • Uganda – Capital Kampala, Eastern Africa.
    • Algeria – Capital Algiers, Northern Africa.
    • Angola – Capital Luanda, Middle Africa.
    • Ghana – Capital Accra, Western Africa.
    • Zambia – Capital Lusaka, Eastern Africa.
    • Guinea – Capital Conakry, Western Africa.
  • Common (10 points):
    • Nigeria – Capital Abuja, Western Africa.
    • Ethiopia – Capital Addis Ababa, Eastern Africa.
    • DR Congo – Counts under the name "Congo-Kinshasa". Capital Kinshasa, Middle Africa.
    • South Africa – Capital Pretoria / Cape Town / Bloemfontein, Southern Africa.
    • Tanzania – Capital Dodoma, Eastern Africa.
    • Kenya – Capital Nairobi, Eastern Africa.

Easy to miss: DR Congo counts as "Congo-Kinshasa".

Any common English name counts.

Prompt 4: A country where Russian is an official language

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Category: Official languages. 4 countries are accepted.

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The Outlier answer is in Asia.

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The Outlier starts with "K" and has 10 letters.

Reveal answers
  • Outlier (75 points): Kyrgyzstan. It is the least populous accepted answer (about 6.5 million people), so it is the Outlier. Neighbours on this list: Kazakhstan.
  • Rare (35 points):
    • Belarus – Neighbours on this list: Russia.
  • Uncommon (20 points):
    • Kazakhstan – Neighbours on this list: Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
  • Common (10 points):
    • Russia – Neighbours on this list: Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Easy to miss: Tajikistan calls Russian a language of interethnic communication, not an official language.

Source for this list: List of countries and territories where Russian is an official language (Wikipedia).

Prompt 5: A country in South America

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Category: Regions. 12 countries are accepted.

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The Outlier answer is in South America.

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The Outlier starts with "S" and has 8 letters.

Reveal answers
  • Outlier (75 points): Suriname. It is the least populous accepted answer (about 581,000 people), so it is the Outlier. Capital Paramaribo; Suriname has a coastline and 3 land neighbours.
  • Very Rare (50 points):
    • Uruguay – Capital Montevideo; Uruguay has a coastline and 2 land neighbours.
    • Guyana – Capital Georgetown; Guyana has a coastline and 3 land neighbours.
  • Rare (35 points):
    • Ecuador – Capital Quito; Ecuador has a coastline and 2 land neighbours.
    • Bolivia – Capital Sucre / La Paz; Bolivia is landlocked, bordered by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Peru.
    • Paraguay – Capital Asunción; Paraguay is landlocked, bordered by Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil.
  • Uncommon (20 points):
    • Peru – Capital Lima; Peru has a coastline and 5 land neighbours.
    • Venezuela – Capital Caracas; Venezuela has a coastline and 3 land neighbours.
    • Chile – Capital Santiago; Chile has a coastline and 3 land neighbours.
  • Common (10 points):
    • Brazil – Capital Brasília; Brazil has a coastline and 10 land neighbours.
    • Colombia – Capital Bogotá; Colombia has a coastline and 5 land neighbours.
    • Argentina – Capital Buenos Aires; Argentina has a coastline and 5 land neighbours.

Easy to miss: South America has 12 countries in this game. Smallest by population: Suriname.

Regions follow the UN geoscheme as tagged in Natural Earth.

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