How to Play Farflung Infinite
Updated: November 1, 2026
Quick answer: Each round of Farflung Infinite has five prompts. For each prompt you pin one country on the world map that fits it. Correct answers score points by rarity, and less obvious answers score more. A wrong answer scores nothing. After five prompts you see every accepted answer and can start a new round right away.
What are the rules of Farflung Infinite?
The rules fit in five lines:
- A round is five prompts.
- For each prompt, you choose one country by placing a pin on the map.
- Most prompts have several correct answers.
- Each correct answer has a rarity tier, and rarer tiers score more.
- You get one answer per prompt. Once you confirm it, it's locked.
You can use the same country for more than one prompt if it fits each of them.
How do you play, step by step?
- Start a round. The game opens on the Infinite tab with an unlimited round ready to play. Switch to the Daily tab for the shared Daily Infinite round.
- Read the prompt. Prompts cover topics like land borders, regions, official languages, coastlines, rivers, mountain ranges, lines of latitude, population and country names. For example: "A country that shares a land border with Brazil."
- List candidates in your head. Brazil borders ten countries, so you have plenty of correct options. Argentina and Colombia are what most people think of first. Suriname, or France (through French Guiana), are less obvious.
- Place your pin. Tap or click the country, or type its name in the search box. Tap another country to move the pin. Zoom in for small countries; tiny island states are drawn as small circles.
- Confirm. Press Lock it in. The game shows whether the answer counts and which tier it is, and lights up every accepted country on the map.
- Repeat for all five prompts.
- Review the results. The end screen lists every accepted answer for each prompt, ordered by rarity, so you can see what you missed.
- Play again. Press Play again for a new round, or share your result as an emoji grid that doesn't reveal your answers.
How does scoring work?
Your score comes entirely from the correct answers you pin.
| Tier | What it means | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Common | Most populous accepted countries; the answer we expect most players to think of first | Lowest |
| Uncommon | Correct, a little less obvious | Low |
| Rare | Takes some real geography knowledge | Medium |
| Very Rare | Among the least populous accepted countries | High |
| Outlier | The least populous accepted country | Highest |
| Miss | The country doesn't fit the prompt | 0 |
In the game, Common is worth 10 points, Uncommon 20, Rare 35, Very Rare 50 and Outlier 75, so a perfect round of five Outliers scores 375. Rarity is our own estimate: for each prompt we rank the accepted countries by population (from Natural Earth data), treat the most populous as the most familiar, and give the least populous the Outlier tier. Prompts with five or fewer accepted countries skip the Very Rare tier, so not every prompt uses all five tiers.
Every prompt has at least one Outlier, so every prompt rewards digging deeper.
How do territories and small countries count?
The game uses a list of 195 countries: the 193 United Nations members plus Vatican City and Palestine. Regions that are part of a country's main territory count for that country, so French Guiana counts as France and Alaska counts as the United States. Places drawn as separate territories on the map, such as Greenland or Puerto Rico, are shown in grey and can't be picked. Small island countries still count even though they are tiny on the map; they are drawn as small circles, and you can also type their name. Taps on the sea or on a grey area don't place a pin.
What is the Daily Infinite round?
Daily Infinite is one shared round that's the same for every player on a given date. It changes at midnight UTC (00:00 UTC). Its answers appear the same day on the answers page behind spoiler protection, and past days are saved in the Archive. Unlimited rounds draw prompts at random and have no answer page.
The Daily Infinite round is separate from the official Farflung daily game. The official game starts a new day at midnight in your local time and shows its answers inside the game after you finish.
What strategies help you find rarer answers?
1. Skip your first thought. The first country you think of is usually the Common answer. Name it to yourself, then look for a second and a third before you pin anything.
2. Think about small and island countries. Small states, microstates and island nations come up in many categories (languages, regions, coastlines, population bands) and are often overlooked. Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Malta, Brunei and the Pacific island countries are worth keeping in mind.
3. Remember overseas regions. French Guiana is part of France, so France borders Brazil and Suriname. Spain touches Morocco through Ceuta and Melilla. Links like these can turn an unlikely country into a correct answer.
4. Use official languages, not common ones. Many countries have more than one official language. Belgium, Switzerland, Canada and several African countries are frequent surprise answers to language prompts.
5. Work through the region. When a prompt names a region or a border, go around the map one neighbor at a time instead of guessing. You'll find answers you would have skipped.
6. Don't risk a miss for rarity. A miss scores zero. If you aren't sure the rare country fits, a safe Uncommon answer beats a wrong Outlier.
7. Study the results screen. Every round shows all the accepted answers. Reading them is the fastest way to improve, and since Farflung Infinite has no daily limit, you can play again right away to put what you learned to use.
How is this different from playing the original Farflung?
The original Farflung at farflung.game gives you one daily game of five prompts, an untimed practice round, and difficulty options such as hiding borders or adding a clock. Farflung Infinite keeps the same five-prompt, one-pin format but lets you play unlimited rounds with our own generated prompts. To keep a daily streak or have official rulings decide what counts, use the original.