Antipodal is a daily geography puzzle. Each day you are shown one hidden
location on a 3D globe, and your job is to guess its
antipode — the exact opposite point on Earth — within
five guesses.
The rules
A red marker on the globe shows the day's mystery location.
Type your guess for where its antipode lies. Suggestions appear as you type.
Each guess returns the distance between your answer and the true antipode.
You get five guesses. Solve it and the puzzle is complete; run out and the answer
is revealed.
A new puzzle appears every day, the same one for everybody.
Warmer and colder hints
Your first guess simply reports how far away it landed. From the second guess onward
you also get a direction of travel, comparing against your previous attempt:
Warmer
Closer to the antipode than your last guess
Colder
Further from the antipode than your last guess
Same
The distance did not change
Distances can be shown in kilometres or miles — switch units under Settings.
What counts as a guess
Guesses are places, not coordinates: countries, oceans and seas are all accepted.
Start typing and the game suggests matching names, which saves worrying about spelling
or the exact form of a name.
Tips for getting closer, faster
Flip the hemisphere first. An antipode is always in the opposite
hemisphere. If the marker is north of the equator, the answer is south of it — that
alone halves the globe.
Guess water early. Most antipodes are in open ocean, so a large
ocean is a strong opening guess that narrows things quickly.
Learn the famous pairs. Spain and New Zealand, China and
Argentina, and Japan and the South Atlantic come up again and again. The
antipode lookup is the fastest way to build that intuition.
Use the distance, not just the hint. A drop from 8,000 km to
2,000 km tells you far more than "warmer" alone.
Ready to play?
The daily puzzle is free and takes a couple of minutes.