First time playing. Was easy to win today (identify a route from beginning state to ending state, preferably the shortest route). My route worked, but I could have done it with one fewer state.
Not a good performance. Not exactly sure how the scoring works My second strike did touch where I was, and moved me in the right direction, but it was not along the shortest route.
based on some recent results, I started by guessing the same country as the Wordle answer. It wasn’t right, but I wouldn’t have had any much stronger opinion had I considered the picture more. My knowledge of geography around the right answer might not have helped me much even with a better starting guess. Even starting from guess 5, my closest but over 700 miles away, I might not have solved it. Guess 6 was a little better NS but worse EW, still within 800.
#WhereTaken:us: #556 (20.09.2024) 2/6
#travle_usa#460 +0 (Perfect)
My first perfecto. And, if I remember correctly, the same issue that cause me to miss by 1 before: not being sure whether Ohio touched Michigan (it does) or if you have to go through Indiana (adding one extra state)
I might have, too. It’s a place I sometimes guess, and it occurred to me to try it today, but beyond “South Pacific” I don’t know much about its location. There are many other places that meet exactly the same definition. One of the few things I do know (or think I know) is that when Samoa (my 6th guess) was 761 miles away, it wouldn’t be American Samoa.
And yes, I just googled that for confirmation before posting, even though I was pretty sure of it
TIL: You can’t post nested spoilers, or even sequential spoilers, in the same paragraph. Unless there were typos as I attempted it. (Everything was spoilered, but a single click then displayed it all.)