Answers for 16 October 2026
Puzzle #2. These are the answers to that day's free daily puzzles – the same for every player. Missed it? Each puzzle has a button to play it now (it does not count for your streak). Today's puzzles are new: play them here.
Mystery Country
Romania
- Capital
- Bucharest
- Population
- 19,356,544
- Area
- 238,391 km²
Learn where it is and what it looks like: Romania.
Border Hop
From Chile to Belgium. The shortest route crosses 4 borders; these countries are on a shortest route:
Country Grid
Every country that fits each box (any one of them counts):
| Within 10° of the equator | Under 1 million people | Exactly 1 neighbour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 7 possibleBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste | 3 possibleBhutan, Brunei, Maldives | 4 possibleBrunei, Qatar, South Korea, Timor-Leste |
| Africa | 23 possibleBenin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia and 15 more | 5 possibleCabo Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles | 3 possibleGambia, Lesotho, Morocco |
| The Americas | 9 possibleBrazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname and 1 more | 11 possibleAntigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St Kitts and Nevis and 3 more | 3 possibleCanada, Dominican Republic, Haiti |
Odd One Out
Five quick rounds of four countries – three share something, one doesn't. The rounds are explained in the game after each answer.