Can you name the country, given hints about letter positions? by puckett86

Can you name the country, given hints about letter positions?

created by puckett86

Enter a country in the box below
Correctly named countries will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Hints reveal where certain letters are in the country's name, but, unlike actual Mastermind, they will not tell you if letters are right but in wrong position. Countries with no matches don't appear.
Source: Also try the sequel!
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Hints	Countries
Type Go to begin
and then guess countries!
4th letter A, 6th letter I
6th letter I
6th letter I
6th letter I
2nd letter A, 4th letter A
2nd letter A, 6th letter I
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
3rd letter L, 4th letter A
3rd letter L
3rd letter L
3rd letter L, 6th letter I
5th letter W
6th letter I
3rd letter L
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
2nd letter A, 4th letter A
2nd letter A
3rd letter L
6th letter I
4th letter A, 6th letter I
4th letter A
6th letter I
6th letter I
4th letter A
4th letter A
4th letter A
6th letter I
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
6th letter I
4th letter A
2nd letter A
4th letter A
2nd letter A, 4th letter A
2nd letter A, 4th letter A
2nd letter A, 4th letter A
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
6th letter I
1st letter M, 2nd letter A
1st letter M, 2nd letter A, 4th letter A
1st letter M, 2nd letter A, 3rd letter L, 4th letter A
1st letter M, 2nd letter A, 3rd letter L
1st letter M, 2nd letter A, 3rd letter L
1st letter M, 2nd letter A, 3rd letter L
1st letter M, 2nd letter A
1st letter M, 2nd letter A
1st letter M, 2nd letter A
1st letter M
1st letter M
1st letter M, 3rd letter L
1st letter M, 4th letter A
1st letter M
1st letter M
1st letter M
1st letter M, 4th letter A
1st letter M
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
4th letter A
4th letter A
6th letter I
2nd letter A
2nd letter A, 3rd letter L, 4th letter A
2nd letter A, 4th letter A
2nd letter A
2nd letter A, 4th letter A
3rd letter L, 4th letter A
2nd letter A, 4th letter A
4th letter A, 6th letter I
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
3rd letter L
4th letter A, 6th letter I
4th letter A
2nd letter A
2nd letter A, 6th letter I
2nd letter A
6th letter I
4th letter A
4th letter A
6th letter I
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
2nd letter A
No, but I had a feeling you'd guess that.
No, but at least you spelled it right!
No, but is this distracting?
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Country Mastermind Quiz

by puckett86

Created May 12, 2010 in Just For Fun
Game Plays 3,823

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	GeoFTW7:	May 13th, 2010 at 04:39 GMT	7 points
	Cool.

	formicbean:	May 13th, 2010 at 05:56 GMT	12 points
	Maybe a bit more time, especially since one has to go through several countries just to get one letter. Unless if I'm doing it wrong. But it was pretty cool.

	wolfpackjew:	May 13th, 2010 at 06:16 GMT	3 points
	i'm glad my natural inclination was to guess Israel first. It made a little sense after that.

	juliang:	May 13th, 2010 at 08:47 GMT	7 points
	Really good but needs more time.

	cuendillar:	May 13th, 2010 at 10:39 GMT	3 points
	The hint for trying Kazakhstan is incomplete.

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	midlifecrisis:	May 13th, 2010 at 12:34 GMT	-4 points
	I don't understand this game at all.

	CooCooCachoo:	May 13th, 2010 at 12:38 GMT	-1 points
	Nice idea, but it was too easy.

	dtro:	May 13th, 2010 at 12:41 GMT	4 points
	Needs more time.

	puckett86:	May 13th, 2010 at 12:44 GMT	6 points
	@formicbean Actually, about half of world's countries will give you at least one letter in the country's name. So, on average, it should only take you about 2 guesses to get the first hint. After you get the first hint, the rest shouldn't be too bad. But I am going to change it to 2 minutes, since a couple others have said there should be more time.

	Kballs:	May 13th, 2010 at 12:52 GMT	6 points
	Nice. I should've gotten it much sooner since I got the first four letters pretty quickly, but my brain withheld it until 15 seconds left.

	godpaul26:	May 13th, 2010 at 14:15 GMT	5 points
	yeah guessing moldova first helped for sure, got it in 4. Good idea, fun quiz

	sbelkoski:	May 13th, 2010 at 16:22 GMT	5 points
	Zimbabwe does not have an "a" as the second letter.

	rk559:	May 13th, 2010 at 16:23 GMT	3 points
	This is like Lingo. Very cool.

	BondFan4518:	May 13th, 2010 at 16:46 GMT	3 points
	Very nice. Deserves a front page mention, me thinks.

	Pit_trout:	May 13th, 2010 at 16:59 GMT	11 points
	The wording of "Guess any country to start" made it a bit confusing when I tried several countries and nothing happened; I think it's more helpful if the countries with no letters in common at least give a message saying so (as a few seem to at the moment, but not many). V nice quiz, though!

	ThomasNast:	May 13th, 2010 at 19:15 GMT	1 point
	i don't get it.. you're only giving the hint after you guess a country. anyone care to explain this quiz?

	ThomasNast:	May 13th, 2010 at 19:17 GMT	2 points
	nevermind... i get it now.. it is like lingo! love that game.

	Bord3r:	May 13th, 2010 at 19:36 GMT	4 points
	Really fun quiz thought I'd never get it, good old Malta helped a little

	puckett86:	May 13th, 2010 at 20:18 GMT	4 points
	@sbelkoski Thanks. I removed Zimbabwe. @rk559 Maybe "Country Lingo" would have been a better name, but I have never played Lingo so I didn't know what it was. @Pit_trout I had originally planned to include all the countries. The problem is that then the page gets too crowded.

	randomhandle:	May 13th, 2010 at 22:26 GMT	-4 points
	A few of the countries don't work. This gets confusing.

	Stoudty:	May 14th, 2010 at 02:28 GMT	-3 points
	ive been playing for a half hour and so confused...answer please? my mind is falling apart.

	exackerly:	May 14th, 2010 at 04:19 GMT	4 points
	EZ

	Chipmunkdavis:	May 14th, 2010 at 08:12 GMT	2 points
	Wow. I just went through the whole of Eurasia. Took me awhile to get the point! Maybe explain abit more in the instructions.

	rosafiffly:	May 14th, 2010 at 09:16 GMT	6 points
	... so i tried a few countries; philippines, thailand, and many others. They were not accepted. Maybe you shouldn't have entered ANY country in your answer bar, as that's clearly not true

	puckett86:	May 14th, 2010 at 13:08 GMT	5 points
	I explain in the notes that countries that don't have any letter matches will not appear as hints. I only have 200 characters in the notes so it's hard to cover everything.

	GurS:	May 16th, 2010 at 11:18 GMT	4 points
	21 seconds. still, good :)

	joeyostrander:	May 18th, 2010 at 04:04 GMT	3 points
	got it on 4! wicked.

	JessAmy:	May 18th, 2010 at 05:10 GMT	1 point
	I guessed USA, the Canada, and got it with Malawi after that....not bad for having no idea what was required :S

	Gjarble:	May 18th, 2010 at 06:32 GMT	3 points
	Poland needs "4th letter A" in its clue.

	Mayan:	May 18th, 2010 at 12:56 GMT	2 points
	Please don't give me "Game over" to say I did it. Good quiz though!

	soshoreman:	May 18th, 2010 at 14:30 GMT	1 point
	hahaha...I didn't even get what I was supposed to do, so I randomly typed Mexico, then Mali, and I still wasn't sure what the game was...so I added Malawi...and YAY..I win.

	criley10:	May 18th, 2010 at 17:08 GMT	2 points
	Very nice quiz! Had no idea what I was doing at first, but I enjoyed it. =]

	Rachel:	May 19th, 2010 at 02:12 GMT	2 points
	maybe like 30 more seconds...loved the idea though!

	Jaggers:	May 19th, 2010 at 09:24 GMT	2 points
	"any country" is misleading - quite how i named 25 or so countries first time round without getting anything baffles me though if half produce an answer.

	asdfjkl:	Jun 1st, 2010 at 18:17 GMT	2 points
	good game! please make more mastermind games!!!!

	canwetakearide:	Jun 16th, 2010 at 22:14 GMT	0 points
	got it in 3 :O

	remskray:	Aug 9th, 2010 at 22:44 GMT	0 points
	wow, great idea, and i can appreciate how long this must have taken to put together. thank you for your commitment to awesome sporcle quizzes, puckett. why it took me two tries to remember malawi when i had MALA_I, i have no idea. (hangs head in shame)

	puckett86:	Sep 24th, 2010 at 23:26 GMT	1 point
	Update: I've changed the game so that the results page actually reflects whether or not you got the country, so the 100% getting it correct will slowly decline! Also, I've just released Country Mastermind 2: http://www.sporcle.com/games/puckett86/country_mastermind2

	chick2125:	Dec 10th, 2010 at 02:23 GMT	1 point
	More of this please!! Great quiz!