Reveal clues in order
Begin with the broad clue and write a short list of plausible cities before revealing more. Later clues are designed to discriminate between candidates by adding a physical feature, political role, language, neighboring place, or transport relationship. Solving with fewer clues records a stronger result inside this game, but it does not prove general geography ability. Reveal another clue when the current evidence does not separate your shortlist. A deliberate reveal is better than spending a guess on a city that fits only one broad fact.
Separate clue types
Classify each clue before combining it. Region and hemisphere orient the search; coasts, rivers, mountains, and islands describe physical geography; capital status and borders describe political relationships; language and transport links provide different evidence again. Two clues that restate the same fact should not receive double weight. For example, a coastal clue may leave many candidates, while a regional clue plus a named river can remove most of them. Write why each remaining city fits and which new fact would distinguish the final pair.
Enter a city and use attempts carefully
Type the displayed English city name and submit. Capitalization and surrounding spaces do not matter, but spelling must match the reviewed entry. Each round allows three attempts. A wrong guess should change the shortlist: compare the guessed city with every visible clue, identify the contradiction, and avoid another city with the same mismatch. Wordmap's finite city set is a game boundary, not a complete gazetteer. A familiar alternative spelling outside the stored set is not presented as a universal geographic error.
Learn from the reveal
Every completed round shows the city, country, a concise geographic fact, and the coordinates used by the distance tool. Re-read the clues in order and explain how each one narrows the field. If a clue did not change your shortlist, identify whether you lacked the underlying fact or failed to combine it with earlier evidence. The reveal is also the place to check ambiguity. A good clue route should be understandable without the writer's private association and should end with one intended answer in the reviewed set.
What the result means and what is stored
A solved round records the number of clues visible when the correct city was entered. Completed rounds, wins, and the fewest clues used remain in local storage on this browser. Clearing site data removes them, and results do not transfer to another device or public Duel rankings. Wordmap does not request precise device location. The stored coordinates are reviewed reference points near city centers for learning and great-circle comparison; they are not city boundaries, travel routes, surveying points, or live position data.