Auto follows whatever your phone or computer is set to.
The map keeps the same colours for the same things either way β the
sea is still the sea.
Seed
Leave it empty for a different map every time. Type
something in and you get the same map back whenever you type it
again β so you can set two people the exact same round. π² empties
the box.
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Done!
πΊοΈ What this is
A real map of the United States β the outlines are the ones the US Census
publishes, not drawings, so a state is exactly the shape it is in an
atlas. Pick one of four things to do with it.
One state at a time appears at the bottom, drawn big so you can see it
whatever size it really is. Drag it onto the map where you think it goes.
Land on the right place and it stays; land anywhere else and it comes
back to you β nothing is lost and nothing is counted against you.
Stuck on one? Tap βοΈ and it goes to the back of the queue. That is
free, always.
π Find it
The map is all there and it names a state. Tap the state. If you tap the
wrong one it tells you which one you actually tapped, and then shows you
where the right one was β that is worth more than just "no".
ποΈ Capitals
It names a state and offers you cities. One of them is the capital. The
wrong answers are always real capitals of other states, never made up.
π Explore
No score, no clock, no questions. Tap any state and it tells you its
name, its capital and its two letters. Explore always shows you
everything, whichever rung you picked β it is the mode for looking things
up.
ποΈ The three rungs
They all use the same map. What changes is how much the map tells
you.
Explorer β the outlines are there to aim at, states are named on
the map, and the capitals question gives you three cities. Navigator β the state outlines and the names go away, four
cities. Cartographer β the coast goes dim, the capitals question does not
show you which state it means, the wrong cities are all
neighbours, and the seven little states in the north-east are in
play.
The outline of the country is there at every rung. Taking that away
would not make the puzzle harder, it would just stop telling you where
the country is.
π Little states
Rhode Island is about a fiftieth of the width of the country. The map is
not redrawn to make it bigger β that would be a lie about the country β
so instead you can pinch, drag with two fingers, use β and
οΌ, and tap βΆ to see the whole thing again. In Jigsaw the
piece in your hand is always drawn big, even when its real home is tiny.
ποΈ Alaska and Hawaii
They are drawn below the south-west corner at a smaller scale, the way
every classroom map does it. The shapes are exactly right; only where
they sit is a convention. Drawn to true scale and position they would
push the rest of the country into a corner.
ποΈ Washington, DC
It is on the map because leaving it out would put a hole in the east
coast. It is never asked as a state, because it is not one.