How to play
Five dishes. Five guesses each. One map.
FoodGuessr takes about a minute to learn. The rest is knowing how the world eats.
The round
- 01
Look at the dish
You get a photograph, a short description, and the key ingredients. The country is never shown.
- 02
Place a pin
Click anywhere on the world map, or search for a country by name. Pan and zoom to place it precisely.
- 03
Lock in
You have up to five guesses. After two guesses, the dish name is revealed. After each one you see how far you were from the correct country, in kilometres.
- 04
Read the reveal
The true origin, the distance, and the history behind the dish. Then move to the next round.
Scoring
Each round is worth up to 5,000 points. Your score falls smoothly with distance, measured to the nearest border of the correct country — not its capital or centre. A pin inside the country scores the maximum for that attempt.
Every guess after the first costs 500 points. Finding the country ends the round immediately. If you use all five guesses without finding it, your closest attempt still scores.
| Distance to the border | First-guess score |
|---|---|
| 0 km — inside the country | 5,000 |
| 250 km | ≈ 4,460 |
| 500 km | ≈ 3,990 |
| 1,000 km | ≈ 3,180 |
| 2,500 km | ≈ 1,610 |
| 5,000 km | ≈ 520 |
| 10,000 km | ≈ 50 |
Scores shown before the 500-point guess penalty. Distance is rounded to the nearest kilometre.
The Daily Plate
The daily is five dishes, the same for everyone, refreshed at local midnight. Finish it to extend your streak. You can replay it for practice, but only the first run counts.
Free play draws a random five from the full collection. It counts toward your passport and best score, but not your daily streak.
Flavour Match
A second daily game. Each board names a country and shows four dishes from four different countries. Pick the one that belongs to the country on the card. A run is eight countries, dealt fresh on every visit.
- ·1,000 points for each correct plate.
- ·+100 per streak step, capped at +400. A miss resets the streak.
- ·Clue: reveal the dish’s key ingredients for −300 points on that round.
- ·A perfect run is 10,200 points. Press 1–4 to answer with the keyboard.
The passport
Every country you place correctly is inked onto your passport map. Dishes you meet join your collection. Everything is stored in this browser — there is no account and nothing is uploaded. Clearing site data clears your passport.
Controls
Mouse
Click to place a pin. Scroll to zoom. Drag to pan.
Touch
Tap to place a pin. Use the +/− buttons to zoom. Drag to pan.
Keyboard
Arrow keys pan, + and − zoom, 0 resets the map.
Country search
Type a country name under the map and press Place.
Three ways to get better
- 01Read the staple, not the garnish. Rice, maize, wheat, teff, bulgur, and potato narrow the map faster than any sauce.
- 02Look for New World ingredients. Tomato, chilli, potato, maize, and paprika all arrived from the Americas after 1500, so a dish built on them is modern.
- 03Use the coastline. Island cuisines lean on fish, citrus, and coconut; landlocked cuisines lean on dairy, grains, and preserved meat.
Grades
Out of 25,000 points across five rounds.
- 22,000+World class
- 17,500+Seasoned traveller
- 13,000+Curious eater
- 8,000+Armchair tourist
- Below 8,000Lost in the supermarket