Draw A Country
Draw A Country is a free browser geography game in which you sketch a country or US state outline from memory, reveal the real border to see matched, missed, and extra areas, and retry; play daily or practice any country.
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Draw A Country challenges you to locate a covered area on a regional map and draw the outer border of a country or US state from memory. After you press Reveal & score the site overlays your line on the reference outline and highlights matched, missed, and extra patches so you can focus your next attempt on the largest discrepancy.
The game stores drawing points, drafts, and best scores locally in your browser so your progress stays on your device and is not uploaded. You can practice any of the 195 country outlines or all 50 US states, download a result card, copy a result, and use the illustrated guides to learn the drawing method and how scoring works.
How to play Draw A Country
- Pick Practice and choose a country or open the daily challenge.
- Read nearby place names and use the pale covered area to locate the country; the cover edge is not the border.
- Draw a single loop around the country's outer border from memory, including coastlines and shared borders, then return near your start.
- Press Reveal & score, inspect the colored overlay for Missed or Extra areas, and press Retry same shape to fix the largest difference.
Tips for Draw A Country
- Start with the country's overall width, height, and largest turns rather than tracing every small coastline wiggle.
- If your stroke ends near where the next begins, the game will join them into one outline, so place strokes close to connect islands or separate land parts deliberately.
- When revealed, pick the largest continuous Missed or Extra patch and change only that area on your next attempt for faster improvement.
- Use the covered-region clues and nearby country names to place long thin countries or island chains before drawing details.
Draw A Country FAQ
What is Draw A Country?
Draw A Country is a free geography game where you sketch a country's or US state's outer border from memory and then reveal the reference outline to see which parts matched, were missed, or were extra; the game encourages iterative redraws by highlighting the largest difference and offering a retry loop.
Is Draw A Country free to play?
Yes, Draw A Country is free to play; the site describes the game as a free geography tool and lets you practice any country or any US state without payment, and downloadable result cards are generated on your device.
Can I practice past puzzles or choose any country?
Yes, you can practice any country or US state at any time; the site provides a directory of all 195 country outlines and the 50 US states so you can pick specific shapes instead of only doing the daily challenge.
Who made Draw A Country?
The site is maintained by Ellis Rowan, which is presented as a pen name in the page footer; the footer credits maintenance to that name and shows the site copyright.
Does Draw A Country work on mobile browsers?
Yes, Draw A Country runs in your browser and keeps drawings and scores locally, so it works on mobile browsers that support the drawing canvas and local storage, though the page notes that if browser storage is unavailable unfinished drawings will be lost on reload.
What do the colours and overlay mean?
The colored overlay shows three kinds of differences: Matched indicates areas your drawing covered that align with the real outline, Missed shows real-country areas you did not draw and should extend toward, and Extra marks places you drew outside the reference and should pull inward on your next attempt.
How is the score computed?
The score compares your attempt to the reference after both shapes are centered and resized to the same maximum extent, with separate components such as border fit, contour detail, and area matches contributing to an overall outline score; the site provides an illustrated score guide explaining these measures.
Can I share or save my results?
Yes, the site provides options to copy your result and to download a result card generated on your device, and it also keeps drafts and best scores in browser storage so you can return to them on the same device.
