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Its UI is similar to Worldle (https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/), it might be implicitly assuming you're familiar with it already, in which case the "how close you are geographically" mechanism makes sense.

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I don't think familiarity with Wordle helps much. This UI is pretty damn confusing. You type in country names, and then a km value, arrow, and percentage value appears. I have no idea what these signify. Clicking on the boxes brings up a box that gives you information but I have no idea how that information is relevant.

They were referencing worldle not wordle. Note the extra L for world instead of word.

Ah, I'm going to blame that one on HN's ridiculous decision to use a 9px font size for comments.

150% zoom level is your friend.

that's me.

and my experience of the web has been painful for the past 5 to 6 years. it feels like no one cares about zoom level or accessibility...

I'll go out on a limb and say you have turned 40 in the past 5 to 6 years.

For me (still sub-40 for a few more years) font-sizes on the web are fine. It’s only HN with it’s "superior" design where I have to zoom in.

The arrow and distance are from the bad guess to what the answer actually is. So like I guessed Estonia, but the answer was Sweden so the arrow pointed northwest and the distance was some 300 odd km.

This is pretty obvious if you have played Wordle or Worldle.

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