Find the way over land
Join two countries over land. Name the countries between them until your guesses connect the two by land borders. Every guess says how close it is to a shortest route.
Each day has two countries. Guess countries until your guesses join them by land borders. Any route wins; the shortest scores most.
Green is on a shortest route. Red is close, orange is off course and grey is far, by the extra border crossings a route through it needs.
Joining the ends along a shortest route is worth 100, plus up to 10 for speed. There is no guess limit. A red miss costs 8, an orange one 12 and a grey one 15; the hint shows a country on the route for 15.