How to play Chain
Chain is a free daily city naming game — a geography speed quiz where the game deals you one or two category labels and you name as many cities as you can, with a 30-second clock that resets after every correct answer.
- Read the categories. Single category days are looser pools. Two-category days are tighter — every answer must satisfy both.
- Type a city and press enter. Autocomplete handles common spellings and alternates. Correct picks chain together and stay on screen.
- Avoid duplicates and misses. One wrong answer ends the round immediately. There is no edit and no undo.
- Beat the timer. You get 30 seconds for each answer, and every correct city resets the clock. When time runs out your final count is the score for the day.
- Share or replay. Send your combo to a friend with the shared-challenge URL so they get the same categories. Same pool, different speeds.
What is Chain?
One wrong answer ends the round, so accuracy matters as much as speed.
Chain is part of FlightQ's city games set with PassportQ, CityQ, and HigherQ. Browse all daily geography games if you want the full puzzle routine.
Frequently asked questions
How does Chain work?
You see one or two category labels at the top, like "Cities in South America" or "Cities with a metro system". You have 30 seconds per answer, and the clock resets after each correct city. Wrong answer or duplicate ends the round.
What counts as a wrong answer?
Anything that isn't a real city, doesn't satisfy every active category, or is a duplicate of something you already typed. Spelling tolerance is generous and accepts common alternates, but if it can't match a city in the pool the round ends.
How long is a round?
Each answer has a 30-second clock. Correct cities reset it; when the timer runs out or you trip on a wrong answer, the round is over and you can compare your count to the global pool size.
Where do the categories come from?
A curated set of geography and travel themes, rotated daily. Single-category rounds are easier; two-category rounds ("Capital city AND on a major river") narrow the pool a lot and reward depth.
Is Chain like Scattergories?
It scratches the same itch — naming things that fit a category under time pressure — but Chain is all geography, all cities, and solo-scored: your count against the size of the real answer pool rather than against other players' duplicates.
Can I play Chain against friends?
Yes. After a round you can send a shared-challenge link that locks in your exact category combo, so a friend plays the same pool and you compare counts directly.
Is Chain free?
Yes. Free daily, no account required. Premium adds unlimited practice, advanced stats and global comparisons, the full Travel Passport, beta access, and an ad-free experience.