Can you find it on the map?
Five places a day on a blank map. Drop a pin, see how many miles off you are, and come back tomorrow for five more.
Play today’s mapFree · No sign-up · About 2 minutes
How it works
Three taps. Two minutes. One map.
1Read the place
Each round gives you just a name: a city and its state. On Saturday it’s a world city.
2Drop your pin
Tap the blank map where you think it is. Zoom in if you like, then lock it in.
3See how close you got
The closer your pin, the more points: up to 1,000 a round and 5,000 a day.
A daily habit
A new map every day. A rhythm all week.
Everyone gets the same five places on the same date. A new puzzle starts every day at midnight, your time. Weekdays get harder as the week goes on.
Build a streak
Play every day to grow your streak. It’s saved on this device only, with no account.
Share without spoilers
Brag about your score, not the answers.
When you finish, copy a result with no place names, so friends can still play. It comes with a link that dares them to beat you.
- Beat-my-score links. Your friend sees your score, plays the same puzzle, and finds out who won.
- Share pictures sized for stories, also spoiler-free.
- Leaderboards and state-vs-state Coming soon
Why players stick around
Small daily game, big map brain.
Learn the map, two minutes at a time
Five places a day adds up. After a month you’ll know where Boise, Bismarck and Baton Rouge really are.
Fair for everyone
Same five places for every player on the same date. Real miles decide the score, with no luck and no timers.
Made for your phone
Big tap targets, pinch to zoom, and it works on any modern browser. Nothing to install and nothing to sign up for.
The places
Cities and towns you’ll find on Pinlander
Every state is in the mix, Alaska and Hawaii included. Here are some of the 409 US cities, 172 world cities and 131 small towns. Today’s answers aren’t marked.
US cities
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Los Angeles, California
- San Diego, California
- San Francisco, California
- San Jose, California
- Denver, Colorado
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Washington, D.C.
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Boise, Idaho
- Chicago, Illinois
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Wichita, Kansas
- Louisville, Kentucky
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Portland, Maine
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Detroit, Michigan
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jackson, Mississippi
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Billings, Montana
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Manchester, New Hampshire
- Newark, New Jersey
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- New York, New York
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Fargo, North Dakota
- Columbus, Ohio
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Portland, Oregon
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Austin, Texas
- Dallas, Texas
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Houston, Texas
- San Antonio, Texas
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Burlington, Vermont
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Seattle, Washington
- Charleston, West Virginia
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Cheyenne, Wyoming
World Saturday
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Athens, Greece
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Beijing, China
- Berlin, Germany
- Bogota, Colombia
- Brussels, Belgium
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cairo, Egypt
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Dublin, Ireland
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- Havana, Cuba
- Istanbul, Türkiye
- Kingston, Jamaica
- La Paz, Bolivia
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Lima, Peru
- Lisbon, Portugal
- London, United Kingdom
- Madrid, Spain
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Montreal, Canada
- Moscow, Russia
- Mumbai, India
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Panama City, Panama
- Paris, France
- Quito, Ecuador
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rome, Italy
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Santiago, Chile
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Seoul, South Korea
- Singapore
- Sydney, Australia
- Tokyo, Japan
- Toronto, Canada
- Vancouver, Canada
Sunday wildcards
- Apalachicola, Florida
- Aspen, Colorado
- Bar Harbor, Maine
- Bisbee, Arizona
- Branson, Missouri
- Breckenridge, Colorado
- Camden, Maine
- Cody, Wyoming
- Crested Butte, Colorado
- Deadwood, South Dakota
- Durango, Colorado
- Estes Park, Colorado
- Hannibal, Missouri
- Jackson, Wyoming
- Kanab, Utah
- Kennebunkport, Maine
- Key West, Florida
- Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Moab, Utah
- Ouray, Colorado
- Page, Arizona
- Park City, Utah
- Roswell, New Mexico
- Sedona, Arizona
- Sheridan, Wyoming
- Silver City, New Mexico
- Silverton, Colorado
- St. Augustine, Florida
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- Sturgis, South Dakota
- Taos, New Mexico
- Telluride, Colorado
- Tombstone, Arizona
- Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
- Vail, Colorado
- Williams, Arizona
Questions
Is Pinlander free?
Yes. Pinlander is free to play every day, with no account and no download.
When does the new puzzle come out?
Every day at midnight in your own time zone. Puzzle #1 is on Sunday, November 1, 2026. Until then you can play a warm-up round.
How does scoring work?
We measure the straight-line (great-circle) distance in miles from your pin to the real place. A pin within a few miles scores 1,000 points, and the score drops smoothly the farther away you are. World Saturday uses a gentler scale, because the world is big.
Why are Alaska and Hawaii in little boxes?
So the whole country fits on one screen, like a classic atlas page. Scoring always uses their real locations. A pin in Seattle for Anchorage really is about 1,435 miles off.
Do I need an account? Where is my streak saved?
No account is needed. Your scores and streak are saved in your browser on this device. Nothing is sent to us. If you clear your browser data, your streak resets.
Is it good for families and classrooms?
Yes. It’s quick, there’s no chat or sign-up, and the same puzzle makes a fun shared challenge for teens, adults and families. Try comparing scores at dinner.
Where does the map data come from?
City locations come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). State outlines come from U.S. Census Bureau files, and world outlines from Natural Earth (both public domain). See About for details.