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Elimination: rule dialect regions off the map
Classic mode asks you to pin a speaker on the map. Elimination flips the question. The region is hidden, the map is full of possibilities, and you narrow them down clue by clue. You cross off whole accents when you are confident they do not fit.
One hidden region, many candidates
Each round picks one of the survey's regional accent profiles and hides it. You see the world map with every profile that could still match, and a panel of clues you can unlock.
The first clue is free. Four more are available if you want them, but each extra clue reduces how much a correct final guess is worth. Confident players can win more by doing more with less.
Crossing regions off
When you rule a region out, you are making a claim that the accent does not fit the evidence. Ruling out a large region, such as all of North America, pays more when you are right and costs more when you are wrong.
A wrong elimination never ends the round. You lose points on that strike and keep going, which makes bold guesses part of the strategy rather than a game-over moment.
When to lock in a guess
You can name the hidden region at any time. An early correct guess with only the free clue scores highest. Waiting for more evidence is safer but caps your upside.
Five rounds make a full session. Scores add across rounds, so one lucky early guess and one careful late one can balance each other.
How it differs from Classic and Detective
Classic shows you a real respondent's answers and asks where they grew up. Detective hides a speaker behind four lines of speech. Elimination hides the region itself and gives you structured evidence rather than raw answers.
All three modes draw on the same accent profiles and question bank, so learning on one surface carries to the others.
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Dialect reference
Explore the 65 regional accent guides, the question bank explained, or read how scoring works.