Guinea-Bissau

Key facts

Land borders (2)

• Guinea
• Senegal

Guinea-Bissau in the game

Every puzzle gives three claims that exactly one country satisfies. Guinea-Bissau is a deep cut — answers this obscure only show up in hard puzzles. These are the 26 claims from the pool that are true of Guinea-Bissau, rarest first — the fewer countries share a claim, the harder it works for you on the board.

• Has Portuguese as an official language1 of 9
• Its name begins with “G”1 of 11
• Its name contains a double letter1 of 11
• Its currency is called the franc1 of 22
• Has no point higher than 500 m above sea level1 of 23
• Its capital city's name begins with “B”1 of 25
• Borders exactly two countries1 of 28
• Has no point higher than 1,000 m above sea level1 of 41
• Its flag contains black1 of 44
• Its name has 10 letters or more1 of 48
• Is in Africa1 of 54
• Its flag features a star1 of 67
• Has an area smaller than 50,000 km²1 of 69
• Its flag contains green1 of 83
• Borders fewer than 3 countries1 of 84
• Its flag contains yellow or gold1 of 85
• Has an area smaller than 100,000 km²1 of 88
• Has fewer than 10 million people1 of 100
• Has exactly one official language1 of 130
• Drives on the right1 of 141
• Has an area smaller than 500,000 km²1 of 144
• Lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere1 of 147
• Has a coastline1 of 151
• Its flag contains red1 of 152
• Does not have a monarch as head of state1 of 153
• Lies within a single time zone1 of 177