Play the original Alfaquest game using the improved UI. Note: letters W & X are ignored as starting letters because no countries begin with W or X.
Interactive alfaquest game — sequencing rule enforced.
Play: Alfaquest
How to play: Alfaquest enforces a sequencing rule: each submission must start with the required letter determined from previous entries, and starting letters cannot repeat (W and X are ignored because no countries begin with those letters). Submissions must be valid country names and should add at least one new letter. The game auto-resets when no moves remain.
Objective: Complete all 24 required starting letters using valid countries before you reach a dead-end.
Raw points = (starting letter value × 2) + position bonus for each submission.
Time-adjusted score = raw points × time factor, where time factor is based on target time / actual run time and capped between 0.90 and 1.10.
Final score uses a weighted blend: 60% letter/raw influence and 40% timing influence, then scaled to the million-range leaderboard.
Target time scales with run length (12 seconds per answer, minimum 120 seconds). Speed bonus is normalised by letters-per-second and capped per country and per run so short and long names stay balanced.
Completion rating bands
Alfaquest publishes a rating only when all 24 required starting letters are completed.
Legendary — 1000000+
Excellent — 960000-999999
Very good — 920000-959999
Good — 880000-919999
Fair — 840000-879999
Completed — below 840000
Starting letter values (effective)
Starting-letter tiers are based on how frequently each letter appears across the full answer list for this game. Effective values below include the current x2 letter multiplier.
Tier
Value
Letters
1 — Common
200
A I N E R O
2
400
S T U L M D
3
600
C B G H P
4
800
K Y V Z W
5 — Rare
1000
F J Q X
Score display
Each submitted answer shows (+total: N starting letter + N position bonus) next to it in the list.