Layers Game

Layers Game #22

Oct 6 Hints & Answers

Every answer stays hidden until you tap it. Want a gentler push? Try the hints page first.

Quick hint

Seafood, spare change, a dying fire and Mount Olympus.

Layer 1 answers

Mini 1 · Clue Stack

OYSTER

The world is yours, if you believe Shakespeare. / It might hold a pearl. / A shellfish often eaten raw.

Mini 2 · Missing Link

DIME

DIME A DOZEN · STOP ON A DIME · DIME NOVEL

Mini 3 · Word Shift

CRAB

GRUB → GRAB → CRAB

Mini 4 · Letter Path

CINDER

A glowing bit left in the fireplace

Layer 2 connections

Group 1
SeafoodLOBSTER, CRAB, SHRIMP, OYSTER

Key word: ★ LOBSTER

Group 2
U.S. coinsPENNY, NICKEL, DIME, QUARTER

Key word: ★ PENNY

Group 3
After the fireASH, EMBER, SOOT, CINDER

Key word: ★ ASH

Group 4
Roman godsMERCURY, NEPTUNE, VULCAN, JUNO

Key word: ★ MERCURY

Final layer answer

First Letters

Reveal the final answer

LAMP

LOBSTER, ASH, MERCURY and PENNY give L, A, M and P — a LAMP.

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How to play

Every puzzle has three layers. Peel them one at a time.

  1. Layer 1 — Mini Puzzles. Solve four quick puzzles: a Clue Stack, a Missing Link, a Word Shift and a Letter Path.
  2. Layer 2 — Connections. Sort 16 words into four groups of four. Your Layer 1 answers are on the board, marked ●. Five mistakes and the groups are revealed.
  3. Final Layer. Each group gives you a key word. Use all four keys to crack one last question. You get three tries.

Stuck? Every layer has hints. A new puzzle unlocks at midnight in your time zone.

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