Layers Game #2
Sep 16 Hints
Reveal only what you need. Nothing on this page shows an answer until you open it.
Quick hint
Stars, talons, strings and something you read with breakfast.
Layer 1 hints
Mini puzzle 1 · Clue Stack
First clue: “It has remarkably sharp eyesight.”
Hint 1 · General direction
It's a bird.
Hint 2 · More specific
It builds huge nests called eyries.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
E _ _ L E
Mini puzzle 2 · Missing Link
___CASTLE · QUICK___ · ___BOX
Hint 1 · General direction
You'll find it on a beach.
Hint 2 · More specific
An hourglass is full of it.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
S _ _ D
Mini puzzle 3 · Word Shift
Start at WORM and shift 3 times. First clue: “Pleasantly hot”
Hint 1 · General direction
You'll end on a musical instrument.
Hint 2 · More specific
The last word has strings you pluck.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
W?RM → WAR? → ?ARP
Mini puzzle 4 · Letter Path
Clue: “A swift bird of prey — also a Millennium ___”
Hint 1 · General direction
It's used in the sport of hawking.
Hint 2 · More specific
The peregrine kind is famously fast.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
F _ _ C _ N — starts at the highlighted F (row 2, column 3)
Layer 2 hints
Most straightforward group
What the group is about
One group is written in the stars.
Two words that belong together
ARIES and LEO
Medium group
What the group is about
One group hunts from the sky.
Two words that belong together
EAGLE and HAWK
Tricky group
What the group is about
One group belongs in an orchestra or a bluegrass band.
Two words that belong together
VIOLIN and CELLO
Trickiest group
What the group is about
One group comes before a word you can write on.
Two words that belong together
WALL and NEWS
Final layer hints
Today's final layer is a First Letters.
Final hint 1
Use only the first letter of each key.
Final hint 2
It rolls onto the beach.
Final hint 3
The answer looks like: W _ _ E