Layers Game #8
Sep 22 Hints
Reveal only what you need. Nothing on this page shows an answer until you open it.
Quick hint
The trees are dropping things today.
Layer 1 hints
Mini puzzle 1 · Clue Stack
First clue: “Its shell looks a bit like a brain.”
Hint 1 · General direction
It's a nut.
Hint 2 · More specific
Its wood is dark and expensive.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
W _ _ N _ T
Mini puzzle 2 · Missing Link
___-CHILLING · ___-TINGLING · ___LESS
Hint 1 · General direction
It's part of your back.
Hint 2 · More specific
Cowards are said to lack one.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
S _ _ N E
Mini puzzle 3 · Word Shift
Start at GOAT and shift 2 times. First clue: “What a striker aims for”
Hint 1 · General direction
You'll end on a baby animal.
Hint 2 · More specific
It grows up to be a horse.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
GOA? → ?OAL
Mini puzzle 4 · Letter Path
Clue: “A nut in a classic Southern pie”
Hint 1 · General direction
It's a nut.
Hint 2 · More specific
Americans argue about how to pronounce it.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
P _ _ A N — starts at the highlighted P (row 2, column 3)
Layer 2 hints
Most straightforward group
What the group is about
One group grows on trees and has shells.
Two words that belong together
ACORN and PECAN
Medium group
What the group is about
One group is in the forecast.
Two words that belong together
FROST and HAIL
Tricky group
What the group is about
One group is found on a farm in spring.
Two words that belong together
LAMB and FOAL
Trickiest group
What the group is about
One group lives on a library shelf.
Two words that belong together
LEAF and SPINE
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
Today is close to the September equinox.
Final hint 3
The answer looks like: F _ _ L