Layers Game #15
Sep 29 Hints
Reveal only what you need. Nothing on this page shows an answer until you open it.
Quick hint
Pipes, plunges, games night and a trip down the hall.
Layer 1 hints
Mini puzzle 1 · Clue Stack
First clue: “It's an acronym most people never expand.”
Hint 1 · General direction
It's about going underwater.
Hint 2 · More specific
Divers do it.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
S _ _ B A
Mini puzzle 2 · Missing Link
___ FACTOR · AT YOUR OWN ___ · HIGH-___
Hint 1 · General direction
It's about danger.
Hint 2 · More specific
A board game about world domination.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
R _ _ K
Mini puzzle 3 · Word Shift
Start at BLUR and shift 2 times. First clue: “The colour of the ocean”
Hint 1 · General direction
You'll end on a board game.
Hint 2 · More specific
A detective follows one.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
BLU? → ?LUE
Mini puzzle 4 · Letter Path
Clue: “Your heart has four of these”
Hint 1 · General direction
It controls flow.
Hint 2 · More specific
Taps and trumpets have them.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
V _ _ V E — starts at the highlighted V (row 3, column 2)
Layer 2 hints
Most straightforward group
What the group is about
One group is under the sink.
Two words that belong together
PIPE and TAP
Medium group
What the group is about
One group comes before a plunge.
Two words that belong together
SKY and SCUBA
Tricky group
What the group is about
One group comes in a box with a board.
Two words that belong together
LIFE and RISK
Trickiest group
What the group is about
One group is where you go when you've got to go.
Two words that belong together
HEAD and LOO
Final layer hints
Today's final layer is a Common Link.
Final hint 1
It's long and thin.
Final hint 2
A newspaper story has a HEAD___.
Final hint 3
The answer looks like: L _ _ E