Layers Game #16
Sep 30 Hints
Reveal only what you need. Nothing on this page shows an answer until you open it.
Quick hint
Water, watching, Wall Street and taking cover.
Layer 1 hints
Mini puzzle 1 · Clue Stack
First clue: “There are five of them, officially.”
Hint 1 · General direction
It's very big and very wet.
Hint 2 · More specific
Whales live there.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
O _ _ A N
Mini puzzle 2 · Missing Link
LAUGHING___ · ___PILE · LIVE___
Hint 1 · General direction
Soup often starts with it.
Hint 2 · More specific
Investors buy it in shares.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
S _ _ C K
Mini puzzle 3 · Word Shift
Start at MIND and shift 3 times. First clue: “Locate”
Hint 1 · General direction
You'll end somewhere wet.
Hint 2 · More specific
It's smaller than a lake.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
?IND → F?ND → ?OND
Mini puzzle 4 · Letter Path
Clue: “Watch carefully — or honour a holiday”
Hint 1 · General direction
Scientists do it.
Hint 2 · More specific
It starts with OB.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
O _ _ E _ _ E — starts at the highlighted O (row 1, column 2)
Layer 2 hints
Most straightforward group
What the group is about
One group is wet.
Two words that belong together
SEA and OCEAN
Medium group
What the group is about
One group is what your eyes do.
Two words that belong together
WATCH and VIEW
Tricky group
What the group is about
One group belongs on a trading floor.
Two words that belong together
BULL and BEAR
Trickiest group
What the group is about
One group comes before a word for protection.
Two words that belong together
UNDER and HARD
Final layer hints
Today's final layer is a Common Link.
Final hint 1
It's a loyal animal.
Final hint 2
The team nobody expects to win is the UNDER___.
Final hint 3
The answer looks like: D _ G