Layers Game #17
Oct 1 Hints
Reveal only what you need. Nothing on this page shows an answer until you open it.
Quick hint
Fruit bowls, sneaks, paint charts and a quiet game of cards.
Layer 1 hints
Mini puzzle 1 · Clue Stack
First clue: “It's in Canada's Yukon.”
Hint 1 · General direction
It's a place — and a game.
Hint 2 · More specific
Think gold rush.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
K _ _ N _ _ K E
Mini puzzle 2 · Missing Link
___ CHUTNEY · ___ LASSI · ___ SORBET
Hint 1 · General direction
It's a tropical fruit.
Hint 2 · More specific
It has a large flat stone.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
M _ _ G O
Mini puzzle 3 · Word Shift
Start at SLUG and shift 3 times. First clue: “It goes in a socket”
Hint 1 · General direction
You'll end on a fruit.
Hint 2 · More specific
Dried, it becomes a prune.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
?LUG → PLU? → PLU?
Mini puzzle 4 · Letter Path
Clue: “The shape of Giza's famous tombs”
Hint 1 · General direction
It has a square base.
Hint 2 · More specific
Egypt is full of them.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
P _ _ A _ _ D — starts at the highlighted P (row 2, column 2)
Layer 2 hints
Most straightforward group
What the group is about
One group belongs in a fruit bowl.
Two words that belong together
KIWI and MANGO
Medium group
What the group is about
One group can't be trusted.
Two words that belong together
SNAKE and RAT
Tricky group
What the group is about
One group is found on a paint chart.
Two words that belong together
CAMEL and TAN
Trickiest group
What the group is about
One group is played alone with a deck of cards.
Two words that belong together
SPIDER and KLONDIKE
Final layer hints
Today's final layer is a Order Puzzle.
Final hint 1
One key is also a bird.
Final hint 2
The last in line has eight legs.
Final hint 3
The first in line is SNAKE (Sneaky people).