Layers Game #29
Oct 13 Hints
Reveal only what you need. Nothing on this page shows an answer until you open it.
Quick hint
A drum kit, the cool kids, a fight night and the corridors of power.
Layer 1 hints
Mini puzzle 1 · Clue Stack
First clue: “It's a fortress with red walls.”
Hint 1 · General direction
It's a building complex.
Hint 2 · More specific
It's in Russia.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
K _ _ M _ _ N
Mini puzzle 2 · Missing Link
DINNER ___ · ___ SHOW · BANG THE ___
Hint 1 · General direction
It's a big metal disc.
Hint 2 · More specific
You strike it with a mallet.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
G _ _ G
Mini puzzle 3 · Word Shift
Start at SAFE and shift 2 times. First clue: “A herb — or a wise person”
Hint 1 · General direction
You'll end somewhere with bars.
Hint 2 · More specific
Zoos used to be full of them.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
SA?E → ?AGE
Mini puzzle 4 · Letter Path
Clue: “The world's smallest country”
Hint 1 · General direction
It's inside Rome.
Hint 2 · More specific
The Pope lives there.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
V _ _ I _ _ N — starts at the highlighted V (row 2, column 1)
Layer 2 hints
Most straightforward group
What the group is about
One group is hit to make music.
Two words that belong together
TRIANGLE and CYMBAL
Medium group
What the group is about
One group is a playground insult.
Two words that belong together
SQUARE and DORK
Tricky group
What the group is about
One group is where fighters meet.
Two words that belong together
OCTAGON and RING
Trickiest group
What the group is about
One group is a building that stands for an institution.
Two words that belong together
PENTAGON and KREMLIN
Final layer hints
Today's final layer is a Order Puzzle.
Final hint 1
Every key is a shape.
Final hint 2
Stop signs have the most sides.
Final hint 3
The first in line is TRIANGLE (Percussion).