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#1 The Usual Suspects

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How to play

  1. Find the connection. Each round has five to eight hidden categories. Join every word in a category. The number below the grid tells you how many to find.
  2. Follow a path. Drag through neighbouring tiles, including diagonals. You can also tap them one at a time, or pick up either end of a selected path to extend it. A complete category registers immediately, without lifting your finger.
  3. Think twice. A word can fit several categories, sometimes with a different meaning. It stays until all of its categories are solved.
  4. Watch the line. A pulse means you are one item away: add, remove or swap a word. Retrace your path to undo, or click away to start again.
  5. Hints. You get three hints per round. Hold an unsolved category pill for two seconds to reveal a random item inside it. Use several hints on one category or spread them across categories; each hint reveals a different item in that category. Releasing early or moving to scroll cancels the hold. Your hints save with your progress, and replay starts with three again. With a keyboard, focus a pill and hold Space or Enter for two seconds.
  6. Difficulty colours. Solved category colours reflect difficulty: yellow is easiest, then green, blue and purple; colours repeat when a round has more categories.
  7. Keep going. Use the top-left menu to switch rounds. Your progress is saved in this browser, including unfinished paths. Category names stay hidden until solved.

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