Puzzle
Puzzle 3 — hints and solution
A long trip first, then the boats that might take you on one. Par 2 words · 108 legal words on this board in our word list. Try it yourself first — the hints below get stronger only when you ask for them.
The board
- Top side
- J N C
- Right side
- O E H
- Bottom side
- U Y T
- Left side
- R A S
Rules in brief: words need at least 3 letters, no two consecutive letters from the same side, no repeated letter inside one word, and each new word starts with the last letter of the previous one. Use all 12 letters to solve it.Full rules →
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0 of 13 letters revealed. Spaces and arrows are not letters.
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JOURNEY → YACHTS
Together these words use all 12 letters, obey the side rule and the no-repeat-in-a-word rule, and chain correctly. Other valid chains may exist — a different solve counts just the same.
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