How to play

Rules and strategy for every game.

• How to Play Link 16: Rules and Winning Strategy
  Learn the rules of Link 16 and the strategies that help you solve the daily word grouping puzzle with fewer mistakes.
• How to Play Unblur: Tips for Guessing the Mystery Picture
  Rules and tips for Unblur, the daily picture puzzle where a blurry image sharpens with every wrong guess.
• How to Play First?: A Guide to Timeline Duels
  How to play First?, the daily history duel game, plus a handful of anchor dates that make timeline guessing easier.
• How to Spot Red Herrings in Word Grouping Puzzles
  Red herrings are the words built to mislead you. Learn how to recognise overlaps in Link 16 and stop wasting mistakes on tempting but wrong groups.
• A Beginner's 7-Day Plan to Get Better at Word Grouping Puzzles
  A practical one-week routine for new Link 16 players: build category vocabulary, train pattern spotting and learn to use your four mistakes wisely.
• Memory Techniques for Remembering Historical Dates
  Proven memory methods, from the method of loci to spaced repetition, that help you hold historical dates in your head and win more First? duels.
• Ten Anchor Eras That Make Timeline Duels Easy
  Ten broad historical eras to memorise as anchors, so you can place almost any event in First? and decide which of two happened first.
• Why Daily Puzzles Are So Habit Forming
  A look at the psychology behind daily puzzle habits: routine, small wins, shared experience and the pull of an unfinished pattern.
• How to Build Good Categories: A Guide for Puzzle Makers
  Designing a four-group grid like Link 16? Learn how to pick clear categories, craft fair red herrings and balance difficulty across four groups.
• A Short History of Word Grouping and Category Games
  From ancient classification to thesauruses, quiz shows and modern daily puzzles, trace the long history of sorting words into groups.
• Ten Lateral-Thinking Warm-Ups Before You Play
  Ten quick mental exercises that loosen up flexible thinking and prepare you for tricky word groups, blurry pictures and historical duels.
• How Blurry Image Recognition Works in the Brain
  Why can you name a blurred picture before you see the detail? A plain-language look at how vision builds recognition, and how it helps in Unblur.
• Teaching With Daily Puzzles: A Guide for Teachers and Parents
  Practical ways to use Link 16, Unblur and First? to build vocabulary, visual reasoning and historical thinking with children and students.
• How to Play Puzzles With Friends and Compare Scores
  Turn a solo daily puzzle into a friendly group game with spoiler-free sharing, sensible ground rules and fun ways to compare your results.
• Trivia Habits to Boost Your General Knowledge
  Simple daily habits that build broad general knowledge, from curiosity-led reading to retrieval practice, and how puzzles fit into the routine.