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How it works
Everything about the daily strand, the rays and the streak, plus the rules of every game and three guides with practical technique.
Guides
- How the strand worksLamps, rays, the streak and why the games change every day.
- Logic techniques for Bridges, Binary and LightsThe moves that open the medium and hard grids.
- Aim and spares: darts finishes and bowling leavesPractical help for the two table-game challenges.
Rules of the games
- Flash GridA few tiles flash. Tap the same ones back from memory.
- Quick SumsSixty seconds of sums. Each right answer moves you on.
- Odd One OutA grid of symbols, one is not like the others. Find it fast.
- BridgesJoin numbered islands with bridges. Every number counts its own.
- BinaryFill a grid with two symbols. No three alike in a row.
- LightsEach tap flips a light and its neighbours. Switch them all off.
- Sliding PictureA picture cut into tiles with one gap. Slide it back together.
- JigsawReal jigsaw pieces with tabs. Drag them home, groups snap together.
- FlagsFlag to country, country to flag. Four answers, one is right.
- Find the CountryA name appears. Tap that country on the world map.
- Darts501, 301 or round the clock against the computer or a friend.
- BowlingTen frames, a hooking ball and pins that knock each other down.
The short version
Every day there is a strand of three lamps. Finish a lamp's game to light it, play well to give it more rays, and light all three to add the day to your streak. Tomorrow's three games are always shown in advance.
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