The Daily Mail is today thrilled to unveil Relink, the latest addictive addition to our Games section – and our most satisfying brainteaser yet.
Relink is a daily puzzle built on lateral thinking and lightbulb moments. Four rows, four imposters, one secret link and an answer hidden in plain sight.
How to play Relink
Each day’s Relink puzzle starts with a grid of 16 words or phrases in four rows of four tiles.
Three tiles in each row share a link. The fourth is an imposter – it looks like it belongs, but it doesn’t. Your job is to flush out all four of the imposters.
The catch, where Relink earns its name, is that the four imposters aren’t random. They are secretly linked to each other by something: a theme, a bit of wordplay, a shared property.
Finding the imposters and naming the thread that connects them are two halves of the same problem. Crack it, and you’ve solved the day’s puzzle.
You have four lives. Use them wisely as too many mistakes and it’s game over until tomorrow.
A new Relink goes live every day, at midnight, so come back to keep your streak alive and compare your result with friends to see who cracked it first.
You’ll find Relink alongside our other puzzles in the Daily Mail Games section, on both the app and the website.
Relink tips from the Puzzles Editor
Here are a few hints and tips from the Puzzles Editor to help you settle into the game.
- Start at the top: The rows are stacked from easiest to hardest. The top row is usually more straightforward and by the bottom row we’re doing our level best to catch you out.
- Say the rows out loud: Relink loves wordplay – hidden words tucked inside longer ones, compounds, things that sound like something else entirely. Reading a row aloud can flush out a link your eyes slide straight past.
- Solve the Relink vertically: If after solving a couple of rows you have an inkling about what may link the two imposters you’ve found, look for tiles in the remaining rows which fit that theme.
- Mind the Relink tile count: When guessing the Relink, the empty squares in the fifth row tell you how many tiles the answer needs. A two-tile answer and a four-tile answer call for very different kinds of lateral thinking.
Daily Mail Games
The Mail’s seriously fun Games section is home to more than 20 daily free-to-play games and is the perfect place to train your brain every day.
With head-scratching quizzes like Master Quiz, quick word games such as Trace, classic number puzzles like Sudoku, fiendish crosswords – and now Relink, our most lateral brainteaser yet – there’s something for players of all skill levels.
You’ll find Games in the ‘Play’ section in the bottom navigation bar of the Daily Mail app, or by navigating to the Games channel on the website.
Watch this space for more exciting games and puzzles that we’ll be releasing in the coming months.