Face Value
A famous face hides under nine paper scraps — one is already torn open. Tear more scraps to reveal more of the picture; you can only tear a scrap that touches one already open, so plan your route. Each round starts at 100 points: every tear costs 10, a wrong guess costs 15, and the two clue slips cost 15–25 each. Two correct answers in a row earn a +10 bonus. A correct guess always pays at least 10, however much you've spent finding it.
Lifeline
Each round shows where a historical figure was born and where they died, with the years. Type their name — spelling doesn't need to be perfect. An unaided answer scores 100 (a correct one always pays at least 10); clue slips cost 15–25, a wrong guess costs 15, and revealing the answer scores zero. Two correct answers in a row earn a +10 bonus.
Relic
The same as Face Value, but the picture is a famous artefact, building or artwork instead of a face.
Thread
Sixteen clues secretly belong to four groups of four. Tap four you think belong together, then submit. A solved board scores 100; each wrong group costs 20, down to a floor of 20. Four wrong guesses and the thread snaps — the answer groups are revealed.
Your day
Every game keeps its own streak: finishing any one of the four keeps that game's streak alive. Finishing all four in a day is a full house — the rare, celebrated result, never the baseline. A lost round still closes out the day; there's always tomorrow.
Encore
After a daily result, "Encore" offers five more rounds drawn from puzzles that have aired before. It's just for fun — Encore never affects your score, streak or daily record, and you can replay it as often as you like.
The Archive
The trailing seven days stay open for catch-up play from the home screen. Older days roll off so they can resurface later without feeling stale.