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How To Play

{{appDataPlayerCurrent.name}}, when your friend created this word puzzle, they were given word-pairs that they had to "connect" by coming up with a clue that works for both words in each word-pair.

It's your job to figure out what word-pairs they were given based on the clues they came up with.

Place cards onto the tray and rotate them until you think you've solved the puzzle!

Anatomy of a solved puzzle:

Click the SEND GUESS button to send your guess back to your friend.

{{appDataPlayerCurrent.name}}, you are about to create a word puzzle that you will send to your friends via text, email or social media.

It's your job to come up with clues that "connect" the four word-pairs (or Emoji-pairs) that are displayed on the edges of a gem.

Anatomy of a puzzle:

When you are satisfied with your 4 clues, hit the Send Puzzle button. The puzzle will scramble and you'll be able to share a message with your friend that contains a link to the scrambled puzzle.

They're gonna have to recreate your puzzle based on your clues! 🧠

How to play

In the game of Facets, you are either creating a word puzzle to send to your friends or guessing the solution to a word puzzle that a friend sent to you.

There is no single player mode. The game requires sharing between friends via text, chat, email, or some other social media.

Creating

When creating a new puzzle, it's your job to come up with clues that "connect" the four word-pairs that are displayed on the edges of a gem.

Anatomy of a puzzle:

When you are satisfied with your 4 clues, hit the Send Puzzle button. The puzzle will scramble and you'll be able to share a message with your friend that contains a link to the scrambled puzzle.

They're gonna have to recreate your puzzle based on your clues! 🧠

Guessing

When your friend created this word puzzle, they were given word-pairs that they had to "connect" by coming up with a clue that works for both words in each word-pair.

It's your job to figure out what word-pairs they were given based on the clues they came up with.

Place cards onto the tray and rotate them until you think you've solved the puzzle!

Anatomy of a solved puzzle:

Click the SEND GUESS button to send your guess back to whoever sent it to you.

Click the CHECK NOW button to automatically check your guess.

Creating

When creating a new puzzle, it's your job to come up with clues that "connect" the four word-pairs that are displayed on the edges of a gem.

Anatomy of a puzzle:

When you are satisfied with your 4 clues, hit the Send Puzzle button. The puzzle will scramble and you'll be able to share a message with your friend that contains a link to the scrambled puzzle.

They're gonna have to recreate your puzzle based on your clues! 🧠

Reviewing

Your friends will send their guesses back to you for review. When reviewing, remove incorrectly placed cards from the gem.

Click the SEND BACK button to send the puzzle back, even if you are just giving them the solution.

Controls

A card is a group of four words around the edges of a small outlined square.

You can drag cards from one spot to another spot. While guessing or reviewing, you can rotate the cards by tapping on the curved arrows in the corner of each card.

The gem has 4 large clues around its edges. At any time, you can tap on a clue or either of the two large curved arrows above the gem to rotate it.

Facets! A Puzzle Game of Words and Wits!

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Credits

Created by

Wil Voss

Feedback and ideas

Perdis Hawkins Jerry Hoffmeister Chris Lehan AJ Rogers Elaine Soennichsen Kathleen Voss Sonna Voss

How can you help?

Share with friends! Give feedback! Submit a bug! Buy me a coffee!

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