Variants

Hyperlock Variant: Hyperlock

Rules

Hyperlock is a variant that locks players into using the selection in a particular way (like Lockdown) while also extending the size of the selections (like Hyper).

Letters round: The selection contains 12 letters. The first, sixth and twelfth letters are highlighted in red and must appear in the word declared.

Numbers round: The selection contains 8 numbers, including up to 6 large numbers drawn from 25, 50, 75, 100, 150 and 200. The target is between 1000 and 9999. The first number selected, highlighted in red, must be used in the solution. (The solution is still valid even if the red number leads to a "dead end"; for example, if 2 is the required number and 2250 is the target, then 6-2=4, 3x10x75 = 2250 would be a valid solution.)

Conundrum: Thirteen letters are shown, from which there is exactly one twelve-letter word available. This word is the answer.

Hyperlock formats

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