Variants
Variant: Hyper
Rules
Hyper is a variant that scales up the game from its normal rules.
Letters round: The selection has 12 letters, with between 4 and 6 vowels allowed.
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.
Conundrum: The conundrum is a 12-letter anagram.
Hyper formats
- Hyper
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