Misfiled: today's case

How to play

  1. Crack the secret rule

    Every case has a hidden filing rule. Twenty cards are on the desk.

  2. Test up to six cards

    Each test stamps a card filed (it follows the rule) or misfiled (it breaks it).

    BELLFiled BOXFiled DESKMisfiled
  3. Mind the trap

    The first pattern you spot is usually a decoy. Rules can be about spelling, about numbers, or about what things actually are.

  4. Know your week

    Every week has a secret theme, revealed after Sunday's case. Fridays are always a two-part rule, and Sundays are judgement calls: the Clerk explains his rulings at the end.

  5. Sit the exam: 60 seconds

    Four new cards. Mark each one filed or misfiled.

  6. Name the rule

    Then pick the real rule from four options. The three fakes each fit almost everything you have seen, and fail on just one card. All four cards right, plus the right rule, in time, cracks the case.

  7. Score up to 1,000

    Each correct card75 Naming the rule+100 Cracking the case+200 Each unused test+30 Speed bonusup to +220 Using the lifeline-100
  8. One case a day

    A new case opens at midnight (South African time). Keep cracking to build your streak.

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