Islander Games · Daily puzzle

Today's puzzle

The Haul: sixteen words, four groups, new at midnight. Sort the plain groups and the tide drops; the tricky ones come together last. More island games are coming.

Today

Pick it up

The Haul

Sixteen words, four groups. The last four float up as the tide drops.

Today's is up

Islander

One five-letter word. The first row is dealt to everyone.

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Pluff

Seven letters on a wheel. Reach Local and the tide turns it.

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Where on the Islands

Five of our own photos. Pin each one on the map.

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Islander IQ

Five questions. Every answer shows its source.

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How they work

One a day, the same for everyone

New at midnight, island time, and the same puzzle for everyone all day.
Your streak lives on your phone. Nothing to sign up for. Miss a day and one free save a month keeps it going.
Share without spoilers. The share line is shells, marsh grass, waves and anchors, never the answer, and the card is made for your story.
Set by hand, one way to sort each day. Island flavor some days, backed by the site’s own pages, never every day.

Yesterday’s answers · Island Today · Island Kids

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Spartina marsh and tidal creeks seen past palmettos on Kiawah Island

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Photographs

Low-tide beach and shallow water reaching to the horizon on Seabrook Island · chucka_nc, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized) · license
Spartina marsh and tidal creeks seen past palmettos on Kiawah Island · olekinderhook, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized) · license
Aerial view of marsh and tidal flats · Photo by Cody Silver on Unsplash · license
Sunrise rays over the surf on Seabrook Island · chucka_nc, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized) · license
Live oak canopy hung · JulDer Wiki, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized) · license

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