BOLLY
Rate itGuess the day's Bollywood film title one letter at a time, with five lives.
on bolly.io
BOLLY hides the title of a Bollywood film each day and you reveal it by guessing letters. Right letters fill in across the title, wrong ones cost one of five lives, and a hint unlocks after three misses at the price of another life. It comes from the makers of HOLLY, with an archive of past puzzles.
About BOLLY
BOLLY is a hangman-style title game for Hindi cinema. The day's film title is shown as blank spaces, and you pick letters one at a time. Every correct letter appears wherever it occurs in the title; every wrong one costs a life. You have five, drawn as the letters B, O, L, L and Y.
After three wrong guesses a hint becomes available, but using it costs a life too, so it is a gamble late in the round. The timer starts when you begin, and finishing keeps your day streak going. No account is needed to play; signing in with PuzzParty saves your streak and shows friends. A new puzzle drops at midnight Indian Standard Time, and everyone plays the same film.
Beyond the daily, the site has an archive for replaying older puzzles in practice mode without touching your streak, an answers page with yesterday's reveal, a friends mode for sharing a puzzle, weekly puzzles on Fridays, a Pixels mode where you name the film from a hidden poster, and a points season with a leaderboard. BOLLY is made by mini tech co., who also make HOLLY for international cinema and the word game WERD.
How to play BOLLY
- Open BOLLY and press Play Today's Puzzle.
- Guess a letter; if it is in the title, it fills in every place it appears.
- A wrong letter costs one of your five lives.
- After three wrong letters you can take a hint, which costs one more life.
- Complete the title before your lives run out to keep your streak.
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Tips
- Start with common vowels such as A, E and I; Hindi film titles transliterated into English use them heavily.
- Watch the word lengths: short words like KI, KA, HAI and DIL show up often.
- Save the hint for when you have a few letters but cannot place the film.
- Use the archive to practise on old puzzles without risking your streak.
Questions
What time does BOLLY reset?
A new puzzle drops every day at midnight Indian Standard Time.
How many lives do I get?
Five, shown as the letters B-O-L-L-Y. Each wrong letter costs one.
How do hints work?
A hint unlocks after three wrong guesses, but using it costs one life.
Can I play old puzzles?
Yes. The archive lets you replay past puzzles in practice mode with no effect on your streak.
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