Hybrids

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Place flower tiles on a hex grid so linked pairs share the trait marked between them.

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Hybrids board for 21 October 2026: ten empty hex cells joined by count, shape, colour and centre links, with eleven red and orange flower tiles below

Hybrids is a daily logic puzzle played with flower tiles. Each flower has four traits, its petal count, petal shape, colour and centre, and the links between cells on a small hex board say which trait two neighbours must share. You place every flower so all the links hold.

About Hybrids

Hybrids is a placement puzzle with a garden look. The day's board is a cluster of hexagonal cells, and some pairs of neighbouring cells are joined by a link marked with a symbol. You also get a set of flower tiles, one for each cell. Every flower differs in four ways: how many petals it has, the shape of the petals, their colour and the pattern at the centre.

A link's symbol names one of those traits, and the two flowers on either side of it must match on that trait. The deduction comes from overlaps. A cell in the middle may have links of three kinds, so its flower has to agree with several neighbours at once, and chains of the same link type force a whole run of cells to share a colour or a shape. Since every tile must be used exactly once, placing one flower narrows down where the others can go.

A new board arrives at midnight Eastern time, and earlier boards are in a calendar archive. A counter at the top shows how many links you have satisfied, a Recall button takes tiles back, and a Hint button helps when you are stuck. The game is free in the browser with no account or ads, and it works on a phone as well as a desktop. It suits players who enjoy LinkedIn-style grid puzzles and the card game Set, where you look at several features of a piece at the same time.

How to play Hybrids

Look at the board's links and the trait each one names: count, shape, colour or centre.
Look over the flower tiles and note how each differs from the others.
Start with cells that carry many links; few flowers can satisfy them all.
Place flowers so every linked pair matches on the named trait.
Use every tile once; the puzzle is solved when all links hold.

Screenshots

Hybrids title card: the name Hybrids in black hand-drawn letters, framed by cartoon flowers in red, blue, pink, purple and orange with different petal shapes and centres

Tips

Follow chains of the same link type: every flower along the chain shares that trait.
Two links of different types between overlapping cells can pin a tile to a single place.
If a trait value appears on only one tile, any cell that needs it is decided.

Questions

When does Hybrids get a new puzzle?

At midnight US Eastern time; the game picks the day's board by the New York date.

What are the four traits?

Petal count, petal shape, colour and the pattern at the centre of the flower.

Can I play earlier puzzles?

Yes. Past boards are in the archive.

Does Hybrids have hints?

Yes. A Hint button beside the board gives help on the current puzzle, and a key beside it shows which symbol stands for petal count, shape, colour and centre.