Pyramid Scheme (BuzzFeed)

About Pyramid Scheme (BuzzFeed)

Pyramid Scheme is a word game from BuzzFeed Games, also published on HuffPost, which belongs to the same company. Each puzzle is dated, and everyone plays the same one that day.

The board is a pyramid of fifteen circles in five rows, from one at the top to five at the bottom, each holding a letter. You build a word by dragging or tapping from letter to letter, moving only between circles that touch, in any direction. Press Check Word to submit it. Every letter belongs to exactly one word, and there is only one combination that uses them all, so a word that fits but strands a letter is a sign to think again.

A timer runs while you play and a hint button is there when you are stuck. A short tutorial explains the rules on your first visit. Both sites carry ads.

It suits players who like Strands or word searches and want a shorter puzzle that still needs a plan.

How to play Pyramid Scheme (BuzzFeed)

1. Open today's Pyramid Scheme on BuzzFeed or HuffPost and press Get Started.
2. Drag or tap through neighbouring letters in the pyramid to spell a word.
3. Press Check Word to submit it.
4. Keep finding words until every letter in the pyramid is used once.
5. Use a hint if you are stuck.

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Tips

• Start from the corners of the pyramid: those letters have the fewest neighbours, so their words are easiest to pin down.
• If a word leaves a letter with no way to join any other, it is probably not part of the solution.
• Letters in the middle of the pyramid touch up to six others, so leave them for last; the edges narrow the choices first.

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