Setlist

Setlist is one of the Dailies, two small word puzzles a day from Really Bad Studio, published side by side with the grouping puzzle Side Stage. It plays in the browser on a computer or a phone, is free and needs no account. Your streak is kept in the browser you play in.

A day's puzzle is a taped-down sheet of five numbered lines, each with a clue under it. The answers form a chain, so each word starts with the last letter of the word before. The sheet prints the first letter of the first word and, on most days, the last letter of the last one. On harder days the last letter is hidden. When you finish a line, the game writes its last letter at the start of the next line for you, so a wrong ending carries into the line below.

The clues lean on wordplay. On 27 October 2026 the set started with K, and the clues led from a booth at the mall through a famous mystery about what is worn under a garment, then a word for putting a motion on hold or setting it for dinner, then a nudge through a crowd, and ended on something you blow to stop play.

Nothing is marked as you go. You can fill the lines in any order and change anything, and only when you ink the setlist does the sheet ring the right words and strike the wrong ones. Each correct word is worth 20 points, for 100 in all. The Hint menu on each line can give a letter, check a letter or check the whole word, each for a few points. After two letters it can show the word, which then scores nothing. On days with the last letter hidden, the first hint turns the links on.

After the ink you get a result card with one mark per word and your score, never the words, and a chart of how your score compares with other players. Finishing either Setlist or Side Stage keeps the shared streak going. Past days go to the Dailies archive, and a few practice sheets are there to learn on. Neither changes the streak. It suits players who like clued word puzzles and have about five minutes a day.