Common Thread

A word game: find words on the board from one-word clues. 1–12 players

How to play Common Thread

Find the right words on the board from the clues. Avoid the Knot – pick it and the game ends at once.

A clue is one word that isn't on the board, plus a number: how many words it fits.
Tap the words you think fit. A wrong word ends the turn, and you can stop after one guess.
Daily Thread: same puzzle for everyone, ready-made clues. When they run out, guess freely – one miss ends it.
Thread for two: each of you sees half the map. Take turns giving clues while the other guesses.
Teams: Red vs Blue. The thread master sees the map and gives clues; the rest of the team guesses.
In Teams and Thread for two, you get one guess more than the number.

Daily Thread: find all 9 words. Thread for two: find all 15 within 9 clues. Teams: first team to find all its words wins. Pick the Knot and you lose.

Teams on one phone: thread masters hold “See the map” to peek, or type the code on their own phone.
Teams: pick the other team's word and it counts for them – and your turn ends.
Thread for two: a word from your own map still counts, but it ends the turn.