Home For The Holidays!

A whimsical geographic deduction game about rescuing lost pets!

Step into the "connected" world of
"Home For The Holidays,"
a word association game that guides
you and your family
on a mission to save lost pets!



The pets were part of a magical holiday celebration, traveling across the world to bring joy to children and families. However, during a festive mishap, a gust of enchanted wind scattered them far and wide. Now, they need your help to find their way back home for the holidays!

Using What3Words locations and your sharp deduction skills, you can reunite these charming creatures with their loved ones, bringing holiday cheer to every corner of the globe.

The animals left you secret codes as to where to find them. But time is limited and ticking away.

Your mission is to track down these critters and get them home for the holidays!

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In a Nutshell: Find triplets of words that are related. For example, the words "deer," "bears," and "rabbits" can be grouped as "mammals." The correct set of words will map a rescue location. This is a word association game (like SideLinks).
Locate the Animals: Select the rescue location identified by the three related words.
Perform the Rescue: Upon determining a location, rescue one animal.
Bragging Rights: Rescue all the animals to climb the leaderboard, ensuring their families have a wonderful holiday. Earn daily bragging rights and showcase your detective prowess.

Bonus: On January 31, the top ten point leaders will get free access to their choice of five Puzzler's Quest adventures.

Educational and Entertaining: Learn about different places around the world while honing your problem-solving skills.
Innovative Gameplay: Combines the classic fun of word puzzles with modern technology, creating a unique and immersive holiday experience.
Interactive Learning: Perfect for classrooms, families, and individual adventurers looking for an intellectually stimulating and festive game.
Daily Engagement: New challenges every day keep the excitement fresh and ongoing competition on the leaderboard adds an extra thrill.

About What3Words: Brainy Games uses revolutionary ///what3words technology
to pinpoint rescue locations. What3Words has mapped every 3x3-metre-square location on the planet with three unique words.

For example, ///today.play.games
maps to a location in Cambridge, England.  

Digitally-delivered prizes are provided by Brainy Games.
Vintage World Wonder or North America map game with
25 geographic and historical mysteries to solve.

Tap [HOW TO PLAY] & [VIDEO] for Details.   Please Register to Record your Score!

FIND ALL TEN RESCUE LOCATIONS

The animals have left you Secret Codes to find them, but they are All Mixed Up. Tap to Connect Three Secret Code Words, One Word from Each Column. Three Green Codes will Target the Map below for you to Inspect.
animal	baker	bakery
animals	candy	cherry
cake	mammal	elephant
cake	parrot	flight
cardinal	parrot	hamster
earth	peach	honey
nest	purple	navy
pilot	tunnel	swans
pink	turtles	toucan
tomato	vacation	worm

After inspecting the Map, tap the matching Rescue Location below ...
Alaska   Algeria   Antarctica   Brazil   British Columbia   California   Colorado   Minnesota   New Jersey   Poland   Texas   Yukon  

How to Play Video Hint (-25) Categories

Look for three words that are related, tapping one from each column.
(The words might also form a short phrase.)
If related, they will turn green, otherwise yellow.
Yellow causes your attempts to decrease your score, so think carefully.
You'll need to "think outside the box" to see some connections!
Connections include relationships such as
Containers, Vehicles, Clothing, Food, Fruits, Farm, Mammals, Rodents, Birds etc.

View the map. Zoom out to determine the city, province, state or country.
If the location on the map matches one of the rescue locations, tap that location.
If correctly matched, one animal will be saved, increasing your score.
Rescue all ten animals to complete the mission.
However, you have a limited number of guesses.
Not all connections, even though related, will be a rescue location.

The map below reveals a destination.
The current location is marked with three words.
Getting a hint will cost you some points.
Only your highest score will be recorded.
For ages 8+ or play as a family (as some clues are harder than others).

SOME OF THE CATEGORIES THAT CONNECT THREE WORDS:
Containers, Vehicles, Clothing, Food, Fruits, Farm(ing),
Animals, Mammals, Rodents, Birds, Reptiles, Fish,
First Names, School, Jobs, Activities, Sports, Geography,
Things that are White, Yellow, Red, Purple,
Dog Breeds, Games, Time, Measurements, Aquatic and more.
As well as phrases of all kinds.

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Next game "Home for the Holidays" starts on Boxing Day.


ANIMALS RESCUED: 0   ATTEMPTS LEFT: 20   SCORE: 500

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What3Words has mapped every 3x3 metre square
location on the planet with three unique words.
This game includes 1843 possible rescue locations.

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