There is a quiet tension in every daily-puzzle habit: the streak demands a solve, but looking up the answer kills the satisfaction. Most players swing between the extremes — white-knuckling alone or pasting the answer immediately — and both waste what answer sites are actually good for. This is the workflow we designed LinkedIn Answer Today around: hints first, answers last.
The three levels of help
Think of help as a ladder, and climb it only as far as you need:
- A nudge. A hint that points your attention somewhere — "look at the smallest colored region", "count the cells between waypoints 2 and 3". You still do the solving.
- A method. A step-by-step walkthrough of how the solution can be found, read after you have solved (or after you have genuinely given up). This is the level that actually makes you better at the game.
- The answer itself. The completed grid, the ladder, the queen positions. Useful for verification, streak rescue, or when you are simply out of time.
Most players default to level 3 because it is one click away. But level 1 preserves the fun and level 2 builds the skill — and a site that offers all three lets you choose per day, per mood, per puzzle.
What's available here — all three levels, free
Every day, for every game, we publish:
- The full answer — today's solution for all seven LinkedIn games, free for everyone.
- A step-by-step explanation — a short walkthrough of a plausible solving path, not just the raw answer.
- The complete archives — every past puzzle and its answer, also free. Older puzzles are excellent practice material precisely because they carry no streak pressure.
And when you want level 1 — a nudge without the spoiler — there is the AI assistant. You can ask things like:
- "Give me a hint for today's Tango without telling me the answer."
- "I'm stuck on Crossclimb after three rungs — what kind of word should I look for?"
- "What should I check first in today's Queens puzzle?"
The assistant is designed to hint first: it guides your reasoning instead of dumping the solution, and it knows the actual rules of each game. Free accounts get 5 messages per day with 7 days of chat history; Pro raises that to 100 messages per day with a full year of history — see the pricing page if you outgrow the free tier. The answers and archives stay free either way.
A streak-friendly routine
- Play the puzzle straight for a few minutes. Most days that is all you need.
- Stuck? Ask for one hint — a nudge, not the answer. Apply it and keep playing.
- Still stuck after two hints? Take the answer. A solved puzzle with a saved streak beats an abandoned one.
- After solving, read the explanation anyway. Comparing your path against another valid one is the cheapest skill training there is.
- On weekends, drill the archives. Past puzzles are perfect for practicing a specific game's techniques without pressure.
Why "hints first" actually wins
The fun of these games is the moment the pattern clicks. A hint preserves that moment — it narrows your search space but leaves the deduction to you. An answer erases it. Over a month, the hints-first player gets faster; the answers-first player gets the same streak with none of the growth, and usually quits when the puzzles stop feeling rewarding.
Use the ladder. Nudge first, method second, answer last — and keep the click for the days you genuinely need it.