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Images
Visual scan
See the sprites and use colour, silhouette, shape, and visual families as clues.
FIELD GUIDE / DAILY MODE
How to play Pokennection
A daily Pokémon puzzle about spotting the connection hiding in plain sight. Sort 16 Pokémon into four groups before your four lives run out.
Play today's puzzle16 Pokémon · 4 hidden connections
4 LIVES
TODAY’S BOARD4 LIVES
0 / 4 solved
Three moves to make a connection
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Scan the board
Look across all 16 Pokémon before committing. The obvious match may be a decoy.
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Choose four
Tap the four Pokémon that share one idea: a type, region, evolution line, colour, or something stranger.
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Submit and adapt
A correct group locks in. A wrong guess costs a life, so use every “one away” clue carefully.
THE DAILY LOOP
One board. Four connections. Four lives.
Every local day brings a fresh board. Find four groups of four, protect your lives, and finish the puzzle before the clock reaches your next midnight reset.
4 lives4 / 4
4 lives
Each wrong submission removes one life. When the meter is empty, the board ends and the solution becomes available.
Daily reset
A new board arrives at your local midnight. Everyone playing the same date receives the same board, and your progress is kept if you refresh the page.
Tune the clues to your play style
The same daily board can become a visual scan, a memory test, or a deeper trivia hunt with two simple selectors.
ImagesNamesNormal → Hard+
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Names
Knowledge check
Hide the artwork and solve from the Pokémon names alone. It makes the connections feel sharper.
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Difficulty
Normal / Hard / Hard+
Keep four lives, but move from familiar categories toward more specific Pokémon knowledge.
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Unlimited
10 / 15 / 20 boards
Chain multiple boards together with one shared four-life meter and earn 100 points for every board cleared.
DIFFICULTY SELECTOR
Pick your pressure
NormalWarm-upA friendly mix of approachable categories. No hints needed.
HardSharperFewer obvious routes and more room for tempting near-matches.
Hard+Deep cutFor players who enjoy the connections you cannot read from the sprite alone.
Field notes for a better first guess
- 01Start with the group you can explain in one sentence. Confidence is worth more than cleverness.
- 02If the game says “one away”, keep three and replace the tile that is doing the least work.
- 03After a group clears, re-scan the smaller board. The remaining Pokémon often reveal a second connection.
- 04When the board feels noisy, switch between Images and Names. A new clue surface can break the tie.
More ways to play are on the map
Unlimited runs are now live. Adventure maps and community-made boards are planned as separate modes with their own rules.
Coming later
Adventure
A region map built from hand-made puzzles.
Coming later
Community puzzles
Boards created and shared by players.
Ready to make a connection?
The fastest way to learn is to play today’s board. Good luck, Trainer.