Standard word-guess rules, no lives — the clock is your only life. A 2:30 fuse burns in real time while you hunt the 5-letter word in 10 rows.
- A Direct hit — right letter, right position.
- E In the word — right letter, different spot.
- Q Not in the word — and every gray letter burns 3 extra seconds off the fuse.
- M MINE! — 3 letters of the alphabet are mined. A detonation burns 15 seconds and destroys the row's intel.
Flag suspected mines with right-click (or long-press on touch screens). Guess boldly — hesitation burns too.
Fuse at 0:00 — or out of rows — and the word is lost.