Bracket City - The Atlantic
www.theatlantic.com
Solve nested clues to reveal a satisfying fact about this day in history. Climb the ranks from tourist to kingmaker (or beyond?).

missed one color at the very end

[Bracket City]
July 18, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 1

Total Score: 98.0
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  • AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago
    July 20, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

☠️ hard mode!

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 75
🎯 Minimum Required: 79
👀 Peeks: 1

Total Score: 100.0
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    Spoiler

    I had to peek on the “demand silence from a baby” clue and still scored 100. Using auto fill on mobile does not count all the letters just the keystrokes. I ended up with a score of 105 then got -5 for the peek.

  • AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago
    [Bracket City]
July 18, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

☠️ hard mode!

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 70
🎯 Minimum Required: 77

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪
  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 days ago

    [famously betrayed Julius] = Caesar

    this is bullshit. if it’s “Julius Caesar”, the answer should be Brutus, and if it’s Caesar, it should be [famously betrayed _____] or [famously betrayed Julius _____]

    • AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      This game never uses _______ , but yeah I weighed both answers and took a 50/50 chance. The clue should have bean

      Spoiler

      [famously betrayed by Brutus]

      You should use a spoiler tag when discussing answers.