Chaar Yaar

How categories are designed

Each board has one intended arrangement: four groups, each containing four tiles. A category may be a shared topic, a phrase pattern, a cultural reference, or wordplay, and every tile has one final home.

The four categories are designed together, so a tile that appears obvious in isolation may be needed somewhere else. Expect familiar Pakistani names, places, foods, expressions, entertainment, and everyday vocabulary to sit beside broader word relationships. The cultural setting supplies context, but the grouping logic still has to account for the whole board.

Handle overlaps and mistakes

Some tiles are designed to look at home in more than one possible group. When a set fails—or the game says you are one away—check what your choice would leave behind; a strong group should make the remaining categories clearer too.

Use one-away feedback as evidence, not an instruction to swap tiles at random. Hold onto the three words with the strongest shared explanation, then inspect every unselected tile for the missing fourth. If two replacements look plausible, test which choice leaves a coherent second group among the remaining twelve words.

Work with the whole board

Select exactly four tiles and submit only when you can name their connection. Correct groups lock and leave the board, which often exposes the intended meaning of ambiguous words. You have a limited mistake allowance, so use solved groups and rejected combinations to narrow possibilities instead of repeating nearly identical guesses.

Daily play, progress, and sharing

A fresh puzzle arrives at your local midnight. Your progress and streak stay saved on this device, no account is required, and the shared grid never reveals the categories.