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2025 Codenames Reading Challenge
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Progress Connection: 04 / 05
Word: 02 / 05
Object: 04 / 05
Your list
1- Beach - Object
2- Agent
3- Time
4- Bus - Object
5- Year - Word
6- One
7- Fire - Connection
8- Car
9- Exchange
10- Promise - Neutral
11- Country
12- Gun - Penalty
13- Socks - Object
14- Paris - Connection
15- Cat- Connection
16- Friendship
17- Tree - Object
. 18- Knife - Object
19- Curious
20- Library
21- Sisters - Connection
22- Escape
23- Death - Word
24- Tree - Word
25- Girl - Neutral
Wildcards unlocked
1. Skip a penalty completely
2. Skip a task completely
3.
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Penalty Tasks 1- Read a book that you own
2- Read a book with author initials in "PENALTY"
3- Read from a series that you have already started
4- Read a book published before 2015
5- Read a book with any 3 letters of PENALTY in title
Points: 32 Skips: -4
First 3 cluemaster clues are: a. Feet
b. Family
c. Forest
These 3 clues relate to 3 different words. You now guess 3 words from the above list which you think fits the clues and I will reveal what they relate to. You can complete the first 3 tasks in any order
Congrats! You revealed 3 correct words! 13. Socks - Object
Read a book with Socks on the cover
21. Sisters - Connection
Read a book that you can connect to sisters in any manner
24. Tree - Word
Read a book with Tree / Trees in title
Congrats you revealed a wild card - Skip a penalty completely
You can use your wild card at any point in the game
You can read them in any manner. Cluemaster will be back with 3 more clues after you complete these tasks!
Task: 21Book: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
Date: 13/2 3★
Fit: Lydia has a close relationship with her sister, Elle
Task: 13Book: The Northern Lights Lodge by Julie Caplin
Date: 21/3 3★
Fit: I think I'll have to use my free skip as I'm just not getting any socks
a. Transportb. Period
c. Crime
These 3 clues relate to 3 different words. You now guess 3 words from the above list which you think fits the clues and I will reveal what they relate to. You can complete the 3 tasks in any order
Congrats! You revealed 2 correct words! Bus - Object
Read a book with bus on the cover
Year - Word
Read a book with Year/Years in title
Congrats you revealed a wild card - Skip a task completely
You can use your wild card at any point in the game
Gun - Penalty
Read a penalty task or -2 points
You can read them in any manner. Cluemaster will be back with 3 more clues after you complete these tasks!
Does this mean I have 2 wildcards now? I suppose I should use my 'skip the penalty' card.
Indeed you have 2 wildcards now, you can use the penalty card now if you wish like or complete one of the penalty tasks to avoid -2 points
OK, give me a penalty task & we'll see how I go. This one is proving pretty challenging already 😃
Penalty tasks are in message 3All books were curated with objects / words / connections from your TBR to make it tad bit easier but agree this challenge is more specific than others 🙈🙈
Gun - PenaltyBook: The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill
Date: 26/3 3.5★
Task: Read a book with any 3 letters of PENALTY in title
Fit: ETY in title
I'm using my free skip on YEAR.Book: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Date: 9/5 2.5★
Task: Read a book with Year/Years in title
Fit: free skip
I'm buying a skip for BUSBook: Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Date: 10/5 3★
Task: Read a book with bus on the cover
Fit: buy a skip
Congrats! You revealed 2 correct words! Beach - Object
Read a book with beach on the cover
Knife - Object
Read a book with knife on the cover
Death - Word
Read a book with death/deaths title
Congrats you revealed a wild card - Skip a task completely
You can use your wild card at any point in the game
You can read them in any manner. Cluemaster will be back with 3 more clues after you complete these tasks!
Book: Treachery in Death by J.D. RobbDate: 13/6 4.5★
Task: Read a book with death/deaths title
Fit: death in title
Congrats! You revealed 2 correct words! Paris - Connection
Read a book you can connect to Paris
Promise - Neutral
Read a book that meets guidelines
Fire - Connection
Read a book you can connect to fire
You can read them in any manner. Cluemaster will be back with 3 more clues after you complete these tasks!
Book: Julia's Portion by Ellen FitzgeraldDate: 21/7 2★
Task: Read a book that meets guidelines
Fit: meets guidelines
Book: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead, Wendy MassDate: 3/8 5★
Task: Read a book you can connect to fire
Fit: the mystery is who started the fire that burnt the library down
Book: The Yellow Villa by Amanda HampsonDate: 25/8 3.5★
Task: Read a book you can connect to Paris
Fit: set near Paris
Congrats! You revealed 2 correct words! Tree - Object
Read a book with tree on cover
Girl - Neutral
Read a book that meets guidelines
Cat - Connection
Read a book you can connect to Cat
You can read them in any manner. Cluemaster will be back with 3 more clues after you complete these tasks!
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Rules
Welcome to the Bookish Codenames Challenge! This game will test your bookish instincts and reward you with exciting reading tasks. Here's how to play:
Objective
Your goal is to complete as many tasks as possible, earn points, and avoid penalties. The game ends when all connection tasks, word in title and word in cover are revealed.
Setup
The List: The game features a list of 25 words (everyone will receive a different set). Each word is secretly assigned a category:
Connection Tasks (5 words): Choosing these will mean you would need to read any book that somehow connects to that word
Cover Tasks (5 words): Choosing these will mean you need to read to have that particular object on cover
Word in Title Tasks (5 words): Choosing these will mean you need to read to have that particular word in the title
Neutral Words (5 words): These have no effect—just your lucky break! You need to read any book that meets general guidelines
Penalty Words (5 words): Landing on these triggers a penalty. You need to either give 2 points or complete one of the penalty tasks
Clue master will provide clues to guide you through the list (Be aware and make the correct choice as sometimes clues can make you tempted on penalty words).
How to Play
Clues and Turns:
The clue master will give you a one-word hint (e.g., Magic). The clue master's objective is to hint toward words which are related to connection tasks, cover tasks, or words in title tasks (avoiding the neutral and penalty). The hint relates to one or more words in the list.
Based on the clue, you pick a word from the list that you think matches.
Revealing Words:
If the word is a Connection Task / Cover / Word in title , you will complete the challenge.
If the word is Neutral, nothing happens, just read any book that meets general guidelines and you move to the next turn.
If the word is a Penalty, you must complete a small penalty task.
Scoring
Connection Tasks: 2 points each
Cover Tasks: 4 points each
Word in Title Tasks: 3 points each
Neutral Tasks: 1 point each
Penalties: -2 points or complete one of the penalty tasks from below
Wild Words: 4 randomly assigned words may have special powers:
1- Swap a task for another eg: if you have "home" as cover - you can switch it to word in title / ask for challenge / change to neutral - you will get points based on the task you change it to
2- Skip a task completely
3- Skip a penalty completely
4- Substitute that word with any other word and complete that challenge accordingly eg: if you "home" as cover but you are reading a book with "girl' on cover you can change the word home to girl and complete that challenge
Skips
1 free skip is available, then 4 points per skip