Common Thread.
16 words, 4 hidden groups. Sounds easy until you realise "bass" could go in three of them.
Common Thread is a word game built for the short window between meetings. The round is self-paced, with 1 attempt before the score locks. Letters, language, the occasional pangram. The team-wide leaderboard rebuilds itself daily, so the only thing carrying from yesterday is bragging rights.
- 01GoalFind 4 groups of 4 words that share something in common.
- 02How it worksSelect 4 words and tap Submit to check your guess.
- 03MistakesYou get 4 mistakes before the game ends.
- 04DifficultyGroups are color-coded by difficulty: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Tricky.
Five Letters
Guess the 5-letter word in 6 tries. You already know how this works. You're addicted.
Read about it →Cipher
Crack the substitution cipher. Every letter has been swapped — figure out the mapping. Fastest solve wins.
Read about it →Letter Hunch
Guess the phrase with as few letters as possible. 3 puzzles — fewer guesses = more points!
Read about it →Common questions
Is Common Thread free to play?+
Every team gets a 30-day free trial with full access to Common Thread and the whole game library, no credit card. After that the library stays unlocked on Pro at $39/mo flat for the whole team.
Do I need to download anything to play Common Thread?+
No. Common Thread runs in any modern browser on desktop or mobile. The version on Halftime is the full game, with no app to install.
Can my whole team play together?+
Yes. Halftime gives every teammate the same daily game and lines up their scores on a shared leaderboard. Connect Halftime to Slack or Microsoft Teams to drop scores into your channel as they come in.
There are plenty more waiting.
Set up your team in under a minute. One daily slot, all six categories, your record book starts the second you arrive.