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Six Degrees, the movie connection game

Six Degrees is a daily movie connection game. You get a start film and a finish film, and you link them through their casts, alternating film and actor, in six links or fewer.

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The rules

  1. Start with the first film

    Today’s board shows a start film and a finish film. Open the start film’s cast.

  2. Pick an actor

    Choose anyone in the start film’s cast. That is your first link.

  3. Pick another film

    Choose a different film that actor appears in. Keep alternating: film, actor, film, actor.

  4. Connect the finish

    When your current actor is in the finish film’s cast, tap Connect finish. Six links or fewer solves the puzzle. Undo lets you back up and try another route.

An example

Titanic to The Truman Show, in four links:

  1. Titanic
  2. Kate Winslet
  3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  4. Jim Carrey
  5. The Truman Show

Kate Winslet is in Titanic and Eternal Sunshine. Jim Carrey is in Eternal Sunshine and The Truman Show.

Tips

  • Work from both ends. Look at the finish film’s cast first, then find a route toward one of them.
  • Prolific actors with long careers make good bridges between decades.
  • There is no timer. Take another look at the cast before you spend a link.
  • Stuck? The lightbulb gives a clue in two steps, so you can take a nudge before a full reveal.

Questions

Is this the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game?

It is the same idea: films are linked through actors they share. Instead of always ending at Kevin Bacon, Callback gives everyone the same two films each day, and you connect them in six links or fewer.

What counts as a link?

Each step from a film to an actor in its cast, or from an actor to another film they appear in, is one link. Connecting your last actor to the finish film counts too.

Is there only one right answer?

No. Any route that alternates films and actors and reaches the finish in six links or fewer solves the puzzle. Shorter routes are something to brag about.

Where does the cast information come from?

Film credits come from The Movie Database (TMDB). Each film’s cast list in the game shows who counts.

More daily puzzles

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