Get quick and convenient access to just the hints you need for Nancy Drew 24: The Captive Curse, without staying on our website. Just download a free trial
version of our UHS Reader software and
a copy of these hints. You will get the
same gradual hints you see here -- unlike ordinary cheats or a
walkthrough that can spoil your game.
You can also buy the full version of the UHS Reader
for Windows or macOS. For just $14.95, you get full access to hints for
hundreds of games and 1 year of free updates. You can also search, decode, or print an entire
game's worth of hints at once.
Ask the Author
If you have questions about a puzzle that aren't answered
anywhere in these hints,
you may contact the author.
Nancy Drew 24: The Captive Curse Hints
How do I decipher Dad's note?
1 of 14: Nancy gives you a basic rundown of the way this puzzle works, but it's kind of hard to follow. Read to the end of this hint for a translation of the note.
2 of 14: What's going on here is that the letters have been jumbled around, but in a very organized way. They're all in the columns where they belong, but not in the same row.
3 of 14: For example, the first word is two letters long, and it currently says TL. The first column has the letters T, T, H, and G, and the second column has L, T, O, I, and H. So the first word will have one letter from the first column followed by one letter from the second column. Can you see any two-letter words in that combination?
4 of 14: I found two: GO and TO. Try them both -- move the O up to where the L is now, then --
5 of 14: -- be happy, because the word has now locked. It's "TO." Do you see the process now?
6 of 14: Start with the small words -- "the" is repeated many times -- and solve away. The more words you solve, the fewer letters you have to look through.
7 of 14: If you want one more head-start-type hint, the very long word at the start of the second row is --
8 of 14: "GLOCKENSPIEL," which is an instrument like a xylophone.
9 of 14: Still stuck? Here's the full message, line by line:
