Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake Hints

Solving the Tombstone Puzzle (Juniors)

  • 1 of 8: First of all, blocks 1, 4, and 5 all rotate the most blocks, so you will probably be starting with those first.
  • 2 of 8: So, it spells "WALDO" now.  Try to get the "B" in "BALDO" first.  What block affects the "B", or block 1?
  • 3 of 8: That would be block 1 and block 2.  But you know you should start with block 1, not 2.  So, rotate block 1 twice to get a "B" in block 1.
  • 4 of 8: So, it spells "BANPO" now.  Try to get the "L" in "BALDO" next.  What block affects the "L", or block 3?
  • 5 of 8: That would be blocks 1, 3, and 5.  You already worked with block 1, and you know you should start with block 5, not 3.  So, rotate block 5 twice to get an "L" in block 3.
  • 6 of 8: So, it spells "BULPE" now.  Try to get the "A", the "D", and the "O" in "BALDO" next.  What blocks affects blocks 2, 4, and 5?
  • 7 of 8: That would be block 4; it affects those very blocks!  So, rotate block 4 twice to get the "A", the "D", the "O" in blocks 2, 4, and 5.
  • 8 of 8: That's it!  "BALDO"!  So, to summarize:

    1) Rotate block 1 twice.
    2) Rotate block 5 twice.
    3) Rotate block 4 twice.