{"id":523738,"date":"2025-10-24T03:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/523738\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T03:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:16:27","slug":"how-to-play-the-addictive-new-london-underground-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/523738\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Play the Addictive New London Underground Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

How well do you think you know the tube? Think you could name all\u00a0430 Underground, Overground and DLR stations off the top your head? Time to prove it. Tubedoku<\/strong>, a new daily puzzle created by Sam Dawes,\u00a0will put your tube knowledge to the test.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tubedoku is a 3×3 grid that you have to fill with six different tube stations that satisfy the descriptions\u00a0both the row and column. Similar to the New York Times\u2019 Wordle, a new puzzle is released every day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unlike regular sudoko, there are normally multiple possible answers for each square. For example, a station that\u2019s on the\u00a0Central line and has no repeating letters could be Bank or Fairlop, and a station\u00a0ending in Green and in Zone 2\u00a0could be Bethnal Green, Parsons Green or Kensal Green.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When you click on a square, all the stations will appear in drop down menu for you to find the one you\u2019re after (technically, this can\u00a0allow you to cheat and fill the grid out without much thinking at all, but come on, there\u2019s no honour in that). If you get an answer correct, the square will turn green.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0real challenge is to work out the \u2018golden station\u2019 \u2013 the one tube station that\u00a0meets all six criteria. If you find this one it\u2019ll appear on the grid in yellow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nImage: Tubedoku <\/p>\n

If you find yourself completing the puzzle with ease, take it one step further and switch to hardcore mode. You\u2019ll have to fill in the answers completely freehand, without the drop down menu. Of course, you can still cheat if you play while on the tube \u2013 just look up at the nearest map.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dawes told Time Out: \u2018I\u2019ve always loved daily puzzles, and one day on the Underground I realised the tube map itself was the perfect theme. Each Tubedoku uses an algorithm to build a fresh puzzle grid around\u00a0the hidden golden station. It\u2019s been amazing to see that others enjoy it too.\u2019<\/p>\n

Try Tubedoku out for yourself here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This new interactive London map shows the most crowded bus stops in the city<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

London is set for a\u00a0new \u00a3700 million Overground line<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke \u2013 from news and reviews to events and trends. Just\u00a0<\/strong>follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stay in the loop: sign up for our\u00a0<\/strong>free Time Out London newsletter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How well do you think you know the tube? Think you could name all\u00a0430 Underground, Overground and DLR…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,11648,393,4884,257,11649,183,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-523738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-travel","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news-transport-travel","14":"tag-travel","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115426978448745654","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}