Sunday Grand Fair, Pick one
Long day at the market for the treehouse
Sunday’s treehouse went for 10 trades. 18 traders made a trade; 17 reached the treehouse, 6 of them by the shortest route.
How the market went
- 18 made a trade
- 17 reached the treehouse
- 6 found the 10-trade route
- 2 got three stars, with no undos
- 11.2 trades on average
- 1 minute 57 seconds median time to solve
- 8 countries solved it
The opening bell
The tailor was the favourite first trade, with 13 traders, but it rules out the 10-trade route. 5 went to the librarian first. The librarian was the way to go.
Dead ends
Nobody traded their way into a dead end.
The route
Only one set of 10 trades gets there. Open it only if you want the answer.
Show the 10-trade route to the treehouse
- Give the librarian your red paperclip for a button and a thimble. They also offer a treehouse for your tent, and make only one deal.
- Give the puppeteer your button for a snow globe.
- Give the weaver your snow globe for a rubber duck.
- Give the cobbler your rubber duck for a globe. They also offer a thimble for your spoon, and make only one deal.
- Give the beekeeper your thimble for a snow globe.
- Give the juggler your snow globe for a jar of honey.
- Give the cheesemaker your jar of honey for a music box.
- Give the carpenter your music box and globe for an umbrella.
- Give the astronomer your umbrella for a tent and a gramophone.
- Give the gardener your gramophone for the treehouse.