At Cranium Command, solvers were presented with a urine sample cup containing 5 lateral flow devices (i.e. pee sticks), numbered 1–5, inclusive.
Solvers should pee into the cup, thus dousing the 5 lateral flow devices. Once wet with urine (or water, if you’re boring), the 5 lateral flow devices reveal the following numbered clue phrases:
- Here in Boston, Hoover and Chacoda
- Party with linked computers
- Favor, fortune, or blind chance
- They sometimes are atoned for
- Noises from winged grey rats
Each cluephrase clues the following word, each of which is one character fewer than the number of words in the cluephrase. Each clue word becomes a different word when a P is added somewhere (thereby reapplying the puzzle mechanic), and the location of that additional P corresponds to one of the words in the cluephrase.
| Number | Phrase | Word | Word with added P | Extracted cluephrase word |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Here in Boston, Hoover and Chacoda | SEALS |
SEPALS |
BOSTON |
| 2 | Party with linked computers | LAN |
PLAN |
PARTY |
| 3 | Favor, fortune, or blind chance | LUCK |
PLUCK |
FAVOR |
| 4 | They sometimes are atoned for | SINS |
SPINS |
SOMETIMES |
| 5 | Noises from winged grey rats | COOS |
COOPS |
GREY |
In order, those indexed words form a new phrase: BOSTON PARTY FAVOR SOMETIMES GREY. Following that original pattern, the new phrase clues a word that is one character fewer than its number of words: EARL. The solution is this new word with an added P: PEARL.