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Subway Mapper

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Subway Mapper

Name all five missing stations on the New York subway map.

How to play

  1. Choose a numbered station under Missing labels or select its marker on the map. Use its train lines, location and nearby named stations as clues. The map shows a curated station network, not live travel directions.
  2. Type your answer in Station name, or open Browse station names to select from the complete list. Then choose Place label. Every name is available from the start; searching helps you find a choice without identifying the answer.
  3. A correct answer reveals and locks that station’s label. An incorrect guess leaves the label open so you can try again. Previously solved labels stay solved.
  4. Complete all five labels to finish. Wrong guesses do not end the attempt; competition clocks keep running while you think, retry, leave or reload.

Head-to-head rules

Correctly name all five missing subway stations before your opponent. Both players get the same puzzle and start together, with 3 minutes to finish. Completion time decides the match; fewer moves or a higher solo score do not beat an earlier correct finish. Finishes within 0.1 seconds draw. If neither player finishes before time runs out, the match is a draw.

Your moves and answers stay private. Leaving through the game controls forfeits the match; closing the page does not pause its clock.

Real-player matches update this game's own Elo rating. Daily and practice results keep their separate progress and never change Elo.

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The clock keeps running. Leaving counts as a loss.

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is still in progress. Switching games forfeits that match and counts as a loss.

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Unmute your device and this tab, then test the sound before you play. Headphones can help you hear the details.

Listen for four rising notes.

Your game starts after you confirm you can hear it.