GridLocked: Can You Guess The Food? (23 October 2026)

GridLocked is a daily pop culture guessing game built for Nigerians. Every weekday by 9am, you’ll get six clues, sixty seconds, and an answer only a Nigerian would know.

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Today’s GridLocked is food.

How many clues do you need to get it right?

Share your result when done, but don’t spoil the answer ****for others. (Missed the last GridLocked? ****Play it here.)

23 OCTOBER 2026 Click To Play How To Play Guess The Food 01:00

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How To Play

The Goal: Guess the answer for the day before time runs out. (The answer could be a person, place, song, movie, or even slang.)

The Lock: You cannot type a guess until you have revealed at least one tile.

The Reveal: Tap any tile to reveal a clue. Every clue on the grid describes the answer for the day.

The Clock: You have 60 seconds to guess right. The timer starts the moment you flip your first tile. (You get multiple guesses.)

The Score:
(White) = A tile you flipped
(Purple) = A tile you kept hidden.

Best Result = | Guesses: 1 (Only needed one clue and one guess to get it right)

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How to Play GridLocked

• The Goal

  : Guess the

  answer for the day

  before time runs out. (The answer could be a Nigerian person, place, song, movie, or even slang.)

• The Lock:

  You cannot type a guess until you have revealed at least

  one tile (clue).

• The Reveal:

  Tap any tile to reveal a clue. Every clue describes the

  answer for the day

  . The fewer tiles you flip, the better.

• The Clock:

  You have

  60 seconds

  to guess right. The timer starts the moment you flip your first tile. (You get

  multiple guesses.

  )

The GridLocked Squares: What Do They Mean?

When the game ends, you see your guess count, total time spent, and the number of tiles flipped. The tiles are shown as white and purple squares.

• (

  White

  ) = A tile you flipped

• (

  Purple

  ) = A tile you left closed

The fewer white tiles you have, the better your result.

• Best Result

  = | Guesses: 1 (Only needed

  one

  clue

  and

  one

  guess

  to get it right)