Four short stations, one workout.
Warm up your memory, race the clock for unusual uses, score how far apart your words sit, then crack the day's word puzzle. About nine minutes with the timers.
What happens, in order
- Remember something real — 2 minutes on the details of one recent moment.
- Unusual uses — 3 minutes, one object, no sensible answers.
- Ten unrelated words — 4 minutes, scored on how far apart they are.
- The missing word — the day's puzzle, marked instantly.
Every station is recorded against your account.
Episodic recall
Alternative uses
Fluency is the count. Originality is your own judgement — pick the two you think are most original once the clock stops.
Ten unrelated words
Ten common nouns, as unrelated to each other as you can make them. No names, no numbers, no two words from the same family. Your score is how far apart the words sit in meaning — and it's worked out instantly on your own device, not sent away to be marked.
Remote associates
Find the one word that forms a common compound or phrase with all three cues.
That is the whole gym.
The timers keep you honest about the difference between coming up with ideas and judging them. Nothing stops you working past the clock — the time recorded is just what the timer saw.