💣 Defuse Dash

How to play Defuse Dash

The mission

Every round of Defuse Dash hands you a ticking bomb with five colored wires and a rule card. Only one wire is safe to cut, and the rule card tells you exactly which one — but the rule is different every single bomb. Read it carefully, snip the correct wire, and move on to the next bomb. Cut the wrong wire, or let the timer run out, and the run is over. Each bomb you defuse makes the next timer a little shorter, so the pressure builds fast.

Controls

Click or tap any wire to cut it. On a keyboard you can also press the number keys 1 through 5 to snip the matching wire, and press Enter to start or restart a run. The game works fully with a mouse, a touchscreen, or a keyboard, so play however feels quickest.

The rules

The rule card always describes one of five checks, applied top to bottom: if there are two or more red wires, cut the first wire; otherwise if the third wire is blue, cut the last wire; otherwise if there is exactly one yellow wire, cut the yellow wire; otherwise if there are no green wires, cut the second wire; otherwise cut the middle wire. The card only ever shows the rule that actually applies, so trust it completely — counting the colors yourself is the whole game.

Tips

Read the rule card before looking at the wires, then scan colors once and commit. Hesitation eats your time bonus. Watch the LED: it flashes red under ten seconds, which is your cue to stop double-checking and snip. Remember that later bombs give you less time, so build your reading speed early when the timers are generous.

Scoring

You earn 100 points per defused bomb plus 5 bonus points for every second left on the clock, so fast, confident cuts score much higher than slow safe ones. Your total score and defused-bomb streak are shown above the bomb — chase your personal best and see how long you can keep the streak alive.