Instant

Instant is a Countdown variant that is played on Apterous.

Letters rounds

In the letters rounds, players do not pick the letters themselves, but rather the nine letters are selected at random and the round begins immediately. Players only have 10 seconds to find the longest word they can. Other rules are as normal.

Numbers rounds

Once the number of larges has been selected, the working numbers and target are displayed at once and the players must begin to show their method immediately — there is no time to plan! Players must shoot for an exact solution, which is always possible to achieve.

Conundrums

Players may as usual buzz in at any time, but the number of points for a correct solution decreases as the round goes on. Assuming 10 second rounds, players receive 10 points for a solution in the first second, 9 points for the second, and so on, down to 1 point for a last-second solve. (These numbers are scaled accordingly for longer rounds.)