The Lid Drawer guides
How to play, tips for the tricky levels, and the real world behind the game. Written by the people who make The Lid Drawer.
How to play The Lid Drawer: a beginner's guideEverything you need for your first drawers: matching lids to tubs, the Mystery Bin, Trash, clingfilm, the kitchen timer and stars.
Matching strategy: how to beat the kitchen timerPractical habits for faster matching, fewer sighs and more three-star levels in The Lid Drawer, from reading stamps to handling the doorbell.
Chapters, places and twists in The Lid DrawerA tour of every place in The Lid Drawer, from Grandma's House to the Space Station, plus boss levels, breathers and the four twists.
The Mystery Bin, keys, the Locked Drawer and Lid FindersHow orphan lids and keys unlock the Lid Reunion and the Locked Drawer bonus rounds, and how to earn and use Lid Finder hints.
The Lid Drawer FAQ: saving, sign-in, offline play, sound and adsAnswers to common questions about The Lid Drawer: where progress is saved, moving to a new device, playing offline, sound, ads and resetting.
How to organize a food storage container drawer for realA practical, step-by-step way to sort, cull and store your real plastic and glass containers so every lid has a tub and you can find it.
Which plastic containers to keep, reuse or recycleHow to judge whether a food container is still worth keeping, what the numbers on plastic mean, and how to recycle the rest under local rules.
Caring for food storage containers: stains, smells and warpingHow to wash, store and heat food containers so they last, with practical ways to tackle stains and smells and to avoid warped lids.
Your Kitchen walkthrough: levels 1 to 20 of The Lid DrawerA level-by-level walkthrough of the first chapter, from the Starter Drawer to Moving Day, with the traps in each drawer and how to three-star them.
A field guide to every container in The Lid DrawerHow to tell every tub and lid apart, from the six shapes and six sizes to brands, colours, tape labels, novelty tubs and Grandma's specials.
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