Hints

Plot-hole #220 · October 25, 2026 · Today

Difficulty: Medium · 56% of 54 players solved it.

Hints go from vague to obvious — stop reading the moment something clicks. Haven't started yet?

Hint 1 — One-word hint

"Segregation"

Hint 2 — The Setup

Johannesburg, South Africa, where a massive alien ship hovers over the city.

Hint 3 — The Character

The aliens are confined to a slum and treated as second-class beings.

Hint 4 — The Conflict

A bureaucrat is sent to evict them and gets exposed to alien technology.

Hint 5 — The Twist

He begins transforming into one of the aliens.

Final hint (names names)

Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi film about alien refugees living in a South African shantytown.

Reveal today's answer

District 9

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