A screenshot of The Password Game, with a red box highlighting a rule that has been broken.
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How to Crack Password Game’s Rule 24: Narrowing down YouTube results

Don't forget Paul!

Making a password isn’t as easy as throwing a number and an exclamation mark in The Password Game, which will test your geography and chess abilities, have you return to the classroom to relearn your periodic table of elements, and look after Paul—your new password pal.

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There are so many rules for you to abide by when playing The Password Game, and the challenge really ramps up when you reach Rule 24. Here’s how to solve it.

What is Rule 24 in the Password Game?

A screenshot of The Password Game, with an autocompleted password and a number of rules broken listed below the text box entry.
Entering my link worked, but it broke a few rules along the way. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Rule 24 in The Password Game requires a YouTube link to a video of an exact length. This is not a preset one, either. We can’t give you one video that solves the puzzle for you, as your Rule 24 will almost assuredly ask for a video of a different length. This is a particularly difficult task as there’s no way to search YouTube videos by exact duration.

How to Solve Rule 24 in The Password Game

Without being able to search for specific video lengths, the best option you have is to use the duration setting in YouTube’s filters, which, unfortunately, won’t narrow the selection by much.

Our suggestion is to enter the exact search parameter in the search box, then select the duration filter that matches your video length. While you’ll still have to do quite a bit of digging, it will rule out a huge chunk of videos.

A screenshot of the YouTube search panel with the duration option highlighted by a red box.
The duration option only narrows your search results slightly. Screenshot by Dot Esports

For example, if your video length requirement is for a nine-minute and 16-second video, type in “9:16 video” into YouTube’s search, then select the “4-20 minutes” duration filter.

Occasionally, the first video will be what you’re after. If not, however, here’s a method that worked for me:

A screenshot of some search results from YouTube, with an exact video length entered in a Find and Replace box in Google Chrome.
In this case, I found an 8:41 video in just a few scrolls. Screenshot by Dot Esports
  1. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and the next set of videos will load. Do this continually, and you’ll have a large selection of videos to search through.
  2. Then, use your Find tool in your browser—most use Ctrl+F as the keybind—and enter the exact duration of your video in the search box.
  3. Then you’ll just have to copy and paste the video’s link into your password.
Tip:

Try and use a generic search term in your YouTube search to list as many results as possible to give yourself a higher chance of hitting the exact length you’re looking for.

Remember, you’ll have another very important task to do during your search: Rule 23 states Paul can’t be allowed to go hungry. Every 20 seconds, Paul will eat a worm you added, so keep on top of those worms while searching.

Once your link is in and Rule 24 is satisfied, you’ll likely realize a number of older rules were broken—specifically Rule 18. It might be best to revisit these rules and adjust as necessary. If you can’t find solutions to older rules after posting your YouTube link, it might be best to try and look for another video.


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