Terms of Use

Effective date: November 14, 2026

These terms apply to your use of Hint by Hint (hintbyhint.com), operated by HintByHint (“we”, “us”). By using the site, you agree to them. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the site.

1. What the site is

Hint by Hint is a free, unofficial fan guide offering hints, answers and information about the Professor Layton games. It is not affiliated with LEVEL5 Inc. or any platform holder. See our disclaimer.

2. Our content

The original text, hints, explanations and diagrams on this site are owned by us. You’re welcome to:

  • read and use them for your own personal play;
  • share links to our pages;
  • quote a short excerpt with a link back to the original page.

Please don’t copy whole pages, republish our hints or answers in bulk, or use them to train or populate other websites, apps or datasets without our written permission.

Game titles, characters and other marks belong to their owners, as described in the disclaimer.

3. Acceptable use

When using the site, you agree not to:

  • try to disrupt, overload or gain unauthorized access to the site or its servers;
  • scrape or download content in bulk using automated tools, other than standard search engine crawlers;
  • use the site for anything unlawful.

4. Accuracy and no warranty

We work hard to keep answers and information correct, but the site is provided “as is” and “as available”. We don’t guarantee that every answer, date or price is accurate, complete or current, and we may change or remove content at any time.

5. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, we are not liable for any indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of the site, including relying on any information on it. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

The site links to third-party websites and may show third-party advertising. Those sites and advertisers have their own terms and policies, and we aren’t responsible for them.

7. Privacy

Our privacy policy explains what data is collected when you use the site.

8. Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. The effective date above shows when they last changed. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.

9. Applicable law

These terms are governed by the law that applies to them, and nothing in them removes any rights you have as a consumer under the laws of the country where you live. If any part of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.

10. Contact

Questions about these terms: [email protected].

Facts checked on November 14, 2026