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Happy Thursday! Thanks to everyone who wrote in with the answer to yesterday's secret theme: the release of "Plan 9 From Outer Space," widely regarded as one of the worst films – and possibly the very worst – of all time. Shoutout to three of our fastest solvers: Victoria Harris, who figured it out thanks to Bela Lugosi; and Melissa Dowdy and Mary N., who both got it from the "so bad it's good" reference in question 6.

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Happy Thursday! Thanks to everyone who wrote in with the answer to yesterday's secret theme: the release of "Plan 9 From Outer Space," widely regarded as one of the worst films – and possibly the very worst – of all time.

Shoutout to three of our fastest solvers: Victoria Harris, who figured it out thanks to Bela Lugosi; and Melissa Dowdy and Mary N., who both got it from the "so bad it's good" reference in question 6.

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

A typical cashmere sweater requires the fleece from four to six of a certain kind of what animal?

a

Llama

b

Chinchilla

c

Goat

d

Possum

Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Reunion

The right words bring them together.

Revealed / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Revealed

Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

88%	SOLVE RATE
7.6	AVG. GUESSES

Can you beat Quordle?

Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

54%	SOLVE RATE
12.1	AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?

Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Pick your 12 best words!

	LEVEL Mild
29% OF PLAYERS	BLOSSOM BOSS 300+ PTS

36% OF PLAYERS	MEGA BOSS 350+ PTS

Beat Today's Blossom Scores

The Missing Letter / Thursday

1 Down

Laughing syllable

3 letters

Find Today's Missing Letter

Pilfer

Create words —
and steal them! —
before your opponents do.

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