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Happy Tuesday! Yesterday we asked for a phrase a team of punny electricians might say when fretting over some new wiring, using all of yesterday's Blossom letters. Hopefully you didn't blow a fuse trying to come up with OUR CURRENT CONCERN! We did get our wires crossed and forgot to include the set of blanks! This led several readers to think outside the junction box. Marion Masseur in the Netherlands buzzed in with COUNTERCURRENT, and Shirley Marriott in Lecanto, FL, lit up with NONCONCURRENT. Jeff Lerner of Long Island, NY, suggested CURRENT TORTURE—anyone who has done DIY electrical work might relate to that one. We are so amped up by the number of people who wrote in! You certainly brightened our day! Special shout-outs to Robin Prevade in Pittsburgh, PA; Alan Carter in Fairview, NC; and William Seaton in Los Angeles, CA for their plugged-in responses! If you are interested in more "circuit"ous logic, try linking 12 images together in our picture-puzzle game The Loop!


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Happy Tuesday! Yesterday we asked for a phrase a team of punny electricians might say when fretting over some new wiring, using all of yesterday's Blossom letters. Hopefully you didn't blow a fuse trying to come up with OUR CURRENT CONCERN! We did get our wires crossed and forgot to include the set of blanks! This led several readers to think outside the junction box. Marion Masseur in the Netherlands buzzed in with COUNTERCURRENT, and Shirley Marriott in Lecanto, FL, lit up with NONCONCURRENT. Jeff Lerner of Long Island, NY, suggested CURRENT TORTURE—anyone who has done DIY electrical work might relate to that one. We are so amped up by the number of people who wrote in! You certainly brightened our day! Special shout-outs to Robin Prevade in Pittsburgh, PA; Alan Carter in Fairview, NC; and William Seaton in Los Angeles, CA for their plugged-in responses! If you are interested in more "circuit"ous logic, try linking 12 images together in our picture-puzzle game The Loop!
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May 19, 2026

Happy Tuesday! Yesterday we asked for a phrase a team of punny electricians might say when fretting over some new wiring, using all of yesterday's Blossom letters. Hopefully you didn't blow a fuse trying to come up with OUR CURRENT CONCERN!

 

We did get our wires crossed and forgot to include the set of blanks! This led several readers to think outside the junction box. Marion Masseur in the Netherlands buzzed in with COUNTERCURRENT, and Shirley Marriott in Lecanto, FL, lit up with NONCONCURRENT. Jeff Lerner of Long Island, NY, suggested CURRENT TORTURE—anyone who has done DIY electrical work might relate to that one. 

 

We are so amped up by the number of people who wrote in! You certainly brightened our day! Special shout-outs to Robin Prevade in Pittsburgh, PA; Alan Carter in Fairview, NC; and William Seaton in Los Angeles, CA for their plugged-in responses!

 

If you are interested in more "circuit"ous logic, try linking 12 images together in our picture-puzzle game The Loop!

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Millions of which animals, each able to filter up to 50 gallons of water a day, have been added to New York Harbor to clean up pollution?

a
Stingrays
b
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c
Piranhas
d
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Reunion
The right words bring them together.
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77%

SOLVE RATE

7.6

AVG. GUESSES

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84%

SOLVE RATE

11.2

AVG. GUESSES

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Pick your 12 best words!
LEVEL
Mild
30%
OF PLAYERS
BLOSSOM BOSS
300+ PTS
20%
OF PLAYERS
MEGA BOSS
350+ PTS
Beat Today's Blossom Scores
The Missing Letter / Tuesday
4 Down
ABBREVIATION: "[alcohol permitted but not provided]"
4 letters
Find Today's Missing Letter
Pilfer

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