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Happy Saturday! Yesterday, we asked for a five-letter Blossom word that describes people with good reputations that, when the first letter is dropped, becomes a four-letter Blossom word for people with bad reputations. The answers we were looking for were ICONS (widely admired people) and CONS (convicts)! Thanks to everyone who wrote in! You were all "pros" with CONS. Special shout-outs to the following icons for their speedy replies: Alan Gray in Hutton Cranswick, UK; Steve St. Quinton in Beverley, East Yorkshire (also UK); and Alyssa in Westchester County, NY.


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Happy Saturday! Yesterday, we asked for a five-letter Blossom word that describes people with good reputations that, when the first letter is dropped, becomes a four-letter Blossom word for people with bad reputations. The answers we were looking for were ICONS (widely admired people) and CONS (convicts)! Thanks to everyone who wrote in! You were all "pros" with CONS. Special shout-outs to the following icons for their speedy replies: Alan Gray in Hutton Cranswick, UK; Steve St. Quinton in Beverley, East Yorkshire (also UK); and Alyssa in Westchester County, NY.
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July 11, 2026

Happy Saturday! Yesterday, we asked for a five-letter Blossom word that describes people with good reputations that, when the first letter is dropped, becomes a four-letter Blossom word for people with bad reputations. The answers we were looking for were ICONS (widely admired people) and CONS (convicts)!

 

Thanks to everyone who wrote in! You were all "pros" with CONS. Special shout-outs to the following icons for their speedy replies: Alan Gray in Hutton Cranswick, UK; Steve St. Quinton in Beverley, East Yorkshire (also UK); and Alyssa in Westchester County, NY.

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

Soft, flexible, and waterproof, the bark of which tree was often used by North American Indigenous peoples to make canoes and shoes?

a
Birch
b
Eucalyptus
c
Gingko
d
Olive
Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE
Reunion
The right words bring them together.
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Revealed
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Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

86%

SOLVE RATE

7.7

AVG. GUESSES

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Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

52%

SOLVE RATE

12.2

AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?
Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE
Pick your 12 best words!
LEVEL
Hard
15%
OF PLAYERS
BLOSSOM BOSS
300+ PTS
5%
OF PLAYERS
MEGA BOSS
350+ PTS
Beat Today's Blossom Scores
The Missing Letter / Saturday
3 Down
NOUN: "a usually large automobile that gets relatively poor mileage"
10 letters
Find Today's Missing Letter
Pilfer

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

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