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Happy Wednesday! It's midweek, so that means it's time to don your deerstalker and grab your comically large magnifying glass as you try to uncover today's Tightrope hidden theme! We're back on our historical grind, so today's questions and answers all have something to do with an event that happened on this date in history. If you think you've figured it out, reply to this email and let us know!

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Happy Wednesday! It's midweek, so that means it's time to don your deerstalker and grab your comically large magnifying glass as you try to uncover today's Tightrope hidden theme! We're back on our historical grind, so today's questions and answers all have something to do with an event that happened on this date in history.

If you think you've figured it out, reply to this email and let us know!

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

Reputedly able to hold a raw egg without cracking the shell, which dog has a “soft mouth” necessary for carrying delicate game birds?

a

Poodle

b

Chihuahua

c

Saint Bernard

d

Golden Retriever

Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Reunion

The right words bring them together.

Revealed / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Revealed

Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

75%	SOLVE RATE
7.7	AVG. GUESSES

Can you beat Quordle?

Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

73%	SOLVE RATE
11.7	AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?

Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Pick your 12 best words!

	LEVEL Mild
27% OF PLAYERS	BLOSSOM BOSS 300+ PTS

37% OF PLAYERS	MEGA BOSS 350+ PTS

Beat Today's Blossom Scores

The Missing Letter / Wednesday

28 Across

TRADEMARK: "used for a short stick that has pieces of soft cotton at both ends"

4 letters

Find Today's Missing Letter

Pilfer

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

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