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What a difference a letter can make

Happy Friday! Today we explore the difference a single letter can make. Among today's possible Blossom words is a five-letter word that commonly refers to people with excellent reputations, but if you drop the first letter, you get another Blossom word that often refers to people with poor reputations. Think you've got it figured out? Reply to this email and let us know!

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Happy Friday! Today we explore the difference a single letter can make. Among today's possible Blossom words is a five-letter word that commonly refers to people with excellent reputations, but if you drop the first letter, you get another Blossom word that often refers to people with poor reputations.

Think you've got it figured out? Reply to this email and let us know!

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

What musician was once deported from Germany when he and Pete Best set a small fire in their temporary housing?

a

Robert Plant

b

Paul McCartney

c

Mick Jagger

d

Keith Moon

Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Reunion

The right words bring them together.

Revealed / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Revealed

Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

83%	SOLVE RATE
7.7	AVG. GUESSES

Can you beat Quordle?

Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

76%	SOLVE RATE
11.9	AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?

Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Pick your 12 best words!

	LEVEL Mild
16% OF PLAYERS	BLOSSOM BOSS 300+ PTS

58% OF PLAYERS	MEGA BOSS 350+ PTS

Beat Today's Blossom Scores

The Missing Letter / Friday

23 Down

NOUN: "a body of salt water of second rank more or less landlocked"

3 letters

Find Today's Missing Letter

Pilfer

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

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