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Happy Humpday! It's Wednesday, which means there's a secret theme running through all the questions in today's Tightrope.

This week, though, we have a slightly different request: once you figure out the theme, reply to this email and let us know — and tell us which question gave it away. (Maybe it took all nine... maybe it didn't!)

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

The 1938 New York Times headline “Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact” refers to an adaptation of what novel?

The War of the Worlds

Catch-22

All Quiet on the Western Front

Slaughterhouse-Five

Play Tightrope

Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE

The right words bring them together.

Play Reunion

Revealed / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Play Revealed

Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

55%	SOLVE RATE
8.3	AVG. GUESSES

Can you beat Quordle?

Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

67%	SOLVE RATE
11.9	AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?

Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Pick your 12 best words!

	LEVEL Mild
23% OF PLAYERS	BLOSSOM BOSS 300+ PTS

45% OF PLAYERS	MEGA BOSS 350+ PTS

Beat Today's Blossom Scores

The Missing Letter / Wednesday

34 Across

One of the Flintstones

5 letters

Find Today's Missing Letter

Pilfer

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

Play Pilfer

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