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Good morning! Congrats to everyone who had the right answer to yesterday's newsletter challenge:Using all the letters in today's Blossom (and no others) – YELORST – solve the following puzzle:About 96% of Powerball buyersLOTTERYLOSERSWe had many correct replies, but three of the most prompt came from: Genevieve Joerger in Spring Hill, FL; Betsy McLeod in Toronto, Canada; and Marion Masseur in the Netherlands.Thanks to everyone who wrote in!


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Good morning! Congrats to everyone who had the right answer to yesterday's newsletter challenge:Using all the letters in today's Blossom (and no others) – YELORST – solve the following puzzle:About 96% of Powerball buyersLOTTERYLOSERSWe had many correct replies, but three of the most prompt came from: Genevieve Joerger in Spring Hill, FL; Betsy McLeod in Toronto, Canada; and Marion Masseur in the Netherlands.Thanks to everyone who wrote in!
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September 08, 2026

Good morning! Congrats to everyone who had the right answer to yesterday's newsletter challenge:


Using all the letters in today's Blossom (and no others) – YELORST – solve the following puzzle:


About 96% of Powerball buyers

LOTTERY
LOSERS

We had many correct replies, but three of the most prompt came from: Genevieve Joerger in Spring Hill, FL; Betsy McLeod in Toronto, Canada; and Marion Masseur in the Netherlands.

Thanks to everyone who wrote in!

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

In 1797 who threw away his shot at being U.S. president when he admitted to having an affair in order to clear his name of suspected Treasury misconduct?

a
John Hancock
b
Benjamin Franklin
c
Alexander Hamilton
d
Thomas Paine
Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE
Reunion
The right words bring them together.
Play Reunion
Revealed / TODAY'S PUZZLE
Revealed
Play Revealed
Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

79%

SOLVE RATE

7.8

AVG. GUESSES

Can you beat Quordle?
Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

73%

SOLVE RATE

11.6

AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?
Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE
Pick your 12 best words!
LEVEL
Hard
4%
OF PLAYERS
BLOSSOM BOSS
300+ PTS
0%
OF PLAYERS
MEGA BOSS
350+ PTS
Beat Today's Blossom Scores
The Missing Letter / Tuesday
19 Down
A little over a yard, at Scotland Yard
5 letters
Find Today's Missing Letter
Pilfer

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

Play Pilfer

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