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Happy Sunday! Nearly half of Tightrope players missed this week's brainbuster about an element's etymology. It might help to know that the correct answer is one of only three naturally occurring elements (along with iron and nickel) that are attracted to magnets and can easily be magnetized. What element was named after mischievous goblins that were said to have swapped it with silver in mines? A. Cobalt B. Uranium C. Titanium D. Carbon Find yourself drawn to the correct answer? Check further down in this email to see if you're right!

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Happy Sunday! Nearly half of Tightrope players missed this week's brainbuster about an element's etymology. It might help to know that the correct answer is one of only three naturally occurring elements (along with iron and nickel) that are attracted to magnets and can easily be magnetized.

What element was named after mischievous goblins that were said to have swapped it with silver in mines?

A. Cobalt

B. Uranium

C. Titanium

D. Carbon

Find yourself drawn to the correct answer? Check further down in this email to see if you're right!

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

The first known pseudonym of which author was “W. Epaminondas Adrastus Perkins,” used while working at the Hannibal Journal?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

John Updike

Mark Twain

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE

The right words bring them together.

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Revealed / TODAY'S PUZZLE

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Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

76%	SOLVE RATE
7.8	AVG. GUESSES

Can you beat Quordle?

Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

74%	SOLVE RATE
11.6	AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?

Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Pick your 12 best words!

	LEVEL Hard
14% OF PLAYERS	BLOSSOM BOSS 300+ PTS

2% OF PLAYERS	MEGA BOSS 350+ PTS

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The Missing Letter / Sunday

27 Down

NOUN: "a short, distinct closing section at the end of something (such as a piece of music, a performance, or a news report)"

5 letters

Find Today's Missing Letter

Pilfer

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

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The answer is A. Cobalt! Cobalt is derived from the kobold, a German word for a goblin.

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