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Happy Tuesday! Congrats to everyone who had the answer to yesterday's puzzle: Consider this a wake-up call (using the letters GAILMNR): A RINGING ALARM Special shoutout to three of our fastest solvers: Marilyn Burkley in Albany, Oregon; Julie Allen in Speedsville, NY; and Dan in Perth, Western Australia. Thanks to everyone who wrote in!

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August 18, 2026

Happy Tuesday! Congrats to everyone who had the answer to yesterday's puzzle:

Consider this a wake-up call (using the letters GAILMNR):
A RINGING ALARM

Special shoutout to three of our fastest solvers: Marilyn Burkley in Albany, Oregon; Julie Allen in Speedsville, NY; and Dan in Perth, Western Australia. Thanks to everyone who wrote in!

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

Which movie about people fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe features several actors who fled Nazi persecution in the 1930s, including Conrad Veidt and Peter Lorre?

a

Casablanca

b

Schindler’s List

c

The Sound of Music

d

Inglourious Basterds

Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Reunion

The right words bring them together.

Revealed / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Revealed

Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

86%	SOLVE RATE
7.5	AVG. GUESSES

Can you beat Quordle?

Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

51%	SOLVE RATE
12.1	AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?

Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Pick your 12 best words!

	LEVEL Medium
31% OF PLAYERS	BLOSSOM BOSS 300+ PTS

7% OF PLAYERS	MEGA BOSS 350+ PTS

Beat Today's Blossom Scores

The Missing Letter / Tuesday

17 Down

Vehicle in grainy photographs

3 letters

Find Today's Missing Letter

Pilfer

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

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