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Good morning! Here's the question that knocked out the most Tightrope players this week: The debut children’s book by what author, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was rejected by publishers 27 times?Eric CarleDr. SeussShel SilversteinRoald Dahl If you'd like to know (or check) the answer, scroll down!


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Good morning! Here's the question that knocked out the most Tightrope players this week: The debut children’s book by what author, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was rejected by publishers 27 times?Eric CarleDr. SeussShel SilversteinRoald Dahl If you'd like to know (or check) the answer, scroll down!
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August 09, 2026

Good morning! Here's the question that knocked out the most Tightrope players this week:

The debut children’s book by what author, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was rejected by publishers 27 times?

Eric Carle
Dr. Seuss
Shel Silverstein
Roald Dahl

If you'd like to know (or check) the answer, scroll down!

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

In 1881 what inventor created a metal detector in an attempt to find an assassin’s bullet lodged someplace in U.S. Pres. James Garfield’s body?

a
Alexander Graham Bell
b
Eli Whitney
c
Johannes Gutenberg
d
Wilbur Wright
Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE
Reunion
The right words bring them together.
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Revealed
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Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

67%

SOLVE RATE

7.9

AVG. GUESSES

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64%

SOLVE RATE

11.9

AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?
Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE
Pick your 12 best words!
LEVEL
Mild
34%
OF PLAYERS
BLOSSOM BOSS
300+ PTS
13%
OF PLAYERS
MEGA BOSS
350+ PTS
Beat Today's Blossom Scores
The Missing Letter / Sunday
15 Across
Immediately
4 letters
Find Today's Missing Letter
Pilfer

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

Play Pilfer

The answer is Theodor Geisel, AKA "Dr. Seuss." 

 

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