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It was all a theme

Happy Wednesday! As longtime Tightrope players know, Wednesday means there is a secret theme hidden among today's quiz questions and answers. Often, those themes are associated with a historical event that happened on that date. This one doesn't, though it does have a certain timely quality. Think you know the hidden theme? Reply to this email and let us know! And for bonus points, include your guess as to why it was chosen for this week!

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Happy Wednesday! As longtime Tightrope players know, Wednesday means there is a secret theme hidden among today's quiz questions and answers. Often, those themes are associated with a historical event that happened on that date. This one doesn't, though it does have a certain timely quality.

Think you know the hidden theme? Reply to this email and let us know! And for bonus points, include your guess as to why it was chosen for this week!

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

The international version of which game has two more columns and rows than its American counterpart, as well as 16 more pieces?

Tic-tac-toe

Checkers

Chess

Play Tightrope

Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE

The right words bring them together.

Play Reunion

Revealed / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Play Revealed

Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

74%	SOLVE RATE
7.8	AVG. GUESSES

Can you beat Quordle?

Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

81%	SOLVE RATE
11.3	AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?

Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Pick your 12 best words!

	LEVEL Mild
18% OF PLAYERS	BLOSSOM BOSS 300+ PTS

33% OF PLAYERS	MEGA BOSS 350+ PTS

Beat Today's Blossom Scores

The Missing Letter / Wednesday

15 Down

NOUN: "a sports official usually having final authority in administering a game"

3 letters

Find Today's Missing Letter

Pilfer

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

Play Pilfer

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