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Happy Tuesday! Yesterday, we asked you to come up with the most innocent (and woolly) creature imaginable using all the letters from the Blossom puzzle. Many readers were certainly not feeling sheepish when they wrote in with the correct answer, BLAMELESS BABY LAMB! Thanks to all of "ewe" who replied! Special shout-outs to the following people for getting BAAAA-ck to us so fast: James Penha from Bali, Indonesia, William Seaton in Los Angeles, CA, and Alan Carter in Fairview, NC. If puzzles featuring lambs are your jam, check out the fluffy little guy in this Loop puzzle by clicking here!


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Happy Tuesday! Yesterday, we asked you to come up with the most innocent (and woolly) creature imaginable using all the letters from the Blossom puzzle. Many readers were certainly not feeling sheepish when they wrote in with the correct answer, BLAMELESS BABY LAMB! Thanks to all of "ewe" who replied! Special shout-outs to the following people for getting BAAAA-ck to us so fast: James Penha from Bali, Indonesia, William Seaton in Los Angeles, CA, and Alan Carter in Fairview, NC. If puzzles featuring lambs are your jam, check out the fluffy little guy in this Loop puzzle by clicking here!
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June 16, 2026

Happy Tuesday! Yesterday, we asked you to come up with the most innocent (and woolly) creature imaginable using all the letters from the Blossom puzzle. Many readers were certainly not feeling sheepish when they wrote in with the correct answer, BLAMELESS BABY LAMB!

 

Thanks to all of "ewe" who replied! Special shout-outs to the following people for getting BAAAA-ck to us so fast: James Penha from Bali, Indonesia, William Seaton in Los Angeles, CA, and Alan Carter in Fairview, NC.

 

If puzzles featuring lambs are your jam, check out the fluffy little guy in this Loop puzzle by clicking here!

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

Which famous “sir” was knighted for services performed during the Boer War, not for his famous literary career?

a
Sir Walter Raleigh
b
Sir Isaac Newton
c
Sir Patrick Stewart
d
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE
Reunion
The right words bring them together.
Play Reunion
Revealed / TODAY'S PUZZLE
Revealed
Play Revealed
Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

93%

SOLVE RATE

7.4

AVG. GUESSES

Can you beat Quordle?
Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

83%

SOLVE RATE

10.9

AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?
Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE
Pick your 12 best words!
LEVEL
Medium
30%
OF PLAYERS
BLOSSOM BOSS
300+ PTS
9%
OF PLAYERS
MEGA BOSS
350+ PTS
Beat Today's Blossom Scores
The Missing Letter / Tuesday
7 Down
NOUN: "an alcoholic beverage distilled from a fermented cane product (such as molasses)"
3 letters
Find Today's Missing Letter
Pilfer

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

Play Pilfer

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