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Happy Saturday! Yesterday we asked which typographical symbol was formed by merging the letters "e" and "t"...and the answer is "&"! The ampersand is a mash up of "et," Latin for "and." Many thanks to everyone who wrote in! Special shout-outs to Carol Glasser in Mesa, AZ; Aimee in Starkville, MS; & Dawn Del Vecchio in Los Angeles, CA, for their speedy replies! If you are interested in more questions about symbols, check out this quiz!

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June 06, 2026

Happy Saturday! Yesterday we asked which typographical symbol was formed by merging the letters "e" and "t"...and the answer is "&"! The ampersand is a mash up of "et," Latin for "and."

Many thanks to everyone who wrote in! Special shout-outs to Carol Glasser in Mesa, AZ; Aimee in Starkville, MS; & Dawn Del Vecchio in Los Angeles, CA, for their speedy replies!

If you are interested in more questions about symbols, check out this quiz!

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

To make American English easier to learn, which author instigated variations from British spelling, such as dropping the u from colour?

a

Peter Mark Roget

b

Noah Webster

c

Alexander Hamilton

d

Thomas Paine

Reunion / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Reunion

The right words bring them together.

Revealed / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Revealed

Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

73%	SOLVE RATE
7.9	AVG. GUESSES

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Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

78%	SOLVE RATE
11.9	AVG. GUESSES

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Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE

Pick your 12 best words!

	LEVEL Mild
34% OF PLAYERS	BLOSSOM BOSS 300+ PTS

26% OF PLAYERS	MEGA BOSS 350+ PTS

Beat Today's Blossom Scores

The Missing Letter / Saturday

4 Down

VERB: "to operate an aircraft on the ground under its own power"

4 letters

Find Today's Missing Letter

Pilfer

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