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Happy Monday! It's a new week, which means there's a new Quordle weekly challenge to qualify for by winning any single game of Quordle classic. Last week, meanwhile, we had an unusually tricky Revealed puzzle. More than 25% of our players gave in to the temptation to click "Give Up" – can you resist? Try the puzzle by clicking here. Finally, we also know the hardest question in Tightrope last week – 67% of players got it wrong. (We've put the answer at the bottom of this email.) Napoleon once said “a thousand bayonets” are not to be feared as much as “four hostile” what? Friends Mothers Seasons Newspapers


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Happy Monday! It's a new week, which means there's a new Quordle weekly challenge to qualify for by winning any single game of Quordle classic. Last week, meanwhile, we had an unusually tricky Revealed puzzle. More than 25% of our players gave in to the temptation to click "Give Up" – can you resist? Try the puzzle by clicking here. Finally, we also know the hardest question in Tightrope last week – 67% of players got it wrong. (We've put the answer at the bottom of this email.) Napoleon once said “a thousand bayonets” are not to be feared as much as “four hostile” what? Friends Mothers Seasons Newspapers
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October 20, 2025

Happy Monday! 

 

It's a new week, which means there's a new Quordle weekly challenge to qualify for by winning any single game of Quordle classic.

 

Last week, meanwhile, we had an unusually tricky Revealed puzzle. More than 25% of our players gave in to the temptation to click "Give Up" – can you resist? Try the puzzle by clicking here.

 

Finally, we also know the hardest question in Tightrope last week – 67% of players got it wrong. (We've put the answer at the bottom of this email.)

 

Napoleon once said “a thousand bayonets” are not to be feared as much as “four hostile” what?

  1. Friends
  2. Mothers
  3. Seasons
  4. Newspapers

Tightrope / DAILY TRIVIA GAME

For the 1988 world tournament, Parker Brothers commissioned a gold-and-jewel-encrusted copy of what game, including an 18-karat thimble?

a
Chutes and Ladders
b
Monopoly
c
Candy Land
d
The Game of Life
Quordle / TODAY'S SCORES

73%

SOLVE RATE

7.6

AVG. GUESSES

Can you beat Quordle?
Octordle / TODAY'S SCORES

82%

SOLVE RATE

11.6

AVG. GUESSES

Can you solve Octordle?
Blossom / TODAY'S PUZZLE
Pick your 12 best words!
LEVEL
Mild
27%
OF PLAYERS
BLOSSOM BOSS
300+ PTS
13%
OF PLAYERS
MEGA BOSS
350+ PTS
Beat Today's Blossom Scores
The Missing Letter / Monday
4 Down
NOUN: "a [male] physique...that is slightly overweight and not extremely muscular"
6 letters
Find Today's Missing Letter
Pilfer

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

Play Pilfer

The answer is: Newspapers!

 

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