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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries.  Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.

Can you solve 4 words at once?

Can you solve 4 words at once?

Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.

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A daily trivia challenge

Play Octordle: Need a bigger challenge?  Guess eight five-letter words at once.
Play Octordle: Need a bigger challenge?  Guess eight five-letter words at once.

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A delightfully ruthless word game
A delightfully ruthless word game

A delightfully ruthless word game

Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?

A daily crossword with a twist

Think you know it, poet?
Think you know it, poet?

Think you know it, poet?

Play Victordle: a head-to-head word-guessing game. Find the hidden word before your opponent does!
Play Victordle: a head-to-head word-guessing game. Find the hidden word before your opponent does!

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