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A little help. Your own aha.
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This reference always shows October 30, 2026. It is released in at least one timezone; every answer stays closed until you reveal it.
Pick a colour. Reveal one step at a time.
Straightforward
Look for four entries beginning with F, L, S and V. These initials are in sorted order.
FLASH belongs in this group.
PARTS OF A CAMERA
A little trickier
Look for four entries beginning with B, C, P and W. These initials are in sorted order.
BACKDROP belongs in this group.
AROUND A THEATER STAGE
More challenging
Try putting the same beginning before each entry.
HANDS belongs in this group.
THROW ___
Each entry comes after "THROW" to form a word, expression or name: HANDS → THROW HANDS; PILLOW → THROW PILLOW; RUG → THROW RUG; SHADE → THROW SHADE.
Wordplay & surprises
Look for four entries beginning with D, D, G and G. These initials are in sorted order.
DEMON belongs in this group.
FRUIT WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED
All four categories and their words, together.
Yellow
FLASH · LENS · SHUTTER · VIEWFINDER
Green
BACKDROP · CURTAIN · PIT · WINGS
Blue
HANDS · PILLOW · RUG · SHADE
Purple
DEMON · DRAPE · GLUM · GRANGE
No alternative four-entry spelling match was found by the anagram, palindrome, shared-start and shared-ending checks. Semantic overlaps may exist; these checks do not assess them.
These are checked spelling comparisons, not claims about the editor's intent or the most common player mistakes.
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