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Word Salad Classic hints for · #406
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7 words. Every reveal is your choice.
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Things You Do To Your Nails
Word 2
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Word 3
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BITE follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- B: row 3, column 3
- I: row 2, column 2
- T: row 3, column 2
- E: row 2, column 3
This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.
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BUFF follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- B: row 3, column 3
- U: row 4, column 2
- F: row 3, column 1
- F: row 4, column 1
This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.
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CLEAN follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- C: row 1, column 4
- L: row 1, column 3
- E: row 2, column 3
- A: row 1, column 2
- N: row 2, column 1
This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.
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CLIP follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- C: row 1, column 4
- L: row 1, column 3
- I: row 2, column 2
- P: row 1, column 1
This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.
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FILE follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- F: row 3, column 1
- I: row 2, column 2
- L: row 1, column 3
- E: row 2, column 3
This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.
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GROW follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- G: row 4, column 4
- R: row 4, column 3
- O: row 3, column 4
- W: row 2, column 4
This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.
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PAINT follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- P: row 1, column 1
- A: row 1, column 2
- I: row 2, column 2
- N: row 2, column 1
- T: row 3, column 2
This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.
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Also on April 10, 2025
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Recorded from the existing verified source adapter. Source retrieved .
Selected from the publisher's dated schedule as observed at retrieval. The verified first row is 1 March 2024; publication is at 06:00 UTC.
Letter clues and worked solving examples are deterministic calculations. Record revision: 9f50176ce7fb.
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