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Word Salad Classic hints for · #548
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Word 2
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DEAL follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- D: row 2, column 3
- E: row 3, column 3
- A: row 3, column 2
- L: 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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ESTATE follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- E: row 3, column 3
- S: row 4, column 4
- T: row 4, column 3
- A: row 3, column 2
- T: row 2, column 2
- E: row 3, 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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MADRID follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- M: row 2, column 1
- A: row 3, column 2
- D: row 2, column 3
- R: row 1, column 3
- I: row 1, column 2
- D: 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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TALK follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- T: row 2, column 2
- A: row 3, column 2
- L: row 4, column 1
- K: row 4, 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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TIME follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- T: row 2, column 2
- I: row 1, column 2
- M: row 2, column 1
- E: row 3, 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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WORLD follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- W: row 3, column 4
- O: row 2, column 4
- R: row 1, column 3
- L: row 1, column 4
- D: 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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Also on August 30, 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: 08e1fa416b05.
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