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7 words. Every reveal is your choice.

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BADGER follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. B: row 4, column 1
  2. A: row 4, column 2
  3. D: row 3, column 1
  4. G: row 2, column 1
  5. E: row 3, column 2
  6. R: row 3, 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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BEAR follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. B: row 4, column 1
  2. E: row 3, column 2
  3. A: row 4, column 2
  4. R: row 3, 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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COYOTE follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. C: row 4, column 3
  2. O: row 3, column 4
  3. Y: row 2, column 4
  4. O: row 2, column 3
  5. T: row 2, column 2
  6. E: 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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LION follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. L: row 1, column 1
  2. I: row 1, column 2
  3. O: row 2, column 3
  4. N: row 1, 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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OTTER follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. O: row 2, column 3
  2. T: row 1, column 3
  3. T: row 2, column 2
  4. E: row 3, column 2
  5. R: row 3, 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.

Trace answer 6 on the recorded grid

RACCOON follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. R: row 3, column 3
  2. A: row 4, column 2
  3. C: row 4, column 3
  4. C: row 4, column 4
  5. O: row 3, column 4
  6. O: row 2, column 3
  7. N: row 1, 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.

Trace answer 7 on the recorded grid

TIGER follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. T: row 1, column 3
  2. I: row 1, column 2
  3. G: row 2, column 1
  4. E: row 3, column 2
  5. R: row 3, 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 September 4, 2025

Source and record information

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: e9c1974fc2a0.

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