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Word Salad Classic hints for · #652
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6 words. Every reveal is your choice.
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Things You Do To A Picture
Word 2
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FRAME follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- F: row 1, column 4
- R: row 1, column 3
- A: row 2, column 3
- M: row 3, column 2
- E: 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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HANG follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- H: row 3, column 3
- A: row 2, column 3
- N: row 2, column 2
- G: 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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LOOK AT follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- L: row 3, column 4
- O: row 4, column 4
- O: row 4, column 3
- K: row 4, column 2
- A: row 3, column 1
- T: row 2, column 1
The letter path spells LOOKAT; accents, spaces and punctuation in the displayed answer do not require extra tiles.
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 2, column 4
- A: row 2, column 3
- I: row 1, column 2
- N: row 2, column 2
- T: 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.
Trace answer 5 on the recorded grid
PRINT follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.
- P: row 2, column 4
- R: row 1, column 3
- I: row 1, column 2
- N: row 2, column 2
- T: 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.
Trace answer 6 on the recorded grid
TAKE 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 1
- A: row 3, column 1
- K: row 4, column 2
- E: 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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Also on December 12, 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: 4e1b9f09b7d2.
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