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5 words. Every reveal is your choice.

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

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

  1. B: row 2, column 1
  2. R: row 2, column 2
  3. I: row 3, column 2
  4. G: row 4, column 2
  5. H: row 4, column 1
  6. T: 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.

Trace answer 3 on the recorded grid

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

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

  1. S: row 2, column 4
  2. H: row 2, column 3
  3. R: row 2, column 2
  4. E: row 1, column 2
  5. W: row 1, column 3
  6. D: 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 5 on the recorded grid

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

  1. S: row 2, column 4
  2. M: row 3, column 4
  3. A: row 3, column 3
  4. R: row 2, column 2
  5. T: 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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Also on March 12, 2026

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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: a285e9fa00b3.

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