When you are pondering the implications of today’s puzzle, you may find you need a few clues to help you get from the implications to the solutions. Today felt like it had a medium difficulty, as it was a little tricky for me to solve but not so bad that I got stuck for minutes at a time. It’s an odd place to be, but it means that I now know all the details you need to know to solve the puzzle quickly and without error.
If you want to try a different puzzle out, you should try the NYT’s puzzle. It is much like, but you will have to place letters instead of words. Place enough letters, and you should be able to guess the word that you are trying to solve. Solving it fast will give you a higher score and more brownie points than solving it with the last guess will. If you are lucky, you will be able to get the solution within just a few guesses.
In today’s puzzle, there is a fair amount of misdirect, and the words don’t always share a meaning but are connected by other means. This can cause for some confusion, but players should not be too worried about it as long as they are paying close attention. There is one word that I had some trouble with in particular, but once I got past it, the puzzle became much easier.
The Letter Boxed game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to connect letters to form words while using various strategies to win quickly.
If you still need more hints, there are some more coming.There are plenty of reasons the hints might not be enough, so to give you that last nudge, here are the category names.
CONTEMPLATE
RUDE THINGS TO DO
VOCATION
___PATCH
CONTEMPLATE
BROOD
MUSE
PONDER
REFLECT
This is the category that gave me a little trouble at the beginning. I saw MUSE and PONDER, making me think that I was on the right track. However, I had a harder time distinguishing between BROOD, REFLECT, and STARE. I realize now that STARE is likely the odd one out, but at the time it made a lot of sense, and no other words had that same
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