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October 11, 2026
The board mixes practical-use verbs, recurring household bills, glove-compartment items, and words that can precede GAMBITS. The category relationships are literal, but several words invite plausible alternatives.Puzzle #1218Spoiler-safe
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2026-10-11How EMPLOY, PATRICK, PERUSE and SYNTACTIC Relate to ENDING IN GAMBITS
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Puzzle #1218The board mixes practical-use verbs, recurring household bills, glove-compartment items, and words that can precede GAMBITS. The category relationships are literal, but several words invite plausible alternatives. · APPLY, HARNESS, UTILIZE, WIELD and EMPLOY can all suggest using something, while CABLE, INTERNET and PHONE can suggest communications services. The official group labels determine which sense belongs in the completed set.Puzzle #1217The board mixes direct vocabulary relationships with a blank-completion category, so checking each candidate against all four words is useful. · FIGURE, IMAGINE and SUPPOSE already share the official PRESUME group. THESIS may look compatible with ideas or arguments, but it belongs to USEFUL WHEN WRITING A PAPER and does not complete that proposed set.Puzzle #1216The board mixes victory language, television controls, sports-show features, and phrases beginning with AIR. · Sports language creates possible overlap: ROUT belongs with decisive victories, while SCORES and STATS belong with features of a sports show. Those three do not complete a four-word group together.