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April 23, 2025 
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Behind the Scenes 🍵
Strands
Last week's hardest Strands puzzle was BUZZING IN, from Friday, April 11 — 78.05 percent of solvers were able to complete it.
Last week's easiest Strands puzzle was FORE!, from Wednesday, April 16 — 88.74 percent of solvers were able to complete it.
Strands puzzles last week — from April 11 to 17 — were much easier than those from the week before.
Connections Quandary
Here's the hardest category from Monday, April 14. What connects these four things? See the answer in the P.S.
Wordle Weekly Recap
Hardest word: STOOD, from Thursday, April 17
Average guesses: 4.36, with 21.21 percent of players solving in three or fewer
Easiest word: CREST, from Monday, April 14
Average guesses: 3.57, with 49.81 percent of players solving in three or fewer
The Wordle answers last week — from April 11 to 17 — were much easier than those from the week before.
Spelling Bee Hive
Overall, the Spelling Bee hives last week — from April 11 to 17 — were a bit harder than those from the week before. Of our subscribers who played last week, 38.78 percent hit Genius at least once.
Last week's hardest puzzle: Saturday, April 12, had the hardest pangram, with only 23.54 percent of users finding it.
Saturday's pangram: LIFEBLOOD
Letter set: B D E F I L O
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P.S. The answer to the Connections Quandary is that they are all things "Ford" might refer to.
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