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May 21, 2025 
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Behind the Scenes 🍵
- Gemini Season: Check out today's Strands puzzle, which is themed with twosomes for the season of the twins.
- Debuts: Today's crossword puzzle is by Ilana Levene and Scott Hogan. Mr. Hogan has published four other puzzles in The New York Times, but it's Ms. Levene's debut.
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Strands
Last week's hardest Strands puzzle was KEEP ON KEEPING ON, from Tuesday, May 13 — 80.55 percent of solvers were able to complete it.
Last week's easiest Strands puzzle was HAPPY …, from Sunday, May 11 — 91.95 percent of solvers were able to complete it.
Strands puzzles last week — from May 9 to 15 — were a little bit easier than those from the week before.
Connections Quandary
Here's the hardest category from Monday, May 12. What connects these four things? See the answer in the P.S.
Wordle Weekly Recap
Hardest word: EAGER, from Thursday, May 15
Average guesses: 4.71, with 9.43 percent of players solving in three or fewer
Easiest word: TRIPE, from Friday, May 9
Average guesses: 4.03, with 32.47 percent of players solving in three or fewer
The Wordle answers last week — from May 9 to 15 — were a bit harder than those from the week before.
Spelling Bee Hive
Overall, the Spelling Bee hives last week — from May 9 to 15 — were significantly easier than those from the week before. Of our subscribers who played last week, 42.09 percent hit Genius at least once.
Last week's hardest puzzle: Saturday, May 10, had the hardest pangram, with only 29.28 percent of users finding it.
Saturday's pangram: PHENOMENA
Letter set: M A E H N O P
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P.S. The answer to the Connections Quandary is that they are all things you can do with your lips.
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