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It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you’ve finished?

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Why, play some more word games of course.

The key here was in getting blue, THINGS ON STICKS, first.

I did make one mistake on green, SECRETED BY TREES, because I was tripped up by LICORICE.

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The others were GUM, RESIN and SAP, which were more obvious.

And what about the ones that have a kind of multicolored sandwich with pink and yellow?

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Wordle: The Rules, Strategy…

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times.

For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It’s playable for free via theNYT Games siteon desktop or mobile.

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Wordle Words: A genius word…

Wordle Game Boards: 120 pages…

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