Layers Answer #53

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The four mini-game answers

LetterLock

YIELD

The hidden five-letter word behind the day’s Wordle-style lock.

Anagram

PRUNE

The word the scrambled letters rearrange into.

Crossword

Isolated place to test software safely

SANDBOX
  • SOFTWAREPrograms and apps on a computer
  • TESTINGTrying something to see if it works
  • BUGError in a computer program
  • LINUXOpen-source operating system

Word Search

Not fast

QWERTYUASDFGHJZXCVBNMPSLOWQXMNBVCXZTYUIOPALKJHGFD

SLOW — highlighted in the grid.

The final board

CARE FOR A PLANT

Straightforward
  • FEED
  • POT
  • PRUNEAnagram
  • WATER

PLAYGROUND FEATURES

Easy
  • SANDBOXCrossword
  • SLIDE
  • BARS
  • SWING

BEGINNINGS

Tricky
  • BIRTH
  • DAWN
  • ORIGIN
  • ONSET

TRAFFIC SIGNS

Hardest
  • DETOUR
  • SLOWWord Search
  • MERGE
  • YIELDLetterLock

Sixteen words sort into four hidden groups. The four words tagged with a mini-game name are the ones you unlock by solving LetterLock, Anagram, Crossword and Word Search first.

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