Layers Answer #158

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The four mini-game answers

LetterLock

CLOSE

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

Anagram

PREHEAT

The word the scrambled letters rearrange into.

Crossword

Turn into ice

FREEZE
  • FROSTThin icy coating
  • ICEFrozen water
  • ZEROFreezing point of water in Celsius

Word Search

Marine mammal with flippers

FYBTHADCFXLEHZJBPILDRFTMPHVOXQTLZSVUXPDWZRBTHSEAL

SEAL — highlighted in the grid.

The final board

FOOD-PRESERVING METHODS

Tricky
  • PICKLE
  • CURE
  • DEHYDRATE
  • FREEZECrossword

SWIMMING STROKES

Easy
  • BACKSTROKE
  • BREASTSTROKE
  • BUTTERFLY
  • FREESTYLE

CAKE-RECIPE VERBS

Straightforward
  • MIX
  • BEAT
  • GLAZE
  • PREHEATAnagram

BLOCK AN OPENING

Hardest
  • CLOSELetterLock
  • CORK
  • SEALWord Search
  • CAP

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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