Layers Answer #171

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The four mini-game answers

LetterLock

MELON

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

Anagram

LACQUER

The word the scrambled letters rearrange into.

Crossword

Leafy vegetable often used in salads

LETTUCE
  • LEAFYCovered with leaves
  • STEMPlant part that supports leaves
  • CRUNCHCrisp sound made while biting
  • GREENColor made by mixing blue and yellow

Word Search

Small seed used in chili

GJNPMINCWZTZRACTGEGHERREPLKBOJKZKSSUPISNDJQHWHHOY

BEAN — highlighted in the grid.

The final board

SLANG FOR ONE'S HEAD

Easy
  • BEANWord Search
  • DOME
  • MELONLetterLock
  • NOGGIN

PROTECTIVE SURFACE FINISHES

Straightforward
  • ENAMEL
  • LACQUERAnagram
  • WAX
  • VARNISH

CONJUNCTION HOMOPHONES

Tricky
  • BUTT
  • FOUR
  • ORE
  • SOW

HEAD OF ___

Hardest
  • CABBAGE
  • LETTUCECrossword
  • CLASS
  • STEAM

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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