Layers Answer #179

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The four mini-game answers

LetterLock

GLOSS

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

Anagram

TOWEL

The word the scrambled letters rearrange into.

Crossword

Portable cover used for shade or storms

UMBRELLA
  • UVSunburn-causing rays, briefly
  • RIBThin support spoke inside an umbrella
  • SHELTERProtection from weather
  • FOLDABLEAble to collapse for easier carrying

Word Search

Mark that is hard to wash out

CLAUJMXJFPUESSJTDKTZTNXVAMWVXUIUJHUFNYCAJMHVKRYHP

STAIN — highlighted in the grid.

The final board

LIP MAKEUP

Hardest
  • TINT
  • GLOSSLetterLock
  • LINER
  • STAINWord Search

EXCEL

Tricky
  • CRUSH
  • ROCK
  • ACE
  • SLAY

THINGS ON A BEACH

Straightforward
  • SHELL
  • TOWELAnagram
  • UMBRELLACrossword
  • SAND

WET WEATHER

Easy
  • HAIL
  • RAIN
  • SLEET
  • DRIZZLE

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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