Layers Answer #261

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The four mini-game answers

LetterLock

QUEUE

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

Anagram

OUTAGE

The word the scrambled letters rearrange into.

Crossword

Bat-and-ball sport played with wickets

CRICKET
  • LACROSSEField sport played with netted sticks
  • TENNISSport where love means a score of zero
  • PICKLEBALLPaddle sport played with a perforated plastic ball
  • BADMINTONSport where players hit a feathered shuttlecock

Word Search

Spelling contest often held at school

BBLXVNXWWEWVBODWQEZPWPNVKITKHKDJVYYHCSNDEVQWZEYWQ

BEE — highlighted in the grid.

The final board

POWER ___

Hardest
  • LINE
  • PLANT
  • STRIP
  • OUTAGEAnagram

LETTER HOMOPHONES

Tricky
  • BEEWord Search
  • QUEUELetterLock
  • SEA
  • WHY

PANTS FEATURES

Straightforward
  • POCKET
  • LOOP
  • CUFF
  • FLY

JUMPING ANIMALS

Easy
  • CRICKETCrossword
  • FROG
  • HARE
  • FLEA

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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