Layers Answer #279

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The four mini-game answers

LetterLock

GLOSS

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

Anagram

NEWTON

The word the scrambled letters rearrange into.

Crossword

Physicist famous for the theory of relativity

EINSTEIN
  • ELEMENTBasic substance like oxygen or gold
  • ENERGYAbility to do work or cause change
  • ATOMTiny building block of matter
  • MICROSCOPEInstrument used to view very small objects

Word Search

Material used to make candles

TNPHTFZHLKTDWPCTHKEYYKRNGPNFVDWAXGSAUDTADMRZMBFVB

WAX — highlighted in the grid.

The final board

MAKE SHINY

Straightforward
  • POLISH
  • BUFF
  • WAXWord Search
  • GLOSSLetterLock

SI UNITS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE

Easy
  • NEWTONAnagram
  • WATT
  • PASCAL
  • VOLT

KINDS OF FRIES

Tricky
  • FRENCH
  • CURLY
  • WAFFLE
  • STEAK

___ BROS

Hardest
  • MARIO
  • EINSTEINCrossword
  • WARNER
  • DUTCH

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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