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Hints for September 4
- One group is made up of objects or things with a round, ball-like shape.
- Another group pairs food names inside the name of a food.
- A third group consists of different kinds of eels.
- For the final group, look at the letters between each word’s first and last letters: they contain an accessory.
Answers for September 4 (spoilers)
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Spherical things
- BOWLING BALL
- EYE
- MOON
- ORANGE
Food whose name is two foods
- CAKE DONUT
- CANDY CORN
- CHERRY TOMATO
- PIZZA PIE
Kinds of eels
- CONGER
- GULPER
- MORAY
- RIBBON
Accessories inside starting and ending letters
- CRINGY
- OPINE
- STIED
- THAT’S
How the answers are reported
Lifehacker via Yahoo Tech and Parade both identify this as the September 4, 2026 puzzle and report the same four categories and word sets: Lifehacker via Yahoo Tech and Parade. Both call it puzzle #1181. Anagrammer’s archive lists the same answers but labels the puzzle #1275, so the puzzle number is disputed in the available reports: Anagrammer.
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