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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BACKFIRE Have exactly the wrong effect (8) Eugene Sheffer Apr 14, 2021
3% NAIL Get exactly right (4) USA Today Nov 9, 2025
3% TAKEHOLD Start to have an effect (8) Newsday Nov 7, 2025
3% AMISS Wrong (5) The Telegraph Quick Nov 6, 2025
3% TELLING Effective (7) Eugene Sheffer Nov 4, 2025
3% VERBATIM Repeated exactly (8) (8) Puzzler Nov 3, 2025
3% INFORCE Legally effective (7) LA Times Daily Oct 28, 2025
3% REVERB Echo effect (6) LA Times Daily Oct 23, 2025
3% UNSPECIFIED Not mentioned exactly (11) Puzzler Backwords Oct 20, 2025
3% HIGHNOON Exactly midday (4,4) (8) The Guardian Quick Oct 20, 2025

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