No. 5 · Sunday, July 5, 2026

Softly, then a compound

An idiom, a playground game and two dishes, closing on a single compound word so plain that most players overthink it.

This day has rolled out of the free window. The last seven days are always free to play; older days are part of Emoji Bee+.

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