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Today’s Theme, Explained

Today’s theme is ‘Cold snap’. Expand to see what that means for today’s puzzle.

Each word describes atype of precipitation or conditionassociated withcold weather and winter seasons.

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Word Hints

Expand below to seehintsfortoday’s words.

Thefirst wordis what happens when the clouds feel like misting you with their mood.

Thesecond wordis like a dance of icy confetti in the air.

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Thethird wordis the cold artist’s touch on your windowpane.

Thefourth wordis a lot, a lot of snow.

Thefifth wordis a slushy surprise trying to confuse rain and snow.

Thesixth wordis what blankets the earth in a layer of white.

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