Blossom (word game - Merriam Webster)

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Does anyone want a Blossom thread? Not sure if I'll keep doing it but saw this recommended on another thread and I find it more fun than NYT Spelling Bee. (Which you can't get far on for free anyway).

Blossom Puzzle, December 8
Letters: C I M N O R S
My score: 110 points
My longest word: 7 letters
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I think it was harder to get a high score today because there weren't that many long words you could make with the combination of letters. You get 6 points for a 6-letter word, 12 points for a 7-letter word, and then 3 extra points for each extra letter after that. And 5 points for each time you use the highlighted letter. So ideally you want as long a word as possible, repeating the highlighted letter as many times as you can. Some of today's letters were really hard to squeeze into a word more than once (there were some with 2 u's but none that I'd ever heard of!).

Also, today's pangram was exactly 7 letters, so you could only score 24 for it (12 points for the word, 5 points for the bonus letter, 7 points for using all the letters).

Blossom Puzzle, December 17
Letters: D E P A S T U
My score: 126 points
My longest word: 8 letters
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Struggled today!

Blossom Puzzle, December 17
Letters: D E P A S T U
My score: 274 points
My longest word: 8 letters
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Blossom Puzzle, December 17
Letters: D E P A S T U
My score: 278 points
My longest word: 8 letters
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Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 256 points
My longest word: 11 letters
🌸 🌼 🌹 🌺 🌷 💐 🌻 🏵 💮 🌸 🌼

Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 280 points
My longest word: 11 letters
🌹 🌷 🌼 🌺 🏵 💐 💮 🌸 🌻 🌹 🌷

Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 320 points
My longest word: 11 letters
🌻 🌸 🌷 🌼 💐 🌹 🌺 💮 🏵 🌻 🌸

Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 341 points
My longest word: 11 letters
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Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 280 points
My longest word: 11 letters
💐 🌼 🏵 💮 🌷 🌸 🌺 🌻 🌹 💐 🌼

Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 245 points
My longest word: 9 letters
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I'm frustrated I didn't see a pangram.

Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 324 points
My longest word: 11 letters
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Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 327 points
My longest word: 11 letters
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Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 239 points
My longest word: 11 letters
🌸 🌺 🏵 🌹 🌼 🌻 💮 💐 🌷 🌸 🌺

Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 291 points
My longest word: 11 letters
🏵 🌸 🌼 🌺 🌷 🌹 💮 💐 🌻 🏵 🌸

Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 204 points
My longest word: 11 letters
🏵 🌻 💮 🌼 💐 🌸 🌷 🌺 🌹 🏵 🌻

Blossom Puzzle, December 18
Letters: C D O E R V W
My score: 281 points
My longest word: 11 letters
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Blossom Puzzle, December 19
Letters: A B G N I O T
My score: 373 points
My longest word: 11 letters
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Blossom Puzzle, December 19
Letters: A B G N I O T
My score: 235 points
My longest word: 10 letters
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Did much better today, second try. Actually got a 11 letter word!

Blossom Puzzle, December 19
Letters: A B G N I O T
My score: 289 points
My longest word: 10 letters
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Blossom Puzzle, December 19
Letters: A B G N I O T
My score: 313 points
My longest word: 11 letters
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Bit annoyed with myself today as I could probably have squeaked into the mega boss category if I hadn't totally missed the featured pangram in favour of a more seasonal one that took me ages to work out how to spell...

Blossom Puzzle, December 19
Letters: A B G N I O T
My score: 342 points
My longest word: 11 letters
🌻 🌸 💐 🌷 🌺 🏵 💮 🌼 🌹 🌻 🌸

Blossom Puzzle, December 19
Letters: A B G N I O T
My score: 271 points
My longest word: 10 letters
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Blossom puzzle December 18
A B G N I O T
My score 366 points
Longest word 11 letters
Failed to get the pangram but I often miss them.

Blossom Puzzle, December 19
Letters: A B G N I O T
My score: 327 points
My longest word: 11 letters
🌹 💐 🌸 🌷 🌻 💮 🌺 🌼 🏵 🌹 💐