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A quick public service note before continuing: The end of this article includes one answer for each of the four categories and a detailed explanation for one of the answers. Therefore, if you want to solve the board without hints, we recommend you play it before continuing.
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Today’s difficulty
Difficulty score is an average rating by testers who play the game beforehand to check quality and accuracy.
Game No.5 Difficulty: 2.3 out of 5
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Yellow: Rough
Green: Blast
Blue: uppercase
Purple: Broncos
Read more (and additional tips)
It’s Broncos like the Denver Broncos. Has the bulletin board been tidied up?
Denver was one of six teams to draft a rookie quarterback in the first round this season, taking Bo Nix from Oregon State with the 12th pick. The Knicks got off to a slow start after losing their starters in the first two games, but bounced back with a win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week.
The Athletic’s Nick Kosmider covered the Broncos before the season started, highlighting how Nicks went from an eighth-grade high school varsity quarterback to Denver’s QB1. Please read below.
even deeper
How Broncos’ Bo Nix was ahead of his time: From 8th grade starter to rookie QB1
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(Illustration: Dan Goldfarb/The Athletic)
