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A quick public service announcement before we continue: The bottom of this article includes one answer in each of the four categories and some deeper reading about one of the answers. So if you want to solve the board hint-free, we recommend you play before continuing.
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Today’s difficulty
The difficulty score is an average rating from our testers, who play the game in advance to check for quality and accuracy.
Game No. 8’s difficulty: 3 out of 5
Hints
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Yellow: ROMP
Green: VELOCITY
Blue: EVERT
Purple: MACDONALD
More reading (and an extra hint)
That’s Macdonald, as in first-year Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald. Hope that’s helpful!
Macdonald is one of seven new head coaches in the NFL this season. And he got Seattle off to a 3-0 start — until Monday night, when the Seahawks ran into a Detroit Lions team that was flawless on offense.
Lions quarterback Jared Goff was a perfect 18-for-18 for 292 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-29 win over Seattle. The Seahawks had entered the game with the No. 1 defense in the NFL through three weeks.
Read more about what happened in “Monday Night Football” below.
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(Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic)
