Blossom Answers and Hints: All Stories and Key Dates

How Blossom works

Blossom is Merriam-Webster's daily word game. Seven letters sit on a flower, one in the center and six on the petals, and you get only 12 words to score with.

Every word must use the center letter and have at least four letters, and any letter can be used more than once. Words are checked against Merriam-Webster's own word list, so proper nouns and hyphenated words do not count.

Scoring, as the guides from Beebom and Insider Gaming describe it: a four-letter word earns 2 points, five letters 4, six letters 6 and seven letters 12, and every letter past seven adds 3. One petal is highlighted as the bonus letter and adds 5 points each time it appears in your word; it changes after every word. A pangram, a word that uses all seven letters, adds 7 points.