A word puzzle from the fair

Storefront Cipher

The mystery shop

Back in
five letters

Find the everyday item hidden on the sign.
Six guesses will tell its story.

No timer. No account. Just a little deduction.

Closed for a little mystery

How to open the shop

Guess a five-letter everyday product. Each ticket tells you what to keep and what to move.

A●Right place
The letter is exactly here.
A◆Wrong place
The letter belongs elsewhere.
A–Not used
No more copies of this letter.

Repeated letters count individually. If the answer has one A, only one guessed A can get a ● or ◆.

Any word in our local dictionary is a valid guess. The hidden answer is always an item a shop might sell.

600 points for a first-guess solve, then 100 fewer per guess. Six guesses per shop.

Type with your keyboard or tap the letters. Enter checks a guess; Backspace erases. Today’s shop is shared by UTC date. Practice shops change each round.

Every shutter has a story.