A daily word puzzle, a loop variant of Wordie Grid. You are given the letters of five hidden words, some wildcards, and a five by five grid.
Every row must spell a valid five letter word, and the words must form a loop: the last letter of each word is the first letter of the one below it, and the last word joins back round to the first.
The joins are dealt for you — the shaded first and last letter of every row — so the shape of the loop is given and cannot be moved. You fill in the three letters between them. The letters come from a real loop, so a solution always exists, though rarely only one.
A wildcard (?) stands in for any letter and is worked out for you, showing what it became in italics. You may use at most one per word.
Closing the loop scores 6, less one for every wildcard you used. So a loop built from real letters alone is worth the full six.
Select a letter, then click an empty cell to place it. Click a placed letter to send it back. A finished row turns green if it spells a word and red if it does not.