Slate Pears Game 323: Jul. 3, 2026
Slate has released Pears Game 323, with new games available every day at noon. The longest words in the previous game were BLACKBALL and BLACKJACK, and the complete Pears archive is now open to Slate Plus members. Slate Plus members can access over 300 games of Pears at any time, and users can suggest new words at [email protected].
- ▪The longest words in Game 322 were BLACKBALL and BLACKJACK.
- ▪Slate Plus members can play 300+ games of Pears anytime.
- ▪Recent additions to the game include the words ALTRICIAL and NIDIFUGOUS.
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| Original publisher | Slate Magazine |
| Canonical URL | https://slate.com/life/2026/07/word-game-slate-pears-323-for-july-3-2026.html?via=rss |
| Publication time | Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-03T16:12:00.210Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-03T16:12:00.210Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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<p class="slate-notification--error"> Please enable JavaScript to view this. </p> New Pears every day at noon! This is Pears Game 323. The longest words in Game 322 were BLACKBALL and BLACKJACK. The complete Pears archive is now open! Slate Plus members can play 300+ games of Pears anytime. It’s an all-you-can-eat Pears buffet! Got a word to suggest? Let us know at [email protected]. Recent additions: ALTRICIAL, NIDIFUGOUS. More Games From Slate Slate SoundBites for July 3, 2026 Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Features Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz. Slate Mini Crossword for July 3, 2026 Slate Crossword: Epoch When Mammals as We Know Them First Popped Up (Six Letters) Copy Link Share Share Comment Slate Games Pears
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