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Plot-hole #117 · July 14, 2026 · Today
Difficulty: Medium · 75% of 56 players solved it.
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Hint 1 — One-word hint
"Paranoia"
Hint 2 — The Setup
Modern-day America where racism operates beneath polite surfaces.
Hint 3 — The Character
A Black man visits his white girlfriend's family for the weekend.
Hint 4 — The Conflict
The family is unsettlingly friendly and something feels very wrong.
Hint 5 — The Twist
He discovers the family has a horrifying secret involving a surgical procedure.
Final hint (names names)
Jordan Peele's directorial debut about a sunken place.
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