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Puzzlenest daily puzzles for Friday, October 23, 2026

Puzzle #23. Hints, answers and replay links for every daily game on October 23, 2026. Answers are hidden until you tap to show them.

Word Guess

5-letter word

Hints: starts with N, has 2 vowels, and has no repeated letters. Play this word

Show the answer

NURSE

4-letter word

Hints: starts with S, has 1 vowel, and has no repeated letters. Play this word

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SHED

6-letter word

Hints: starts with P, has 2 vowels, and has no repeated letters. Play this word

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PARCEL

7-letter word

Hints: starts with O, has 3 vowels, and has no repeated letters. Play this word

Show the answer

OBESITY

Word Groups

The sixteen words were: BURRITO, CHAMELEON, CURIE, DARWIN, EINSTEIN, ENCHILADA, FOOT, GECKO, IGUANA, INCH, MILE, NACHOS, NEWTON, TACO, TORTOISE, YARD. Play this puzzle

Show the four groups (easiest first)
  1. Mexican foods: TACO, BURRITO, NACHOS, ENCHILADA
  2. Units of length: INCH, FOOT, YARD, MILE
  3. Reptiles: GECKO, IGUANA, TORTOISE, CHAMELEON
  4. Famous scientists: NEWTON, EINSTEIN, CURIE, DARWIN

Mini Crossword

Play this mini

Across

  • 1 Bargain
  • 5 Picture holder
  • 6 Username and password, together
  • 7 Big occasion
  • 8 Prefix meaning "air"

Down

  • 1 Went by car
  • 2 Keen
  • 3 ___ acid (protein building block)
  • 4 Loaned
  • 5 Tiny jumping pest on a dog
Show the answers

Across

  • 1 DEAL
  • 5 FRAME
  • 6 LOGIN
  • 7 EVENT
  • 8 AERO

Down

  • 1 DROVE
  • 2 EAGER
  • 3 AMINO
  • 4 LENT
  • 5 FLEA
■ D E A L
F R A M E
L O G I N
E V E N T
A E R O ■

Word Ladder

Turn MALL into HUNT. Best possible: 5 moves. Play this ladder

Show a shortest ladder

MALL → HALL → HALT → HART → HURT → HUNT

Number Nest

  1. Numbers 1, 5, 25, 11, 8, 100. Target 84.
  2. Numbers 2, 9, 8, 11, 20, 25. Target 250.
  3. Numbers 25, 15, 8, 6, 2, 11. Target 624.

Play this Number Nest

Show one exact solution for each target
  1. Target 84: 100 − 11 = 89; 89 − 5 = 84
  2. Target 250: 11 − 9 = 2; 20 ÷ 2 = 10; 25 × 10 = 250
  3. Target 624: 15 + 11 = 26; 26 ÷ 2 = 13; 13 × 6 = 78; 78 × 8 = 624

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