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Puzzlenest daily puzzles for Sunday, October 25, 2026

Puzzle #25. Hints, answers and replay links for every daily game on October 25, 2026. Answers are hidden until you tap to show them.

Word Guess

5-letter word

Hints: starts with F, has 2 vowels, and has a repeated letter. Play this word

Show the answer

FEVER

4-letter word

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

Show the answer

NAIL

6-letter word

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

Show the answer

IMPACT

7-letter word

Hints: starts with C, has 3 vowels, and has a repeated letter. Play this word

Show the answer

CEILING

Word Groups

The sixteen words were: BAGUETTE, CARD, CASH, CHORD, DRACO, FOCACCIA, LICENSE, LYRA, MELODY, OCTAVE, ORION, PEGASUS, RECEIPT, RYE, SOURDOUGH, TEMPO. Play this puzzle

Show the four groups (easiest first)
  1. Constellations: ORION, PEGASUS, LYRA, DRACO
  2. Breads: BAGUETTE, SOURDOUGH, RYE, FOCACCIA
  3. Musical terms: TEMPO, CHORD, OCTAVE, MELODY
  4. Things in a wallet: CASH, CARD, RECEIPT, LICENSE

Mini Crossword

Play this mini

Across

  • 1 Parking area
  • 4 Glow around a person
  • 6 Support for a weak ankle
  • 8 Carry a tune
  • 9 Body part with a knee

Down

  • 1 Place for experiments
  • 2 Belonging to us
  • 3 Path through the woods
  • 5 Teen skin problem
  • 7 Breakfast item that can be scrambled
Show the answers

Across

  • 1 LOT
  • 4 AURA
  • 6 BRACE
  • 8 SING
  • 9 LEG

Down

  • 1 LAB
  • 2 OURS
  • 3 TRAIL
  • 5 ACNE
  • 7 EGG
L O T ■ ■
A U R A ■
B R A C E
■ S I N G
■ ■ L E G

Word Ladder

Turn FAKE into PUSH. Best possible: 5 moves. Play this ladder

Show a shortest ladder

FAKE → BAKE → BASE → BASH → BUSH → PUSH

Number Nest

  1. Numbers 7, 10, 20, 50, 12, 8. Target 52.
  2. Numbers 15, 9, 5, 25, 12, 8. Target 240.
  3. Numbers 6, 2, 4, 20, 100, 12. Target 604.

Play this Number Nest

Show one exact solution for each target
  1. Target 52: 12 − 10 = 2; 50 + 2 = 52
  2. Target 240: 12 − 8 = 4; 25 × 9 = 225; 225 + 15 = 240
  3. Target 604: 20 − 12 = 8; 100 × 6 = 600; 600 − 4 = 596; 596 + 8 = 604

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