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Puzzlenest daily puzzles for Monday, October 26, 2026

Puzzle #26. Hints, answers and replay links for every daily game on October 26, 2026. Answers are hidden until you tap to show them.

Word Guess

5-letter word

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

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TREAD

4-letter word

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

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BODY

6-letter word

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

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EQUITY

7-letter word

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

Show the answer

PENDING

Word Groups

The sixteen words were: BORSCHT, CACTUS, CHOWDER, COMPASS, COW, GAZPACHO, GOAT, HURDLES, JAVELIN, MARATHON, MINESTRONE, PIG, PINE, SHEEP, SPRINT, SYRINGE. Play this puzzle

Show the four groups (easiest first)
  1. Farm animals: COW, SHEEP, GOAT, PIG
  2. Olympic events: SPRINT, HURDLES, JAVELIN, MARATHON
  3. Soups: MINESTRONE, GAZPACHO, CHOWDER, BORSCHT
  4. Things with needles: CACTUS, PINE, COMPASS, SYRINGE

Mini Crossword

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Across

  • 1 Walkway
  • 5 Brief movie appearance by a star
  • 6 Seed of an oak tree
  • 7 Sight or smell, for example
  • 8 Border

Down

  • 1 Walked back and forth nervously
  • 2 In the middle of
  • 3 Short and blunt
  • 4 Sharpen, as skills
  • 5 Situation for a detective
Show the answers

Across

  • 1 PATH
  • 5 CAMEO
  • 6 ACORN
  • 7 SENSE
  • 8 EDGE

Down

  • 1 PACED
  • 2 AMONG
  • 3 TERSE
  • 4 HONE
  • 5 CASE
■ P A T H
C A M E O
A C O R N
S E N S E
E D G E ■

Word Ladder

Turn WORE into FIND. Best possible: 4 moves. Play this ladder

Show a shortest ladder

WORE → WIRE → FIRE → FINE → FIND

Number Nest

  1. Numbers 8, 100, 25, 6, 3, 5. Target 48.
  2. Numbers 20, 11, 4, 3, 9, 75. Target 221.
  3. Numbers 2, 10, 4, 15, 7, 75. Target 825.

Play this Number Nest

Show one exact solution for each target
  1. Target 48: 100 − 5 = 95; 8 × 6 = 48
  2. Target 221: 4 − 3 = 1; 20 × 11 = 220; 220 + 1 = 221
  3. Target 825: 7 × 2 = 14; 14 + 10 = 24; 15 − 4 = 11; 75 × 11 = 825

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