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Puzzlenest daily puzzles for Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Puzzle #27. Hints, answers and replay links for every daily game on October 27, 2026. Answers are hidden until you tap to show them.

Word Guess

5-letter word

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

Show the answer

STACK

4-letter word

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

Show the answer

TOLD

6-letter word

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

Show the answer

AUTUMN

7-letter word

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

Show the answer

VINEGAR

Word Groups

The sixteen words were: AMAZON, BLUFF, BOB, BRAID, BUN, CHECK, DANUBE, DISCO, FOLD, HOUSE, MOHAWK, NILE, RAISE, TECHNO, THAMES, TRANCE. Play this puzzle

Show the four groups (easiest first)
  1. Rivers: NILE, AMAZON, DANUBE, THAMES
  2. Hairstyles: BOB, BUN, MOHAWK, BRAID
  3. Types of dance music: DISCO, HOUSE, TECHNO, TRANCE
  4. Poker words: BLUFF, FOLD, RAISE, CHECK

Mini Crossword

Play this mini

Across

  • 1 Curved line, like a rainbow
  • 4 Evidence
  • 6 Have a disagreement
  • 7 Shaped like a circle
  • 8 Soaked

Down

  • 1 Archer's projectile
  • 2 Dishonest rascal
  • 3 1, 2, 3, ...
  • 4 Expected golf score for a hole
  • 5 Gave food to
Show the answers

Across

  • 1 ARC
  • 4 PROOF
  • 6 ARGUE
  • 7 ROUND
  • 8 WET

Down

  • 1 ARROW
  • 2 ROGUE
  • 3 COUNT
  • 4 PAR
  • 5 FED
■ A R C ■
P R O O F
A R G U E
R O U N D
■ W E T ■

Word Ladder

Turn PRAY into GLOW. Best possible: 5 moves. Play this ladder

Show a shortest ladder

PRAY → GRAY → GREY → GREW → GROW → GLOW

Number Nest

  1. Numbers 2, 9, 11, 20, 8, 15. Target 23.
  2. Numbers 8, 12, 5, 11, 75, 50. Target 126.
  3. Numbers 1, 20, 5, 8, 50, 7. Target 412.

Play this Number Nest

Show one exact solution for each target
  1. Target 23: 20 × 2 = 40; 15 + 8 = 23
  2. Target 126: 11 × 8 = 88; 88 − 12 = 76; 76 + 50 = 126
  3. Target 412: 7 × 1 = 7; 50 × 8 = 400; 400 + 7 = 407; 407 + 5 = 412

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