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Puzzlenest daily puzzles for Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Puzzle #28. Hints, answers and replay links for every daily game on October 28, 2026. Answers are hidden until you tap to show them.

Word Guess

5-letter word

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

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MERIT

4-letter word

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

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HONG

6-letter word

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

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LIQUID

7-letter word

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

Show the answer

VENTURE

Word Groups

The sixteen words were: BACKPACK, CAR, COOKIEDOUGH, DAIQUIRI, DUFFEL, ELEPHANT, MARGARITA, MARTINI, MOJITO, PISTACHIO, PURSE, SATCHEL, STRAWBERRY, SUITCASE, TREE, VANILLA. Play this puzzle

Show the four groups (easiest first)
  1. Bags: BACKPACK, PURSE, SATCHEL, DUFFEL
  2. Cocktails: MOJITO, MARTINI, DAIQUIRI, MARGARITA
  3. Ice cream flavors: VANILLA, PISTACHIO, STRAWBERRY, COOKIEDOUGH
  4. Things with a trunk: ELEPHANT, CAR, TREE, SUITCASE

Mini Crossword

Play this mini

Across

  • 1 Put together, as numbers
  • 4 Group of three
  • 5 Object
  • 6 Like an owl, in sayings
  • 7 Smallest whole number above zero

Down

  • 1 Get up
  • 2 Eat dinner
  • 3 Pet that barks
  • 4 Not thick
  • 5 Number of wheels on a bike
Show the answers

Across

  • 1 ADD
  • 4 TRIO
  • 5 THING
  • 6 WISE
  • 7 ONE

Down

  • 1 ARISE
  • 2 DINE
  • 3 DOG
  • 4 THIN
  • 5 TWO
■ ■ A D D
■ T R I O
T H I N G
W I S E ■
O N E ■ ■

Word Ladder

Turn PEEL into TALE. Best possible: 5 moves. Play this ladder

Show a shortest ladder

PEEL → FEEL → FELL → TELL → TALL → TALE

Number Nest

  1. Numbers 7, 4, 15, 2, 20, 8. Target 40.
  2. Numbers 8, 25, 9, 2, 100, 1. Target 106.
  3. Numbers 6, 50, 9, 4, 75, 5. Target 384.

Play this Number Nest

Show one exact solution for each target
  1. Target 40: 4 − 2 = 2; 20 × 2 = 40
  2. Target 106: 100 − 2 = 98; 98 + 8 = 106; 106 × 1 = 106
  3. Target 384: 75 − 4 = 71; 50 × 9 = 450; 71 − 5 = 66; 450 − 66 = 384

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