Puzzle archive › October 29, 2026
Puzzlenest daily puzzles for Thursday, October 29, 2026
Puzzle #29. Hints, answers and replay links for every daily game on October 29, 2026. Answers are hidden until you tap to show them.
Word Guess
5-letter word
Hints: starts with S, has 2 vowels, and has a repeated letter. Play this word
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STEER
4-letter word
Hints: starts with R, has 2 vowels, and has no repeated letters. Play this word
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RAGE
6-letter word
Hints: starts with S, has 2 vowels, and has a repeated letter. Play this word
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SMOOTH
7-letter word
Hints: starts with R, has 2 vowels, and has a repeated letter. Play this word
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REFRESH
Word Groups
The sixteen words were: CODE, ESSAY, GHOST, GREATWHITE, HAMMERHEAD, JOKE, KNUCKLES, MAKO, MEMOIR, NOVEL, POEM, PUMPKIN, SAFE, SKELETON, TIGER, WITCH. Play this puzzle
Show the four groups (easiest first)
- Sharks: GREATWHITE, HAMMERHEAD, TIGER, MAKO
- Halloween things: GHOST, WITCH, SKELETON, PUMPKIN
- Writing styles: POEM, ESSAY, NOVEL, MEMOIR
- Things that can be cracked: CODE, JOKE, KNUCKLES, SAFE
Mini Crossword
Across
- 1 TV program
- 5 Gave off light
- 6 Break down, as a sentence
- 7 Put in extra
- 8 Get together
Down
- 1 Shadow on a sunny day
- 2 Large crowd
- 3 Beginning
- 4 Unwanted garden plant
- 5 Junk email
Show the answers
Across
- 1 SHOW
- 5 SHONE
- 6 PARSE
- 7 ADDED
- 8 MEET
Down
- 1 SHADE
- 2 HORDE
- 3 ONSET
- 4 WEED
- 5 SPAM
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Word Ladder
Turn BARN into SICK. Best possible: 4 moves. Play this ladder
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BARN → BARK → BACK → SACK → SICK
Number Nest
- Numbers 20, 9, 10, 2, 75, 12. Target 93.
- Numbers 6, 100, 10, 1, 11, 75. Target 111.
- Numbers 12, 20, 5, 15, 11, 7. Target 405.
Show one exact solution for each target
- Target 93: 20 − 2 = 18; 75 + 18 = 93
- Target 111: 75 × 11 = 825; 100 + 10 = 110; 110 + 1 = 111
- Target 405: 15 × 11 = 165; 7 + 5 = 12; 20 × 12 = 240; 240 + 165 = 405
Replay the other daily games
These games are generated fresh in your browser, so you can replay the exact same daily board from October 29, 2026:
- Sudoku (easy, medium, hard and expert)
- Nonogram
- Minesweeper
- Solitaire (draw 1 and draw 3)
- Word Search