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Puzzlenest daily puzzles for Friday, October 30, 2026

Puzzle #30. Hints, answers and replay links for every daily game on October 30, 2026. Answers are hidden until you tap to show them.

Word Guess

5-letter word

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

Show the answer

BURST

4-letter word

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

Show the answer

HARD

6-letter word

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

Show the answer

PATRON

7-letter word

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

Show the answer

SHELTER

Word Groups

The sixteen words were: BUCKET, CALCULATOR, CAMERA, CLOCK, COAT, COMET, CURTAIN, ENCORE, FOX, KITE, SCRIPT, SHOVEL, STAGE, TOWEL, UMBRELLA, WEATHER. Play this puzzle

Show the four groups (easiest first)
  1. Beach items: TOWEL, BUCKET, SHOVEL, UMBRELLA
  2. Smartphone apps: CAMERA, CLOCK, CALCULATOR, WEATHER
  3. Theater words: STAGE, CURTAIN, SCRIPT, ENCORE
  4. Things that have a tail: COMET, KITE, COAT, FOX

Mini Crossword

Play this mini

Across

  • 1 Big supporter
  • 4 Person who flies a plane
  • 6 Come together
  • 7 Grabbed
  • 8 Was in charge of

Down

  • 1 Last
  • 2 Very similar
  • 3 Wrote down
  • 4 Placed
  • 5 Number of fingers on two hands
Show the answers

Across

  • 1 FAN
  • 4 PILOT
  • 6 UNITE
  • 7 TAKEN
  • 8 LED

Down

  • 1 FINAL
  • 2 ALIKE
  • 3 NOTED
  • 4 PUT
  • 5 TEN
■ F A N ■
P I L O T
U N I T E
T A K E N
■ L E D ■

Word Ladder

Turn SALE into PUNK. Best possible: 5 moves. Play this ladder

Show a shortest ladder

SALE → PALE → PILE → PINE → PINK → PUNK

Number Nest

  1. Numbers 3, 25, 7, 9, 15, 8. Target 20.
  2. Numbers 1, 75, 2, 4, 10, 100. Target 177.
  3. Numbers 3, 1, 6, 15, 75, 10. Target 300.

Play this Number Nest

Show one exact solution for each target
  1. Target 20: 9 + 8 = 17; 17 + 3 = 20
  2. Target 177: 4 ÷ 2 = 2; 100 + 2 = 102; 102 + 75 = 177
  3. Target 300: 10 × 6 = 60; 60 ÷ 15 = 4; 3 + 1 = 4; 75 × 4 = 300

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