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Thursday, October 29, 2026 · Puzzle #87

Word Groups hints and answer for October 29, 2026

The hints run vaguest to plainest — take the smallest one that unsticks you. Not played it yet? Start puzzle #87, about 6 minutes.

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At a glance

Word Groups #87 in brief

  • The sixteen tiles, in board order: FRIGHT, REIGN, WHEAT, TERROR, DREAD, PANIC, SON, MINUTE, HALE, GHOST, CENTURY, DECADE, WEEK, HOUR, RHYME, DUE.
  • They run from 3 to 7 letters.
  • 9 of them share a first letter with at least one other tile, which is exactly the kind of coincidence a setter plants on purpose.

Step by step

Word Groups hints

Each hint reveals a little more than the last. Open only as many as you need.

  1. Hint 1

  2. Hint 2

  3. Hint 3

  4. Hint 4 — the big one

Spoiler

Word Groups answer

Last chance to go back and try a hint instead.

Full solution

The other nine answers

Word Guess answer — October 29, 2026Mini Crossword answer — October 29, 2026Daily Sudoku answer — October 29, 2026Nonogram answer — October 29, 2026Math Guess answer — October 29, 2026Word Ladder answer — October 29, 2026Trivia Five answer — October 29, 2026Word Search answer — October 29, 2026Anagram Rush answer — October 29, 2026

Play something else

Word GuessSix tries, five letters, one new word every day.Mini CrosswordTen clues, a 5x5 grid, and about five minutes.Word LadderChange one letter at a time. Every step has to be a real word.Word SearchTen themed words hidden in a 12x12 grid. Some of them backwards.