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Friday, October 30, 2026

Today's letters

C AELNOV

66 words 333 points 2 pangrams

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  1. A 6-letter word: spin, wind, or twist together

    Reveal answer ENLACE

  2. A 6-letter word: a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line

    Reveal answer CANCAN

  3. A 5-letter word: release ice

    Reveal answer CALVE

  4. A 6-letter word: (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes…

    Reveal answer CLOACA

  5. A 6-letter word: (used of hooves) split, divided

    Reveal answer CLOVEN

  6. A 7-letter word: a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine

    Reveal answer NACELLE

  7. A 5-letter word: South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow…

    Reveal answer CALLA

  8. A 6-letter word: of or relating to a clone

    Reveal answer CLONAL

  9. A 5-letter word: the present occasion

    Reveal answer NONCE

  10. A 7-letter word: a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing

    Reveal answer VALANCE

  11. A 6-letter word: a small recess opening off a larger room

    Reveal answer ALCOVE

  12. A 6-letter word: vegetable oil made from rapeseed

    Reveal answer CANOLA

  13. A 6-letter word: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

    Reveal answer CLEAVE

  14. A 7-letter word: (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or…

    Reveal answer VALENCE

  15. A 5-letter word: one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic…

    Reveal answer CLOVE

  16. A 6-letter word: the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

    Reveal answer LOCALE

Common words are left out on purpose. They're all in the full list below.

The pangrams

  • An 8-letter pangram starting with C: a confidential or secret meeting

    Reveal answer CONCLAVE

  • A 9-letter pangram starting with C

    Reveal answer COVALENCE

All 66 answers

Each word stays blurred until you reveal it. ★ marks a pangram.

9 letters

  • COLCANNON
  • ★ COVALENCE

8 letters

  • CALLALOO
  • COEVOLVE
  • ★ CONCLAVE
  • NONLOCAL

7 letters

  • COLLEEN
  • COLONEL
  • CONCAVE
  • CONCEAL
  • CONVENE
  • ENCLAVE
  • NACELLE
  • VALANCE
  • VALENCE
  • VOLCANO

6 letters

  • ALCOVE
  • CANCAN
  • CANCEL
  • CANNON
  • CANOLA
  • CLEAVE
  • CLOACA
  • CLONAL
  • CLOVEN
  • COCOON
  • ENLACE
  • LOCALE
  • NEOCON

5 letters

  • CACAO
  • CALLA
  • CALVE
  • CANAL
  • CANNA
  • CANOE
  • CANON
  • CELLO
  • CLAVE
  • CLEAN
  • CLONE
  • CLOVE
  • COCOA
  • COLON
  • CONVO
  • COVEN
  • LANCE
  • LOCAL
  • NONCE
  • OCEAN
  • VOCAL

4 letters

  • ACNE
  • CALL
  • CANE
  • CAVA
  • CAVE
  • CELL
  • CLAN
  • COAL
  • COCA
  • COLA
  • CONE
  • COOL
  • COVE
  • LACE
  • LOCO
  • ONCE

Clues adapted from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. LexaCalc is not affiliated with The New York Times.