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Letterbrew Nº 3

Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Here is everything from Letterbrew Nº 3. The Wordbrew words were WOULD, SPOON and BUGLE. Quadbrew hid PHASE, ANVIL, ELDER and REACT, and Linkbrew's trickiest group was “___apple”. Want to try it yourself first? Every past puzzle can still be played for practice.

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Wordbrew words

Three five-letter words, from easy to hard, with six tries for each.

WOULDEasy

verb used to talk about imagined situations, polite requests, and the past form of “will”“would you like some tea?”

SPOONMedium

noun a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle

verb scoop up or take up with a spoon“spoon the sauce over the roast”

BUGLEHard

noun a brass instrument without valves

verb play on a bugle

Quadbrew words

Four words solved at the same time, with nine guesses shared across all four boards.

PHASEBoard 1

noun any distinct time period in a sequence of events

verb arrange in phases or stages“phase a withdrawal”

ANVILBoard 2

noun a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering

ELDERBoard 3

noun a person who is older than you are

adjective used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

REACTBoard 4

verb show a response or a reaction to something

Linkbrew groups

Sixteen words, four hidden groups of four. From the easiest link to the trickiest:

Units of lengthFOOT, YARD, MILE, INCHEasiest group
Body partsKNEE, ELBOW, SHIN, PALMMedium group
TreesOAK, MAPLE, BANYAN, TEAKTricky group
___applePINE, CUSTARD, CRAB, BIGTrickiest group

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Synonym Sprint pairs

Ten words, each with one word that means the same. These were the matches:

  • vividmeansbright
  • opulentmeansluxurious
  • wickedmeansevil
  • accuratemeansprecise
  • lucidmeansclear
  • dwindlemeansshrink
  • bigmeanslarge
  • hostilemeansunfriendly
  • wearymeanstired
  • luckymeansfortunate