Past puzzles / Nº 8
Letterbrew Nº 8
Sunday, 11 October 2026
Here is everything from Letterbrew Nº 8. The Wordbrew words were WHERE, ULCER and TUMMY. Quadbrew hid BRAWL, DRONE, THREE and BASIN, and Linkbrew's trickiest group was “___ring”. 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.
adverb in or to what place“where do you live?”
noun a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
noun slang for a paunch
Quadbrew words
Four words solved at the same time, with nine guesses shared across all four boards.
noun an uproarious party
verb to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
noun stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
verb make a monotonous low dull sound“The harmonium was droning on”
noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
adjective being one more than two
noun a bowl-shaped vessel“she mixed the dough in a large basin”
Linkbrew groups
Sixteen words, four hidden groups of four. From the easiest link to the trickiest:
Pop Quiz answers
CultureSushi is a traditional food from which country?
Answer: Japan
Sushi combines vinegared rice with fish or vegetables, and comes from Japan.
ScienceWhich is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
Jupiter is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined.
MathsWhat do the interior angles of a triangle add up to?
Answer: 180°
In any flat triangle, the three angles always add up to 180°.
MythologyIn ancient Egyptian mythology, who is the sun god?
Answer: Ra
Ra was the sun god; Anubis was linked to the dead and mummification.
HistoryJulius Caesar was a leader of which ancient state?
Answer: Rome
Caesar was a Roman general and statesman, assassinated in 44 BCE.
Synonym Sprint pairs
Ten words, each with one word that means the same. These were the matches:
- radiantmeansglowing
- friendmeanscompanion
- zealmeansenthusiasm
- trivialmeansunimportant
- zestmeansenthusiasm
- ambiguousmeansunclear
- notionmeansidea
- fatiguemeanstiredness
- beginmeansstart
- jovialmeanscheerful