Past puzzles / Nº 14
Letterbrew Nº 14
Saturday, 17 October 2026
Here is everything from Letterbrew Nº 14. The Wordbrew words were STEAM, REMIT and PICKY. Quadbrew hid HOVER, MAGIC, SPLAT and BLACK, and Linkbrew's trickiest group was “Bank ___”. 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.
verb travel by means of steam power“The ship steamed off into the Pacific”
noun water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
verb send (money) in payment“remit $25”
noun the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with“they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life”
adjective exacting especially about details
Quadbrew words
Four words solved at the same time, with nine guesses shared across all four boards.
verb be undecided about something
noun any art that invokes supernatural powers
adjective possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
noun a single splash“he heard a splat as it hit the floor”
verb give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact
adjective being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness“black leather jackets”
noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
Linkbrew groups
Sixteen words, four hidden groups of four. From the easiest link to the trickiest:
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Synonym Sprint pairs
Ten words, each with one word that means the same. These were the matches:
- smartmeansclever
- meticulousmeanscareful
- comprehendmeansunderstand
- perilmeansdanger
- shutmeansclose
- vividmeansbright
- opulentmeansluxurious
- wickedmeansevil
- accuratemeansprecise
- lucidmeansclear