Letterbrew Nº 15

Sunday, 18 October 2026

Here is everything from Letterbrew Nº 15. The Wordbrew words were AVOID, TRAWL and DITTY. Quadbrew hid SHIRE, HABIT, WEIRD and ODOUR, and Linkbrew's trickiest group was “___ tea”. 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.

AVOIDEasy

verb stay clear from“Her former friends now avoid her”

TRAWLMedium

noun a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

verb fish with trawlers

DITTYHard

noun a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)

Quadbrew words

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

SHIREBoard 1

noun a former administrative district of England

HABITBoard 2

noun an established custom“it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening”

verb put a habit on

WEIRDBoard 3

adjective suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

noun fate personified

ODOURBoard 4

noun the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

Linkbrew groups

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

Shades of greenOLIVE, MINT, LIME, JADEEasiest group

Pizza toppingsCHEESE, MUSHROOM, PEPPERONI, ONIONMedium group

Citrus fruitsLEMON, ORANGE, GRAPEFRUIT, KINNOWTricky group

___ teaMASALA, ICED, HERBAL, BLACKTrickiest group

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Synonym Sprint pairs

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

dwindlemeansshrink
bigmeanslarge
hostilemeansunfriendly
wearymeanstired
luckymeansfortunate
ancientmeansold
reluctantmeansunwilling
genuinemeansauthentic
tranquilmeanscalm
honestmeanstruthful