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Daily Extreme · Wednesday, October 21, 2026

More unusual words and only twelve tries.

Word 1
  1. 1 vowel, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with S, ends with P
  3. Answer: SLURP
Word 2
  1. 2 vowels, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with P, ends with L
  3. Answer: PIXEL
Word 3
  1. 2 vowels, has a repeated letter
  2. Starts with K, ends with K
  3. Answer: KAYAK
Word 4
  1. 1 vowel, has a repeated letter
  2. Starts with C, ends with C
  3. Answer: CYNIC
Word 5
  1. 2 vowels, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with H, ends with R
  3. Answer: HOMER
Word 6
  1. 1 vowel, no repeated letters
  2. Starts with F, ends with K
  3. Answer: FRISK
Word 7
  1. 2 vowels, has a repeated letter
  2. Starts with B, ends with T
  3. Answer: BEGET
Word 8
  1. 1 vowel, has a repeated letter
  2. Starts with J, ends with Y
  3. Answer: JETTY

Previous Daily Extreme answers

Oct 20EXTRA, ACUTE, WROTE, RIDGE, SPELT, GRIMY, PROWL, HILLY
Oct 19UNMET, DANDY, AGLOW, HOVER, RUMOR, SAVOR, BITSY, CLICK
Oct 18BUILT, PECAN, FORGE, PEACH, NINNY, MEALY, CHORD, SANER
Oct 17PROBE, CRAFT, ROWER, PLUSH, BOOTH, MUSIC, HATER, CHIMP
Oct 16LILAC, THUMP, DRIVE, SMITH, REPLY, PAEAN, WHIFF, WAVER
Oct 15PLEAT, LEAKY, SAUCY, RADIO, ALLOW, HERON, ODDER, CRONY
Oct 14CHUMP, CARET, VISTA, TESTY, WRING, WRACK, MORPH, NOBLY

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