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Slimeantics #13
Daily puzzle · Monday, October 5, 2026
These are the seven clues from Slimeantics #13, the daily word game for Monday, October 5, 2026. Each slime reads a definition, and you guess the word it describes, from the easiest level to the hardest. You can play this puzzle now, or tap any clue to see its answer, the other words the game accepted, and the word in a sentence.
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Word 1 · Easy peasy
verb · 5 letters: To turn up the corners of your mouth because you're pleased.
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SMILE
Also accepted: GRIN, BEAM
Close, for fewer points: LAUGH, SIMPER, GIGGLE
SMIRK : A smirk suggests smugness or mockery, beyond simply being pleased.In a sentence:
She will smile when she sees the surprise gift her friends hid behind the door. The photographer said, "Please smile for the camera," and everyone showed their teeth.
Word 2 · Warming up
noun · 6 letters: A festive show of bands and floats moving slowly down the street.
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PARADE
Also accepted: CAVALCADE, PAGEANT
Close, for fewer points: CARNIVAL, MOTORCADE, SPECTACLE
PROCESSION : These need not include the festive bands and floats specified here.MARCH : These need not include the festive bands and floats specified here.In a sentence:
Marching bands and colorful floats rolled down Main Street in the holiday parade. We sat on the curb to watch the parade go by.
Word 3 · Getting there
adjective · 6 letters: Able to move lightly and easily.
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NIMBLE
Also accepted: AGILE, SPRY, NIPPY, LITHE, SPRIGHTLY, DEXTEROUS, LISSOME, LIMBER
Close, for fewer points: FAST, SPEEDY, SWIFT, SUPPLE, GRACEFUL, DEFT
QUICK : Speed alone does not imply moving lightly and easily.In a sentence:
The nimble goat hopped from rock to rock without slipping. Her nimble fingers flew across the piano keys.
Word 4 · Brainy
noun · 9 letters: A fond, sentimental ache for the past.
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NOSTALGIA
Also accepted: HOMESICKNESS, PINING
Close, for fewer points: MEMORIES, REMEMBRANCE, REGRET, MELANCHOLY, RETRO
LONGING : These do not require a fond emotional attachment to the past.REMINISCENCE : These do not require a fond emotional attachment to the past.WISTFULNESS : These do not require a fond emotional attachment to the past.YEARNING : These do not require a fond emotional attachment to the past.In a sentence:
Looking at old photos filled Grandma with nostalgia for her childhood. The smell of cookies brought a wave of nostalgia for my grandmother's kitchen.
Word 5 · Tricky
adjective · 10 letters: Found all over the place at the same time.
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UBIQUITOUS
Also accepted: OMNIPRESENT, PREVALENT, WIDESPREAD, RIFE, COMMONPLACE, INESCAPABLE, GLOBAL, WORLDWIDE
Close, for fewer points: ABUNDANT, GENERAL, POPULAR, FREQUENT, EXTENSIVE, FAMILIAR, ENDEMIC, RAMPANT
EVERYWHERE : The clue asks for an adjective meaning present in many places at once, not merely frequent or applicable to all.COMMON : The clue asks for an adjective meaning present in many places at once, not merely frequent or applicable to all.UNIVERSAL : The clue asks for an adjective meaning present in many places at once, not merely frequent or applicable to all.PERVASIVE : Pervasive suggests spreading widely, rather than being present all over at once.In a sentence:
Cell phones are ubiquitous now, because you can see them everywhere you go. Pigeons seem ubiquitous in the city, turning up on every sidewalk, roof, and park bench.
Word 6 · Wordsmith
adjective · 8 letters: Easy to see through, like pure water.
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PELLUCID
Also accepted: CLEAR, TRANSPARENT, GLASSY, UNCLOUDED
Close, for fewer points: BRIGHT, SHINING, SPARKLING, PLAIN, SIMPLE, CRYSTALLINE, LUCID, LIMPID
TRANSLUCENT : Translucent material lets light through but is not necessarily clear enough to see through.In a sentence:
The pellucid stream was so see-through that we could count the pebbles at the bottom. Her pellucid explanation was easy to understand, with no confusing words at all.
Word 7 · Word wizard
noun · 12 letters: A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician.
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SNOLLYGOSTER
Also accepted: SCOUNDREL, CROOK, ROGUE, SHYSTER
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RASCAL : Rascal can be playfully mischievous rather than shrewd and unprincipled.In a sentence:
The old newspaper called him a snollygoster, a shrewd man with no principles. "That snollygoster will say anything to get votes," grumbled the farmer.
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