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Slimeantics #30
Daily puzzle · Thursday, October 22, 2026
These are the seven clues from Slimeantics #30, the daily word game for Thursday, October 22, 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
noun · 8 letters: A huge gray animal with a trunk and tusks.
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ELEPHANT
Also accepted: PACHYDERM
Close, for fewer points: RHINO, MASTODON
MAMMOTH : A mammoth is an extinct, hairy relative.In a sentence:
The huge elephant slowly walked to the river to drink and splash. At the circus, the elephant lifted one heavy foot and the crowd clapped.
Word 2 · Warming up
noun · 6 letters: A purple mark on the skin from a bump or blow.
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BRUISE
Also accepted: CONTUSION
Close, for fewer points: WELT, LUMP, SWELLING, INJURY
In a sentence:
I got a purple bruise on my knee when I bumped into the table. The bruise on his arm turned yellow after a few days.
Word 3 · Getting there
noun · 6 letters: A long, narrow cut or channel in a surface.
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GROOVE
Also accepted: FURROW, RUT, SLOT, TRENCH
Close, for fewer points: SLIT, RIDGE
NOTCH : A notch is a V-shaped cut, not a long channel.In a sentence:
Dad ran his fingernail along the groove in the wood. The wheel rolled neatly along the groove cut into the board.
Word 4 · Brainy
verb · 7 letters: To spread through every part of something.
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PERVADE
Also accepted: PERMEATE, SUFFUSE, SATURATE, IMBUE, INFUSE, FILL, PENETRATE, INFILTRATE, DIFFUSE, IMPREGNATE
Close, for fewer points: INHABIT, FLOOD, INVADE, SOAK, DOMINATE, HAUNT, STEEP
In a sentence:
The smell of cookies seemed to pervade the whole house, spreading into every room. A feeling of joy will pervade the town during the festival, reaching every corner.
Word 5 · Tricky
adjective · 4 letters: Filled with wonder and deep respect.
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AWED
Also accepted: AWESTRUCK
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AMAZED : Amazed means very surprised, without the reverence.In a sentence:
The awed children stared at the enormous whale, full of wonder and respect. She felt awed by the grand mountain, hushed and amazed by its size.
Word 6 · Wordsmith
adjective · 12 letters: Toiling endlessly but barely scraping by.
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HARDSCRABBLE
Also accepted: IMPOVERISHED, MEAGER, MEAGRE, STRUGGLING, POOR
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RUGGED : Rugged means rough and tough, so it only partly fits.In a sentence:
They grew up on a hardscrabble farm, toiling endlessly while barely scraping by. The hardscrabble family worked every day and still had little to show for it.
Word 7 · Word wizard
verb · 9 letters: To give a faint or preliminary outline of something.
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ADUMBRATE
Close, for fewer points: IMPLY, INSINUATE, DRAFT, OBSCURE, OVERSHADOW, DESCRIBE, SUGGEST, HINT, INTIMATE, FORECAST, PREDICT, HERALD, DELINEATE, SILHOUETTE, SHADE, SKETCH
FORESHADOW : Foreshadowing hints at a future event rather than giving an outline.In a sentence:
The coach will adumbrate his plan with a rough outline on the whiteboard. The author used the first chapter to adumbrate what would happen in the rest of the book.
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