Past Daily Challenge
October 3, 2026
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Question 1 · adverb
Toward the front
Answer: frontwards
Original choices and explanations
- alfresco
- Outside a building
- frontwards
- Toward the front
- amidship
- Near or toward the middle of a vessel
- unbeknown
- without someone's knowledge
Question 2 · verb
Consider as relevant in a decision
Answer: factor
You must factor in the recent developments
Original choices and explanations
- scheme
- Make secret plans for a dishonest purpose
- harbor
- to keep a thought or feeling
- factor
- Consider as relevant in a decision
- fantasy
- To indulge in imagined situations
Question 3 · noun
Cleverness in making quick replies
Answer: repartee
Original choices and explanations
- plaudits
- Enthusiastic approval or praise
- despatch
- An official report sent quickly
- banality
- A trite or obvious remark
- repartee
- Cleverness in making quick replies
Question 4 · noun
Loss of the ability to write or express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion
Answer: agraphia
Original choices and explanations
- agraphia
- Loss of the ability to write or express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion
- cisterna
- A sac or cavity containing fluid, especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- basophil
- A white blood cell containing granules readily colored by basic stains
- pastille
- A medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
Question 5 · noun
A network of reference lines in an optical instrument
Answer: graticule
Original choices and explanations
- jalousie
- A window fitted with angled glass slats
- graticule
- A set of reference lines in an optical instrument
- brattice
- A temporary mine partition for controlling airflow
- cringle
- A ring reinforcing a hole for a cord
Definitions and examples adapted from Princeton WordNet and the Open English WordNet team’s 2025 data. Lexifour rewrites clues and explanations and blanks example sentences; this archive preserves the game’s original wording and choice order. License and attribution notices; Open English WordNet development is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Reference: McCrae, Rademaker, Bond, Rudnicka, and Fellbaum (2019), English WordNet 2019 – An Open-Source WordNet for English.
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