On October 3, 2026, the daily hunt is all about “Falling Leaves”. A 10 × 10 grid conceals seven words rated easy, and the layout never changes, so solve times stay fair to compare.
Word lengths range from 4 letters (“Rake”) to 7 (“Oak Leaf”); since every word reads left-to-right or top-to-bottom — no reversed words, no diagonals, plan your scanning pattern accordingly. A themed grid like “Falling Leaves” rewards a first pass for rare letters: the topic vocabulary decides which letters are worth chasing. Chronologically it is daily #64, and like every other date it never expires, so skipped days can be made up at your own pace.
Found words stay marked on the grid and crossed off the list, so the board itself tracks what is left to hunt. New to the format? The how-to-play guide covers selection and hints in two minutes, the archive holds every previous date, and the puzzle library is stocked for when one board is not enough.