October 27, 2026 brings “Spooky Fun” to the daily word search — a 14 × 14 grid hiding ten themed words at medium difficulty, with the same board served to everyone who plays this date.
From “Cobweb” at 6 letters to “Jack O Lantern” at 12, the list gives you plenty of shapes to hunt; at this difficulty words run across and down but also climb diagonals and read backwards. The “Spooky Fun” angle gives the board its character — expect familiar picks alongside one or two entries you would not have named first. Board #88 of the series lives on this page for keeps — the same letters in the same cells, and the same fair comparison of times.
The clock starts when you press Play and stops on the final find, leaving a shareable result that gives none of the locations away. 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.