Blossom Word Game Answers and Hints for Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026: Today's Letters and Both Pangrams

Today’s Blossom from Merriam-Webster, for Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, puts H in the center with the petals C, E, K, L, S and U. Two words use all seven letters, and finding one early is the biggest score boost of the day. Below are the rules, words to try and hints for the pangrams, which are revealed in a marked spoiler section at the end.

Today’s letters

• Center: H (every word must include it)
• Petals: C, E, K, L, S, U

How Blossom works

You get 12 words to score as many points as you can. Each word must be at least four letters long and include the center letter, and letters can be used more than once. Proper nouns, hyphenated words and offensive words do not count. Longer words score more, a pangram, a word that uses all seven letters, earns 7 extra points, and each use of the highlighted bonus petal earns 5 more, so check which petal is lit before each word.

Words to try

Today’s letters favor short, punchy words built around “-uck” and “-ush.” Good starters include Husk, Hulk, Lush, Shell, Heck, Leech, Shuck, Chuck and Heckle. Words with a doubled letter, such as Shell and Chuck, can earn the petal bonus twice when the doubled letter is the highlighted petal. Save your longest finds for when a common petal such as E or S is the bonus letter.

Pangram hints

• Pangram 1 (8 letters): what you do several times while watching a good comedy, in plural form.
• Pangram 2 (7 letters): the first pangram minus its first letter; an old word for hips or haunches, plural.

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Today’s Blossom pangrams (spoilers)

Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.

• Chuckles (8 letters)
• Huckles (7 letters)

Both use every letter, C, H, U, K, L, E and S, and each earns the 7-point pangram bonus. We checked the letters and pangrams against more than one published source before posting. A new Blossom arrives at midnight.