Contexto Answers October 2026: Every Secret Word From #1474 to #1504

Contexto ran 31 games in October 2026, from #1474 on Thu., Oct. 1 to #1504 on Sat., Oct. 31, and every secret word is listed below from the game’s own answer data at Contexto. The first answer was Eggnog and the last was Limit. Each game starts at 11 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) the evening before its date, so #1474 opened at 11 p.m. ET on Wed., Sept. 30. This page gives away every word, so stop here if you still have a game to solve.

What were all the Contexto answers in October 2026?

The last column shows the three words the game ranked closest to each answer after the answer itself, ranks 2 to 4.

Date	Day	Game	Secret word	Closest words (ranks 2 to 4)
Oct. 1	Thu.	#1474	Eggnog	Fruitcake, Latte, Pudding
Oct. 2	Fri.	#1475	Cloth	Towel, Linen, Clothes
Oct. 3	Sat.	#1476	Footprint	Carbon, Emission, Fossil
Oct. 4	Sun.	#1477	Introduction	Discussion, Introductory, Overview
Oct. 5	Mon.	#1478	Dress	Gown, Skirt, Prom
Oct. 6	Tue.	#1479	Material	Make, Content, Quality
Oct. 7	Wed.	#1480	Critic	Criticism, Writer, Columnist
Oct. 8	Thu.	#1481	Experience	Knowledge, Learning, Life
Oct. 9	Fri.	#1482	Return	Back, Expect, Value
Oct. 10	Sat.	#1483	Declaration	Declare, Statement, Proclamation
Oct. 11	Sun.	#1484	Damage	Cause, Harm, Harmful
Oct. 12	Mon.	#1485	Grape	Fruit, Vine, Wine
Oct. 13	Tue.	#1486	Area	Surrounding, Region, Within
Oct. 14	Wed.	#1487	Item	Product, Quantity, Ship
Oct. 15	Thu.	#1488	Distance	Far, Proximity, Kilometer
Oct. 16	Fri.	#1489	Closet	Pantry, Cabinet, Cupboard
Oct. 17	Sat.	#1490	Personality	Trait, Quality, Attitude
Oct. 18	Sun.	#1491	Section	Paragraph, Chapter, Portion
Oct. 19	Mon.	#1492	Cause	Problem, Result, Serious
Oct. 20	Tue.	#1493	Ability	Skill, Able, Capability
Oct. 21	Wed.	#1494	Flash	Light, Camera, Blink
Oct. 22	Thu.	#1495	Melon	Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Honeydew
Oct. 23	Fri.	#1496	Goal	Objective, Score, Effort
Oct. 24	Sat.	#1497	Greenhouse	Plant, Emission, Gas
Oct. 25	Sun.	#1498	Conclusion	Conclude, Contrary, Finding
Oct. 26	Mon.	#1499	Choice	Choose, Option, Selection
Oct. 27	Tue.	#1500	Pear	Apple, Peach, Plum
Oct. 28	Wed.	#1501	Fox	Wolf, Squirrel, Coyote
Oct. 29	Thu.	#1502	Barn	Stable, Farm, Outbuilding
Oct. 30	Fri.	#1503	Hole	Drill, Inside, Bottom
Oct. 31	Sat.	#1504	Limit	Limitation, Maximum, Restriction

Source: Contexto, answer and nearest-word data for Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, 2026. Eight days have their own hint pages: Oct. 21, Oct. 25, Oct. 26, Oct. 27, Oct. 28, Oct. 29, Oct. 30 and Oct. 31. For other games, see the Contexto hub.

How long were the October answers?

We counted the letters in all 31 words. The count covers 201 letters, an average of 6.5 per word, with a median of 6. Fox was the shortest at 3 letters (#1501, Wed., Oct. 28) and Introduction the longest at 12 (#1477, Sun., Oct. 4).

Letters	Answers	Words
3	1	Fox
4	6	Area, Item, Goal, Pear, Barn, Hole
5	7	Cloth, Dress, Grape, Cause, Flash, Melon, Limit
6	6	Eggnog, Critic, Return, Damage, Closet, Choice
7	2	Section, Ability
8	2	Material, Distance
9	1	Footprint
10	3	Experience, Greenhouse, Conclusion
11	2	Declaration, Personality
12	1	Introduction

Fourteen of the 31 answers had 3 to 5 letters, and 19 had 4 to 6. The month also shortened as it went. The 15 answers from Oct. 1 to Oct. 15 averaged 7.0 letters, and the 16 from Oct. 16 to Oct. 31 averaged 6.0. The four answers from Oct. 27 to Oct. 30 (Pear, Fox, Barn and Hole) had 15 letters between them.

Which letters did the answers start with?

First letter	Answers	Words
C	6	Cloth, Critic, Closet, Cause, Conclusion, Choice
D	4	Dress, Declaration, Damage, Distance
F	3	Footprint, Flash, Fox
G	3	Grape, Goal, Greenhouse

C opened six of the 31 answers. Five letters (E, I, M, A and P) opened two each, and R, S, B, H and L opened one each. In all, 14 different letters started an answer.

Which words turned up near more than one answer?

Seven words appeared among the five closest words (ranks 2 to 6) of two different answers during the month. The number in brackets is the word’s rank, where 2 is the closest word after the answer.

Word	First answer (rank)	Second answer (rank)
Emission	Footprint, Oct. 3 (3)	Greenhouse, Oct. 24 (3)
Quality	Material, Oct. 6 (4)	Personality, Oct. 17 (3)
Product	Material, Oct. 6 (6)	Item, Oct. 14 (2)
Knowledge	Experience, Oct. 8 (2)	Ability, Oct. 20 (6)
Prevent	Damage, Oct. 11 (5)	Cause, Oct. 19 (6)
Apple	Grape, Oct. 12 (6)	Pear, Oct. 27 (2)
Peach	Melon, Oct. 22 (6)	Pear, Oct. 27 (3)

One answer also sat in an earlier list. Cause, the answer on Oct. 19, was already the second-closest word to Damage on Oct. 11. Three answers were fruit (Grape on Oct. 12, Melon on Oct. 22 and Pear on Oct. 27), Apple and Peach each appeared near two of them.

Did the closest word share the answer’s root?

Four answers had a form of the same word as their second-closest word, about one in eight: Critic (Criticism), Declaration (Declare), Conclusion (Conclude) and Limit (Limitation). Two more answers had a related form further down the list. Cloth had Clothes at rank 4, and Introduction had Introductory at rank 3 and Introduce at rank 5. Counting those, six of the 31 answers had a form of their own word among the five closest.

What this tells you for November

These are patterns in last month’s words, not a forecast of any answer. They can still shape how you play.

• Try short everyday words early. Fourteen of 31 answers had 3 to 5 letters, and the four answers from Oct. 27 to Oct. 30 had 15 letters between them.
• Start with a broad category word. For Grape, the game ranked Fruit second and Apple sixth, and for Pear it ranked Apple second and Peach third.
• Test other forms of a near word. Six of 31 answers had a form of their own word among the five closest, so a guess like Criticism or Declare can point straight at the answer.
• Keep general words in your guesses. Quality, Product, Knowledge and Prevent each appeared near two different answers.

Mark your own streak on the November 2026 printable calendar, and keep this month’s record on the October 2026 printable calendar.

Printable list of the October 2026 answers

The printable sheet lists every date, game number and secret word on one page, so you can check a missed day without searching.