Crumble #18 — the solution
The board from October 18, 2026, on the theme “In the jewelry box”: 7 words in thirty-six falling letters — a Tricky day.
The board
L E E R T Z K R A H B Y O P C J U A H R E H A M L E O C O R C W O R B P
At first sight one word is in line: BROOCH. The rest come together as letters fall.
The words
| # | Word | Where it starts, and how it runs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROOCH | row 6, column 5 left, left, up, right, up |
| 2 | CHARM | row 5, column 3 right, right, right, up |
| 3 | RUBY | row 5, column 4 right, up, right |
| 4 | JEWEL | row 6, column 4 left, left, up, left |
| 5 | CHOKER | row 6, column 1 up, up, up, right, down |
| 6 | PEARL | row 5, column 2 right, down, left, left |
| 7 | TOPAZ | row 5, column 5 down, right, up, up |
One order that clears it
Rows are counted from the top and columns from the left, on the board as it stands when the word is taken — the letters have fallen by then. Most boards can be cleared in more than one order; this is the first one the board allows, taking the longest word that is ready.
- BROOCH. Start at row 6, column 5 of the board as it stands, then left, left, up, right, up. Its going brings CHARM and JEWEL together.
- CHARM. Start at row 5, column 3 of the board as it stands, then right, right, right, up. Its going brings RUBY together.
- RUBY. Start at row 5, column 4 of the board as it stands, then right, up, right. Its going brings TOPAZ together.
- JEWEL. Start at row 6, column 4 of the board as it stands, then left, left, up, left. Its going brings CHOKER together.
- CHOKER. Start at row 6, column 1 of the board as it stands, then up, up, up, right, down. Its going brings PEARL together.
- PEARL. Start at row 5, column 2 of the board as it stands, then right, down, left, left. That leaves TOPAZ, the last word.
- TOPAZ. Start at row 5, column 5 of the board as it stands, then down, right, up, up. The board is clear.
The decoys
32 common words can be traced at some point and are off the theme — a mistake each: ARCH, ATOP, AURA, BROW, CARE, CAREER, CARP, CHAR, CHOKE, CHORE, CLEAR, CROW, EACH, EARL, HARE, HARM, HARP, HERE, HOPE, PEACE, PEACH, PEAR, POUR, RACE, RACER, RARE, REAR, REEL, ROAM, TREE, WEAR, WERE.
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About Crumble
Crumble is Noggin’s falling-letters word puzzle, on the second shelf: every word fits the day’s theme, a traced word crumbles and the letters above fall, outside the daily line-up. How to play Crumble, or play today’s.