Crumble #40 — the solution

The board from November 9, 2026, on the theme “Around the house”: 6 words in thirty-six falling letters — a Gentle day.

The board

G T R H W D
M O O E I L
A E R A N E
R G D C M T
A B E O A N
H H C U W O

At first sight 3 words are in line: BEDROOM, MANTEL and COUCH. The rest come together as letters fall.

The words

#	Word	Where it starts, and how it runs
1	BEDROOM	row 5, column 2 right, up, up, up, left, left
2	GARAGE	row 2, column 1 down, down, down, right, up
3	MANTEL	row 4, column 5 down, right, up, up, up
4	WINDOW	row 3, column 5 down, down, right, down, left
5	COUCH	row 4, column 4 down, down, left, left
6	HEARTH	row 4, column 4 down, down, left, left, left

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.

BEDROOM. Start at row 5, column 2 of the board as it stands, then right, up, up, up, left, left. Its going brings GARAGE together.
GARAGE. Start at row 2, column 1 of the board as it stands, then down, down, down, right, up. Nothing new comes together.
MANTEL. Start at row 4, column 5 of the board as it stands, then down, right, up, up, up. Its going brings WINDOW together.
WINDOW. Start at row 3, column 5 of the board as it stands, then down, down, right, down, left. Nothing new comes together.
COUCH. Start at row 4, column 4 of the board as it stands, then down, down, left, left. That leaves HEARTH, the last word.
HEARTH. Start at row 4, column 4 of the board as it stands, then down, down, left, left, left. The board is clear.

The decoys

8 common words can be traced at some point and are off the theme — a mistake each: BARGE, CONDO, DREAM, EARTH, GROAN, HEARD, HEART, NORTH.

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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.