Crumble #41 — the solution

The board from November 10, 2026, on the theme “At the fair”: 6 words in thirty-six falling letters — a Fair day.

The board

N U G G U J
A T B Z E U
E P B A B M
N O I E P A
R L M A B C
E R R T O R

At first sight 2 words are in line: ACROBAT and PEANUT. The rest come together as letters fall.

The words

#	Word	Where it starts, and how it runs
1	ACROBAT	row 4, column 6 down, down, left, up, left, down
2	PEANUT	row 3, column 2 left, up, up, right, down
3	MAZE	row 5, column 3 right, up, right
4	BUMPER	row 5, column 5 right, down, left, left, left
5	RIBBON	row 6, column 2 right, up, up, left, left
6	JUGGLER	row 6, column 6 left, left, left, left, left, 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.

ACROBAT. Start at row 4, column 6 of the board as it stands, then down, down, left, up, left, down. Its going brings BUMPER and MAZE together.
PEANUT. Start at row 3, column 2 of the board as it stands, then left, up, up, right, down. Nothing new comes together.
MAZE. Start at row 5, column 3 of the board as it stands, then right, up, right. Nothing new comes together.
BUMPER. Start at row 5, column 5 of the board as it stands, then right, down, left, left, left. Its going brings RIBBON together.
RIBBON. Start at row 6, column 2 of the board as it stands, then right, up, up, left, left. That leaves JUGGLER, the last word.
JUGGLER. Start at row 6, column 6 of the board as it stands, then left, left, left, left, left, up. The board is clear.

The decoys

16 common words can be traced at some point and are off the theme — a mistake each: BABE, BLOB, BONE, BUMP, CAPE, GIRL, JUMP, JUMPER, LONE, NEAT, NOPE, OPEN, ORCA, PEAT, PERM, TUNA.

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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.