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Daily Puzzle for Friday, October 16, 2026

Hardware Store · frontporchpuzzlepress.com/daily/

The theme is Hardware Store: a large print word search with 7 words to find, a five-word scramble and five Finish the Saying questions. The answer key is at the bottom. Print all of it on three pages, or play it on screen.

Hardware Store word search

Find the 7 words. They run across, down or diagonally, never backwards.

  • CHISEL
  • CLAMP
  • HINGE
  • NAILS
  • PLIERS
  • SCREWS
  • WRENCH

Word scramble

Unscramble each word. Every one fits the Hardware Store theme.

  1. R I L L D
  2. E E L L V
  3. E S L H V O
  4. L U E G
  5. H E R M A M

Finish the Saying

Which word finishes each old saying? Good fun read aloud to a group.

  1. All good things must come to an …

    • A end
    • B virtue
    • C nine

  2. Practice makes …

    • A perfect
    • B cat
    • C together

  3. You reap what you …

    • A sow
    • B golden
    • C not

  4. Haste makes …

    • A mouth
    • B hard
    • C waste

  5. Mind your own …

    • A policy
    • B moss
    • C business
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Answer key: Oct 16, 2026

Word scramble

  1. R I L L D = DRILL
  2. E E L L V = LEVEL
  3. E S L H V O = SHOVEL
  4. L U E G = GLUE
  5. H E R M A M = HAMMER

Finish the Saying

  1. All good things must come to an end. (A)
  2. Practice makes perfect. (A)
  3. You reap what you sow. (A)
  4. Haste makes waste. (C)
  5. Mind your own business. (C)

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