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“closer to the mouth” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “closer to the mouth” (most recently Monday, September 21, 2026, Puzzle 3) is:

DOWNSTREAM·10 letters

You can also reveal it one tile at a time above if you'd rather keep some of the challenge.

When else has “closer to the mouth” appeared?

• September 21, 2026 (most recent) → DOWNSTREAM

Why the answer is DOWNSTREAM

In a river, this means heading toward the outlet or sea. 🌊

How to build DOWNSTREAM from the tiles

In 7 Little Words you don't type the answer — you assemble it from the puzzle's shared tile bank, and every tile is used exactly once across all seven answers. Puzzle 3's tiles for September 21, 2026 are:

MI · SL · EAD · MI · XT · APE · WAT · TS · SIM · ULC · AST · QU · IXO · TE · DOWN · STR · EAM · CAM · EL · OT

DOWNSTREAM is built by combining the tiles DOWN · STR · EAM in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in DOWNSTREAM early also narrows what's left for the other six clues.

More clues from this puzzle

Stuck on another clue? Here are the rest of Puzzle 3's clues for September 21, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

• lead down the primrose path — 7 letters
• homemade music collection — 7 letters
• "King Kong" star Naomi — 5 letters
• on both radio and TV — 9 letters
• knight in his own mind — 7 letters
• 1960 Arthurian musical — 7 letters

Want all five puzzles in one place? The full day is on the September 21, 2026 answers page, and today's live answers are always one tap from the main 7 Little Words page.

About 7 Little Words

7 Little Words is a daily clue-and-tile puzzle from Blue Ox Technologies. Each board gives seven clues and a bank of two- and three-letter tiles; you spell every answer by combining tiles, using each tile exactly once. Five free puzzles publish every day, resetting at midnight Eastern Time. This was a Monday puzzle.