mellower trumpet cousin 7 Little Words

“mellower trumpet cousin” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “mellower trumpet cousin” (most recently Saturday, August 29, 2026, Puzzle 5) is:

FLUGELHORN·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 “mellower trumpet cousin” appeared?

• August 29, 2026 (most recent) → FLUGELHORN

Why the answer is FLUGELHORN

This warm-toned brass instrument has a broader, softer voice than its bright, punchy relative 🎺

How to build FLUGELHORN 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 5's tiles for August 29, 2026 are:

SLIP · CASE · DECA · NTED · AR · ABI · CA · CH · IFF · ONI · ER · FLU · GEL · HORN · PUR · ITA · NIC · AN · ECD · OTES

FLUGELHORN is built by combining the tiles FLU · GEL · HORN in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in FLUGELHORN 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 5's clues for August 29, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

• book holder — 8 letters
• transferred liquid to a jug — 8 letters
• dominant coffee cultivar — 7 letters
• high chest of drawers — 10 letters
• rigidly austere — 9 letters
• interesting tales — 9 letters

Want all five puzzles in one place? The full day is on the August 29, 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 Saturday puzzle.