New Orleans, briefly 7 Little Words

“New Orleans, briefly” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “New Orleans, briefly” (most recently Saturday, August 29, 2026, Puzzle 2) is:

NOLA·4 letters

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

When else has “New Orleans, briefly” appeared?

• August 29, 2026 (most recent) → NOLA

Why the answer is NOLA

This lively Louisiana city is often shortened to a catchy four-letter nickname. 🎷

How to build NOLA 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 2's tiles for August 29, 2026 are:

ME · LI · SSA · CR · EO · LE · PI · CK · ET · GRA · DU · AT · ION · NO · LA · TA · XI · TRI · MMI · NGS

NOLA is built by combining the tiles NO · LA in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in NOLA 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 2's clues for August 29, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

• Joan Hart of 1990s TV — 7 letters
• dialect on the bayou — 6 letters
• part of a fence — 6 letters
• cap-tossing occasion — 10 letters
• airport vehicle — 4 letters
• everything around the turkey — 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.