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“reduced the velocity of” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “reduced the velocity of” (most recently Thursday, October 1, 2026, Puzzle 3) is:

DECELERATED·11 letters

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

When else has “reduced the velocity of” appeared?

• October 1, 2026 (most recent) → DECELERATED

Why the answer is DECELERATED

Think of what a driver did when easing off the gas before a turn. 🚗

How to build DECELERATED 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 October 1, 2026 are:

DE · CE · LE · RAT · ED · SU · ZE · FER · RA · NTE · JOY · STI · CKS · RO · ES · SAW · MI · LL · SKO · SH

DECELERATED is built by combining the tiles DE · CE · LE · RAT · ED in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in DECELERATED 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 October 1, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

• financial expert Orman — 4 letters
• Italian novelist Elena — 8 letters
• videogame controllers — 9 letters
• some reddish deers — 4 letters
• lumber-making plant — 7 letters
• small amount, in slang — 5 letters

Want all five puzzles in one place? The full day is on the October 1, 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 Thursday puzzle.