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“without preparation” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “without preparation” (most recently Sunday, October 18, 2026, Puzzle 5) is:

EXTEMPORE·9 letters

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

When else has “without preparation” appeared?

• October 18, 2026 (most recent) → EXTEMPORE
• August 4, 2026 → EXTEMPORE · Puzzle 5
• August 4, 2026 → EXTEMPORE · Puzzle 5

Why the answer is EXTEMPORE

Something done on the spot, without rehearsal or advance planning 🎭

How to build EXTEMPORE 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 October 18, 2026 are:

AMA · RYL · LIS · DEO · DORI · ZER · SUG · ARL · OAF · AGE · NDA · SE · NEG · AL · EXT · EMP · ORE · PI · NI · NG

EXTEMPORE is built by combining the tiles EXT · EMP · ORE in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in EXTEMPORE 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 October 18, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

• trumpet-like red flower — 9 letters
• smell concealer — 10 letters
• mountain at Guanabara Bay — 9 letters
• oft-hidden list of desires — 6 letters
• westernmost African country — 7 letters
• having a yen — 6 letters

Want all five puzzles in one place? The full day is on the October 18, 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 Sunday puzzle.