Daily Recap: Friday, October 16, 2026

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Here is the solved chain from the Word Chains daily puzzle for October 16, 2026. It had 6 words and 5 links, starting with POLLING and ending with SOURCE. Below, each pair of neighboring words is shown with the phrase it forms and what that phrase means.

The Complete Chain

POLLINGPLACENAMEDROPPOINTSOURCE

Every Link Explained

  1. POLLING+PLACE

    polling place

    (politics, government) A place where voters cast their ballots in elections.

  2. PLACE+NAME

    place name

    Alternative spelling of placename. [The name of a place; a word or phrase which indicates a particular location or region.]

  3. NAME+DROP

    name-drop

    (transitive, intransitive) To casually mention a well-known or illustrious person or the titles of their works, often implying familiarity or association, especially in order to impress others, increase one's status, or to appear knowledgeable or fashionable.

  4. DROP+POINT

    Drop point

    a style of knife blade that slopes on the spine of the blade from the handle of the knife to the tip of the blade.

  5. POINT+SOURCE

    point source

    (sciences) a source of pollution, radiation, waves, fluid or other substance that has one specific location (and negligible physical extent, distinguishing a point source from other source geometries). In simulations they can often be approximated using mathematical point sources.

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