Slate Pears Game 401: Daily word puzzle

A new word game drops every day at noon for players to find the longest possible word.

Sep 19, 2026

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Slate Pears Game 401: Daily word puzzle

A new word game drops every day at noon for players to find the longest possible word.

In brief

A new word game drops every day at noon for players to find the longest possible word. Slate Pears is a daily word game where players compete to discover the longest word from a set of letters. Originally reported by Slate Magazine.

New Pears game daily

Slate releases a fresh Pears word game every day at noon. Game 401 is live now.

“New Pears every day at noon!”

Longest word was loblolly

In the previous game, Game 400, the longest word players found was loblolly, a type of pine tree.

“The longest word in Game 400 was LOBLOLLY.”

Full archive now open

Full archive now open

Slate Plus members can now access over 400 previous Pears games anytime they want to play.

“The complete Pears archive is now open!”

Suggest words to slate

Players can submit word suggestions to pears@slate.com. Recent additions include garbology, the study of garbage.

“Got a word to suggest? Let us know at pears@slate.com.”

All you can eat pears

Slate Plus membership gives unlimited access to the entire Pears game library, described as an all-you-can-eat buffet.

“It's an all-you-can-eat Pears buffet!”

The takeaway

Slate Pears is a daily word game where players compete to discover the longest word from a set of letters.

Read the original on Slate Magazine

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