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LinkedIn Wend #76 answer — Sunday, August 23, 2026

Wend · Trace every hidden word through adjacent letters · puzzle #76

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Wend #76 hides 6 words in a 7×7 grid; the longest has 10 letters. There is a on the board — rare letters like that belong to only one word, so start there. The 5-letter word is the natural way in.

Hints

Hint 1 — where to start

The shortest word has 5 letters and starts with P at row 4, column 4, heading downward.

Hint 2 — a solid foothold

That word is POWER: row 4, column 4 → row 5, column 4 → row 5, column 3 → row 4, column 3 → row 3, column 3.

Hint 3 — nearly there

The longest word, 10 letters, starts with T at row 1, column 4. The rest of the tiles sort themselves out.

Solution

Tap any part to reveal it, or reveal everything at once.

E1
T1
Y2
P3
E4
Q2
U3
I4
T5
E9
T8
W5
R2
P1
R5
Y6
R10
I7
R6
O3
Y8
E4
P1
R6
I5
U4
T4
T7
W3
O2
E7
P1
Q3
O5
I6
R5
O4
I3
R2
E2
T6
Y7
P8
E9
R1
Solution as text
  1. POWER — row 4, column 4 → row 5, column 4 → row 5, column 3 → row 4, column 3 → row 3, column 3
  2. EQUITY — row 1, column 1 → row 2, column 1 → row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 3 → row 2, column 4 → row 3, column 4
  3. REQUIRE — row 7, column 7 → row 6, column 7 → row 5, column 7 → row 4, column 7 → row 4, column 6 → row 4, column 5 → row 5, column 5
  4. PRIORITY — row 5, column 6 → row 6, column 6 → row 6, column 5 → row 6, column 4 → row 6, column 3 → row 6, column 2 → row 5, column 2 → row 4, column 2
  5. PROTOTYPE — row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 1 → row 4, column 1 → row 5, column 1 → row 6, column 1 → row 7, column 1 → row 7, column 2 → row 7, column 3 → row 7, column 4
  6. TYPEWRITER — row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 5 → row 1, column 6 → row 1, column 7 → row 2, column 7 → row 3, column 7 → row 3, column 6 → row 2, column 6 → row 2, column 5 → row 3, column 5

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