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LinkedIn Wend #117 Answer — (October 3, 2026)
Wend · Trace every hidden word through adjacent letters · puzzle #117
The answer
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Wend #117: 35 letters and 5 words, with every letter used exactly once. The X is the giveaway: only a handful of words fit around it. The blank squares cut the grid into narrow lanes, which leaves most letters only one or two ways to go.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
The shortest word has 5 letters and starts with K at row 6, column 2, heading upward.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
KAZOO. Trace it row 6, column 2 → row 5, column 2 → row 5, column 3 → row 5, column 4 → row 5, column 5.
Hint 3: nearly there
Next, the 9-letter word: it begins at row 4, column 1 and heads downward. After that only short words remain.
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