LinkedIn Wend #136 Answer
Puzzle #136 · Thursday, October 22, 2026
LinkedIn Wend #136 answer: the words are DRY, DEFEND, COMPILE, PROPOSAL.
The answer
4 words to trace. 4 steps, one word each. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 4 words, using every tile once. The small numbers give the order of the letters.
Solution as text
- DRY — row 3, column 5 → row 2, column 5 → row 2, column 6
- DEFEND — row 4, column 5 → row 4, column 4 → row 5, column 4 → row 5, column 3 → row 6, column 3 → row 6, column 4
- COMPILE — row 1, column 6 → row 1, column 5 → row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 3 → row 2, column 3 → row 2, column 4 → row 3, column 4
- PROPOSAL — row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 3 → row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 2 → row 5, column 2 → row 5, column 1 → row 6, column 1 → row 6, column 2
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The word lengths in Wend #136 are 3, 6, 7 and 8. D starts two different words today, so the D tiles are good places to begin. The longest word takes up 8 of the 24 tiles, so once it is placed the rest has little room to hide.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
The shortest word has 3 letters and starts with D at row 3, column 5, heading upward.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
DRY. Trace it row 3, column 5 → row 2, column 5 → row 2, column 6.
Hint 3: nearly there
Next, the 8-letter word: it begins at row 3, column 2 and heads to the right. After that only shorter words remain.