LinkedIn Wend #142 Answer
Puzzle #142 · Wednesday, October 28, 2026
LinkedIn Wend #142 answer: the words are FREIGHT, AVOCADO, EXPENSE.
The answer
3 words to trace. 3 steps, one word each. Press Next step to begin.
The finished board: 3 words, using every tile once. The small numbers give the order of the letters.
Solution as text
- FREIGHT — row 3, column 4 → row 4, column 4 → row 4, column 5 → row 3, column 5 → row 2, column 5 → row 2, column 4 → row 2, column 3
- AVOCADO — row 4, column 1 → row 3, column 1 → row 2, column 1 → row 2, column 2 → row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4
- EXPENSE — row 5, column 4 → row 5, column 3 → row 4, column 3 → row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 2 → row 4, column 2 → row 5, column 2
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The word lengths in Wend #142 are 7, 7 and 7. There is an X on the board; few words can use it, so it pins its word down fast. The longest word takes up 7 of the 21 tiles, so once it is placed the rest has little room to hide.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
One of the shortest words has 7 letters and starts with F at row 3, column 4, heading downward.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
FREIGHT. Trace it row 3, column 4 → row 4, column 4 → row 4, column 5 → row 3, column 5 → row 2, column 5 → row 2, column 4 → row 2, column 3.
Hint 3: nearly there
Next, one of the 7-letter words: it begins at row 5, column 4 and heads to the left.