Daily Wend answers and hints
LinkedIn Wend #57 Answer - August 4, 2026
The August 4, 2026 Wend puzzle is a 5x5 board with 4 hidden words. Trace adjacent letters, avoid diagonal moves, wind around the gray walls and use all 22 open tiles exactly once.
Today's Wend answers
Today's Wend hints
- Start with SHAVE, the shortest 5-letter answer. Short routes are easier to prove and remove pressure from the board.
- Reserve the longest corridor for BITTER. Long Wend words usually decide how the remaining open tiles can be covered.
- Use the 3 gray wall tiles as route boundaries. A valid solve cannot leave a single open tile trapped.
Breakthrough analysis
Start with SHAVE, the shortest answer, then reserve space for BITTER, the longest answer. The gray wall pattern creates corridors, so a wrong long route usually traps one or two open tiles.
Word meanings and examples
SHAVE meaning
SHAVE is a verb or noun with 1 syllable. To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
Example: The word SHAVE is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: SHAVE has 5 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.
ANGER meaning
ANGER is a noun or verb with 2 syllables. A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.
Example: The word ANGER is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: ANGER has 5 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.
BITTER meaning
BITTER is a adjective or adverb or noun or verb with 2 syllables. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
Example: The word BITTER is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: BITTER repeats T, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.
SPIDER meaning
SPIDER is a noun or verb with 2 syllables. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
Example: The word SPIDER is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: SPIDER has 6 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.