Daily Wend answers and hints
LinkedIn Wend #72 Answer - August 19, 2026
The August 19, 2026 Wend puzzle is a 6x6 board with 5 hidden words. Trace adjacent letters, avoid diagonal moves, wind around the gray walls and use all 28 open tiles exactly once.
Today's Wend answers
Today's Wend hints
- Start with FOUL, the shortest 4-letter answer. Short routes are easier to prove and remove pressure from the board.
- Reserve the longest corridor for WANDER. Long Wend words usually decide how the remaining open tiles can be covered.
- Use the 8 gray wall tiles as route boundaries. A valid solve cannot leave a single open tile trapped.
Breakthrough analysis
Start with FOUL, the shortest answer, then reserve space for WANDER, 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
FOUL meaning
FOUL is a adjective or noun or verb with 1 syllable. A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
Example: The word FOUL is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: FOUL has 4 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.
WANDER meaning
WANDER is a verb or noun with 2 syllables. To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
Example: The word WANDER is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: WANDER has 6 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.
BURROW meaning
BURROW is a noun or verb with 2 syllables. A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
Example: The word BURROW is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: BURROW repeats R, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.
EFFORT meaning
EFFORT is a noun or verb with 2 syllables. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
Example: The word EFFORT is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: EFFORT repeats F, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.
ENABLE meaning
ENABLE is a verb with 3 syllables. To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
Example: The word ENABLE is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: ENABLE repeats E, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.