Daily Wend answers and hints
LinkedIn Wend #73 Answer - August 20, 2026
The August 20, 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 HEN, the shortest 3-letter answer. Short routes are easier to prove and remove pressure from the board.
- Reserve the longest corridor for MIDWIFE. 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 HEN, the shortest answer, then reserve space for MIDWIFE, 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
HEN meaning
HEN is a noun or verb or adverb with 1 syllable. A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
Example: The word HEN is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: HEN is short, so test compact corners and isolated three-tile paths early.
SIREN meaning
SIREN is a noun or verb or adjective with 2 syllables. A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.
Example: The word SIREN is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: SIREN has 5 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.
GLOBAL meaning
GLOBAL is a adjective or noun or adverb with 2 syllables. Concerning all parts of the world.
Example: The word GLOBAL is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: GLOBAL repeats L, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.
MIDWIFE meaning
MIDWIFE is a noun or verb with 2 syllables. A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
Example: The word MIDWIFE is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: MIDWIFE repeats I, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.
HUSBAND meaning
HUSBAND is a noun or verb with 2 syllables. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
Example: The word HUSBAND is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: HUSBAND has 7 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.