Daily Wend answers and hints
LinkedIn Wend #76 Answer - August 23, 2026
The August 23, 2026 Wend puzzle is a 7x7 board with 6 hidden words. Trace adjacent letters, avoid diagonal moves, wind around the gray walls and use all 33 open tiles exactly once.
Today's Wend answers
Today's Wend hints
- Start with HUG, the shortest 3-letter answer. Short routes are easier to prove and remove pressure from the board.
- Reserve the longest corridor for SYMMETRY. Long Wend words usually decide how the remaining open tiles can be covered.
- Use the 16 gray wall tiles as route boundaries. A valid solve cannot leave a single open tile trapped.
Breakthrough analysis
Start with HUG, the shortest answer, then reserve space for SYMMETRY, 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
HUG meaning
HUG is a noun or verb with 1 syllable. A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").
Example: The word HUG is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: HUG is short, so test compact corners and isolated three-tile paths early.
DASH meaning
DASH is a noun or verb with 1 syllable. To run quickly or for a short distance.
Example: The word DASH is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: DASH has 4 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.
ACID meaning
ACID is a noun or adjective with 2 syllables. Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.
Example: The word ACID is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: ACID has 4 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.
COTTAGE meaning
COTTAGE is a noun or verb with 2 syllables. A small house.
Example: The word COTTAGE is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: COTTAGE repeats T, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.
PARTNER meaning
PARTNER is a noun or verb with 2 syllables. A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic, or sexual bond.
Example: The word PARTNER is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: PARTNER repeats R, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.
SYMMETRY meaning
SYMMETRY is a noun with 3 syllables. Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
Example: The word SYMMETRY is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: SYMMETRY is long, so reserve an open corridor before committing shorter answers.