Daily Wend answers and hints
LinkedIn Wend Answer Today (#117) - October 3, 2026
The October 3, 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 39 open tiles exactly once.
Today's Wend answers
Today's Wend hints
- Start with HEIR, the shortest 4-letter answer. Short routes are easier to prove and remove pressure from the board.
- Reserve the longest corridor for INCLINE. Long Wend words usually decide how the remaining open tiles can be covered.
- Use the 10 gray wall tiles as route boundaries. A valid solve cannot leave a single open tile trapped.
Breakthrough analysis
Start with HEIR, the shortest answer, then reserve space for INCLINE, 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
HEIR meaning
HEIR is a noun or verb with 1 syllable. Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
Example: The word HEIR is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: HEIR has 4 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.
INCLINE meaning
INCLINE is a noun or verb with 2 syllables. To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
Example: The word INCLINE is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: INCLINE repeats I, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.
EXCLUDE meaning
EXCLUDE is a verb with 2 syllables. To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
Example: The word EXCLUDE is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: EXCLUDE repeats E, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.
JOURNAL meaning
JOURNAL is a noun or verb or adjective with 2 syllables. A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
Example: The word JOURNAL is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: JOURNAL has 7 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.
VANILLA meaning
VANILLA is a noun or adjective with 3 syllables. The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.
Example: The word VANILLA is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: VANILLA repeats L, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.
SHERIFF meaning
SHERIFF is a noun or verb with 2 syllables. A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.
Example: The word SHERIFF is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: SHERIFF repeats F, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.