Daily Wend answers and hints
LinkedIn Wend Answer Today (#125) - October 11, 2026
The October 11, 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 FAN, the shortest 3-letter answer. Short routes are easier to prove and remove pressure from the board.
- Reserve the longest corridor for SHUTDOWN. 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 FAN, the shortest answer, then reserve space for SHUTDOWN, 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
FAN meaning
FAN is a noun or verb with 1 syllable. A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
Example: The word FAN is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: FAN is short, so test compact corners and isolated three-tile paths early.
SPY meaning
SPY is a noun or verb with 1 syllable. A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
Example: The word SPY is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: SPY is short, so test compact corners and isolated three-tile paths early.
LOCKER meaning
LOCKER is a noun with 2 syllables. A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers.
Example: The word LOCKER is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: LOCKER has 6 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.
BARLEY meaning
BARLEY is a noun with 2 syllables. A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
Example: The word BARLEY is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: BARLEY has 6 letters; use its first and last letters as route anchors.
BREATHE meaning
BREATHE is a verb with 1 syllable. To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
Example: The word BREATHE is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: BREATHE repeats E, so confirm those matching tiles are adjacent in the right order.
SHUTDOWN meaning
SHUTDOWN is a noun with 2 syllables. The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
Example: The word SHUTDOWN is useful to recognize quickly during a Wend solve.
Wend tip: SHUTDOWN is long, so reserve an open corridor before committing shorter answers.