Spoiler-aware help for today’s board
Wend No. 48 is the July 26, 2026 edition. This LinkedIn Wend answer guide gives board-specific hints first, then places all six words and their exact cell routes behind the walkthrough disclosure. Use the overview to keep solving, or open the route you want to check.
Verified answer board
Paths move up, down, left, or right. No diagonal steps.
Written Wend hints today
Nothing below opens until you ask for it.
Work from the 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-letter paths in order; their first letters are H, S, O, C, A, and B.
For a stronger nudge, the longest path starts in the center of the board and changes direction 7 times.
Verified answer words
This will show every hint, answer, and path. Ready?
Board snapshot
Set on a 7-by-7 frame, this board has 44 open cells and five blocked cells. The open-cell totals by row are 6, 7, 7, 4, 7, 7, and 6, so the fourth row creates a narrow break in an otherwise fuller layout. That shape matters when you trace without revealing any words.
The columns contain 7, 6, 7, 4, 7, 6, and 7 open cells. Column four mirrors the row-four interruption with only four open cells, while columns one, three, five, and seven each run to seven. Use those counts to check whether a tentative path remains on open cells rather than slipping through a blocked position.
Letter repetition is the main visual noise: O appears 12 times and K eight times, followed by C, T, and U at three each. Another 12 open cells have at most two open orthogonal neighbors; that is only a raw board-neighbor count. It can help you notice limited exits, but it does not say those cells are constrained by completed routes.
Spoiler-light approach
Start by writing down the six required lengths: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Their first letters are H, S, O, C, A, and B. That gives you a clean target for each search without exposing the words, and the steadily increasing lengths make it practical to test one candidate at a time.
Because O and K occupy 20 of the 44 open cells, a plausible beginning can split into several spellings very quickly. Check the less frequent letters first, then count the remaining steps against the required length. When a candidate uses an O or K, keep tracing orthogonally and confirm the whole spelling before treating that branch as settled.
Use the board’s narrow fourth row and fourth column as visual checkpoints, but do not assume every path must pass through either one. If you want only a nudge, stay with the counts and initials above. When you are ready for the full LinkedIn Wend answer, open the walkthrough; each word is paired with an exact route so you can compare only the entry you need.
Answer walkthrough
Open the items selectively: each one reveals a single answer, its movement pattern, and a numbered cell sequence for checking your trace against this board.
Trace HOOK from row 1, column 3 straight downward to row 4, column 3. You pass row 2, column 3 and row 3, column 3 without turning, so the route forms one straight segment across four rows and stays within a single column.
Read the four cells as 1 at row 1, column 3; 2 at row 2, column 3; 3 at row 3, column 3; 4 at row 4, column 3. They spell H → O → O → K. Both endpoints have two open orthogonal neighbors.
Begin SUDOKU at row 3, column 2. Move left, climb twice, turn right, then step down to row 2, column 2. This three-row, two-column route has three turns, four straight segments, four edge visits, and one corner visit.
Check the sequence as 1 at row 3, column 2; 2 at row 3, column 1; 3 at row 2, column 1; 4 at row 1, column 1; 5 at row 1, column 2; 6 at row 2, column 2. In that order, the cells read S → U → D → O → K → U and use six open cells.
For OUTLOOK, descend twice from row 4, column 1, turn right, step up, then go right twice to row 5, column 4. The path makes three turns and four straight segments.
Confirm it cell by cell: 1 at row 4, column 1; 2 at row 5, column 1; 3 at row 6, column 1; 4 at row 6, column 2; 5 at row 5, column 2; 6 at row 5, column 3; 7 at row 5, column 4. The letters read O → U → T → L → O → O → K.
Set out COOKBOOK at row 3, column 5: down twice, right, down, right, then up twice to row 4, column 7. It makes four turns across five straight segments and spans four rows by three columns.
Use this eight-cell order: 1 at row 3, column 5; 2 at row 4, column 5; 3 at row 5, column 5; 4 at row 5, column 6; 5 at row 6, column 6; 6 at row 6, column 7; 7 at row 5, column 7; 8 at row 4, column 7. It reads C → O → O → K → B → O → O → K.
Lay out ARTICHOKE from row 7, column 1 to row 7, column 7. Six right moves, one up, and one down create four turns across five straight segments.
The nine positions are: 1 at row 7, column 1; 2 at row 7, column 2; 3 at row 7, column 3; 4 at row 6, column 3; 5 at row 6, column 4; 6 at row 6, column 5; 7 at row 7, column 5; 8 at row 7, column 6; 9 at row 7, column 7. Together they read A → R → T → I → C → H → O → K → E.
BACKSTROKE begins at row 3, column 4 and uses ten cells. It makes seven turns across eight straight segments before ending at row 3, column 7.
The ten-cell sequence is 1 at row 3, column 4; 2 at row 2, column 4; 3 at row 2, column 5; 4 at row 1, column 5; 5 at row 1, column 6; 6 at row 1, column 7; 7 at row 2, column 7; 8 at row 2, column 6; 9 at row 3, column 6; 10 at row 3, column 7.
What was checked
Checks covered the July 26 date, Wend No. 48, the 7-by-7 layout, five blocked cells, six required lengths, spellings, and every orthogonal cell sequence. The edition details were compared across official and independent source types, and the recorded paths collectively account for the board’s 44 open cells.
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Player questions
It covers Wend No. 48 for July 26, 2026. The page begins with spoiler-light board evidence and moves the six exact words and cell paths into the disclosure, so you can stop at the level of help you want.
Note the six target lengths—4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10—and the first letters H, S, O, C, A, and B. Compare those targets with the 7-by-7 board rather than trying to build unrestricted words from every repeated letter.
You can read the snapshot and approach without exposing any answer word. They explain the 44-open-cell layout, row and column totals, repeated-letter counts, and a sensible search order; the exact spellings and routes stay inside the walkthrough.
O appears 12 times and K appears eight times, so partial spellings can continue through more than one matching cell. Use a required length and the less frequent letters to reject branches, then count each orthogonal step before accepting a full candidate.
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