Wend No. 131 · Hints and answers
Wend No. 131 has six words, 40 open cells, and 14 copies of L to keep track of. This LinkedIn Wend answer page offers board checks, hints, and complete routes. Keep the word names hidden while you try the nudges, or reveal the walkthrough to compare exact cells. The edition date is October 17, 2026, in America/Los_Angeles.
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Paths move up, down, left, or right. No diagonal steps.
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Work from the 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10-letter paths in order; their first letters are L, L, L, L, L, and L.
For a stronger nudge, the longest path starts in the interior at row 2, column 5 and changes direction 6 times.
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Before the reveal
Look at the outline first: this board has seven rows, seven columns, 40 open cells, and nine blocked cells. The first and seventh rows are completely open. Between them, the row totals are six, six, four, six, and four. Compare those counts with your board before using the hints.
The columns give you another way to check the layout. From the first column to the seventh, their open-cell counts are seven, three, six, seven, four, six, and seven. That means three columns are open from top to bottom, while the second column has only three open cells across its seven positions.
L appears 14 times; A appears five times and I four times. C, F, O, T, and U each appear twice. Keep those repetitions in mind when matching letters. Separately, 17 open cells each have at most two open orthogonal neighbors: open cells directly above, below, left, or right.
Keep the names hidden
Arrange your search around the six target lengths: four, five, six, seven, eight, and ten letters, in that order. The supplied first-letter hint is L for every entry. With 14 Ls, that hint gives you a letter to look for rather than a single starting cell. Pair it with the length you are tracing.
Treat every repeated letter as a particular cell, especially when a possible word contains more than one L. Before accepting a candidate, trace its letters in sequence and count the cells you actually use. A familiar spelling alone does not tell you which copy of a letter belongs in the route. Check each move against the board you have open.
The six lengths add up to 40, matching this edition's open-cell total. Use that total to check your progress without counting the nine blocked cells as unfinished letters. If you want another nudge, consult the stronger hint before opening the full walkthrough. Reveal the LinkedIn Wend answer when you want to compare your spelling and the exact cells together.
Answer and route spoilers
The LinkedIn Wend answer for October 17, 2026 follows below in length order. Compare one route at a time, checking both its spelling and where each change of direction happens.
Trace LULL from L at row 6, column 1. Go down to U at row 7, column 1, then right to L at row 7, column 2 and right again to L at row 7, column 3. Count four cells, including both consecutive final Ls.
The U is the turning point: one downward move leads into two rightward moves. All four cells touch the board's edge, and one is a corner. This first route accounts for four of the 40 open cells, leaving 36 for the five remaining entries.
For LOCAL, begin at L at row 7, column 6. Follow O at row 7, column 5, C at row 7, column 4, A at row 6, column 4, and L at row 6, column 3. Read the five letters in order, then check the shape.
Your moves are left, left, up, left. Turn at C and then at A; the opening leftward pair stays straight. Three cells touch the edge, with no corner visits. Together with the first entry, this route brings the count to nine cells used and 31 left.
LAWFUL opens at L at row 1, column 1. Continue through A at row 1, column 2, W at row 1, column 3, F at row 2, column 3, U at row 3, column 3, and L at row 3, column 4. Check all six letters.
Follow two moves right, two down, and one right. W marks the first turn and U the second, giving three straight segments. The opening L is a corner cell. After these first three entries, 15 open cells are accounted for and 25 remain.
Read LITERAL from L at row 2, column 6 to I at row 2, column 7 and T at row 1, column 7. Continue through E at row 1, column 6, R at row 1, column 5, A at row 1, column 4, and L at row 2, column 4.
Move right, up, left three times, then down. Keep the leftward steps in one straight segment; the turns occur at I, T, and A. Five of the seven cells touch the edge. The running total reaches 22, leaving 18 open cells.
Pick L at row 4, column 4 to start LANDFILL. Trace A at row 5, column 4, N at row 5, column 3, D at row 5, column 2, F at row 5, column 1, I at row 4, column 1, L at row 3, column 1, and L at row 2, column 1.
Think down once, left three times, then up three times. A and F mark the two turns; the final consecutive Ls occupy separate cells. This eight-cell route brings the total to 30, leaving ten for the final entry.
Trace LOGISTICAL through L at row 2, column 5; O at row 3, column 5; G at row 3, column 6; I at row 3, column 7; S at row 4, column 7; T at row 4, column 6; I at row 5, column 6; C at row 5, column 7; A at row 6, column 7; L at row 7, column 7.
The moves are down, right, right, down, left, down, right, down, down. Check six turns and two distinct Is. All 40 open cells are now accounted for.
Edition check
Official and independent sources were used to check Wend No. 131 for October 17, 2026: its seven-by-seven layout, six words, and complete letter paths. The routes account for all 40 open cells, with every coordinate listed in the walkthrough.
Wendtoday is unofficial and is not affiliated with LinkedIn. The edition date uses America/Los_Angeles; match the puzzle number as well as the calendar date.
Questions about this board
It covers Wend No. 131, dated October 17, 2026, in America/Los_Angeles. Match that number and date with your puzzle, then compare the seven-by-seven layout and 40 open cells before revealing any word names.
Yes. Read the board notes and approach, then use the hints. The first nudge gives lengths of four, five, six, seven, eight, and ten letters, plus L as every starting letter. The walkthrough reveals word names and routes.
There are 14 Ls among the 40 open cells, and every starting-letter hint is L. Use the target length and following letters to narrow your search. Check the actual cells in sequence before accepting a spelling.
Add the lengths of the complete paths you have checked, then subtract from 40. Count open letter cells, excluding the nine blocked cells. If the numbers disagree, revisit the cells you counted before revealing another route.
Seventeen open cells each have at most two open orthogonal neighbors. Orthogonal means directly above, below, left, or right. This describes neighboring open cells in the board layout; it does not count words or unused letters.