Wend No. 132 · Hints and answer routes
Need a nudge on Wend No. 132? This LinkedIn Wend answer covers October 18, 2026, dated in America/Los_Angeles. Six words fill 44 open cells, with lengths from four to eleven letters. Read the board notes and approach to keep the words hidden, or open the walkthrough for each answer and its complete route. You can compare every step with your board, check where a path turns, and count the cells left for the remaining entries.
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Paths move up, down, left, or right. No diagonal steps.
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Work from the 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11-letter paths in order; their first letters are K, D, E, D, E, and W.
For a stronger nudge, the longest path starts in the interior at row 3, column 4 and changes direction 7 times.
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The board at a glance
Compare the outline with your board: seven rows, seven columns, 44 letter cells, and five blocked cells. Rows one and two each have seven open cells; the next three have five, six, and five. Rows six and seven are full again. Check that layout before looking for words.
Read down the columns and the open-cell totals are also seven, seven, five, six, five, seven, and seven. Matching totals do not mean matching letters. Eight open cells have at most two open orthogonal neighbors: count only open cells directly above, below, left, or right. This describes the board's neighbors before you assign any paths.
N appears five times. A, E, and O appear four times each; D, K, R, T, and W each appear three times. With those repetitions, a familiar spelling needs a position check. Identify the actual cell you mean before continuing.
Keep the answers hidden
Give yourself six length targets: four, five, seven, eight, nine, and eleven letters. There is no six-letter entry in this edition. Work through those targets in order for the supplied first nudge without revealing a word. A candidate should fit its full length; a promising opening does not account for the letters still needed at the end.
Use the repeated letters as a reason to slow down at each choice. Five Ns and four each of A, E, and O mean that spelling alone cannot identify a cell. Trace your candidate one step at a time, checking the horizontal or vertical connection. Compare the entire sequence before treating two matching letters as interchangeable.
Keep a count alongside your search. The six target lengths total 44, exactly the number of open cells on this board. Subtract only complete paths you have checked, then compare that remainder with the unassigned cells. Also inspect their positions: the final check needs the correct letters connected in order, with every open cell accounted for once.
Full answers and cell-by-cell routes
Your LinkedIn Wend answer follows in six steps. Read only the entry you need; each route names its cells in order and adds a movement check for your board.
Trace KNOT from K at row 2, column 3 to N at row 2, column 2, then O at row 3, column 2, and T at row 3, column 1. Move left, down, then left again; every move changes direction.
This four-cell route spans two rows and three columns. Check both turns rather than looking for a straight run of letters. Only the final cell touches the board's edge, and no corner is used. Once you have checked this entry, four cells are assigned and 40 remain.
Read DWELL from D at row 2, column 1. Go up to W at row 1, column 1, then right through E at row 1, column 2, L at row 1, column 3, and L at row 1, column 4.
The two Ls occupy separate consecutive cells, so include both before stopping. This route turns once, at W, and all five cells lie on the edge, including one corner. Its opening upward step leads into a three-step horizontal run. The first two entries together account for nine cells, leaving 35.
Follow EQUINOX through E at row 4, column 3, Q at row 4, column 2, U at row 4, column 1, I at row 5, column 1, N at row 6, column 1, O at row 7, column 1, and X at row 7, column 2.
Group the moves as two left, three down, and one right. Turn at U and O. The starting E has only one open orthogonal neighbor on the board. Five route cells touch the edge. Completing these seven letters brings the running total to 16, with 28 cells remaining.
Trace DRAWBACK through D at row 5, column 4, R at row 6, column 4, A at row 6, column 5, W at row 6, column 6, B at row 5, column 6, A at row 5, column 7, C at row 4, column 7, and K at row 3, column 7.
Move down, right twice, up, right, then up twice. Keep the two As distinct: one precedes W, the other follows B. Four turns connect five straight segments. These eight cells raise the assigned total to 24 and leave 20.
Follow ENDURANCE through E at row 6, column 7, N at row 7, column 7, D at row 7, column 6, U at row 7, column 5, R at row 7, column 4, A at row 7, column 3, N at row 6, column 3, C at row 6, column 2, and E at row 5, column 2.
After moving down, travel left four times, up, left, and up. The two Ns and two Es each use separate cells. This nine-letter route has four turns; checking it leaves eleven cells for the final entry.
Trace WORKSTATION through W at row 3, column 4, O at row 2, column 4, R at row 2, column 5, K at row 1, column 5, S at row 1, column 6, T at row 1, column 7, A at row 2, column 7, T at row 2, column 6, I at row 3, column 6, O at row 4, column 6, and N at row 4, column 5.
Check seven turns across eight straight segments. Both endpoints have one open orthogonal neighbor. This completes all 44 cells.
Edition check
The date, puzzle number, board, and six answers were checked using official and independent sources. Each listed route was checked for its letters, order, and connected steps. Together, the paths cover all 44 open cells exactly once and leave the five blocked cells unused.
This LinkedIn Wend answer is for October 18, 2026 in America/Los_Angeles. Wendtoday is an unofficial helper and is not affiliated with LinkedIn.
Questions about this edition
It covers Wend No. 132 for October 18, 2026, using the America/Los_Angeles edition date. Compare the seven-by-seven layout and its 44 open cells with the board you have open before following an answer route.
Stay with the snapshot and approach above the answer walkthrough. They describe this board's outline, repeated letters, and six target lengths. You can check those details and try another path while keeping every answer word and its coordinates hidden.
Look for four, five, seven, eight, nine, and eleven letters, in that order. Together they use 44 cells. If your candidate has six letters, it does not match any of this edition's targets; check the intended length before continuing.
Start from 44 and subtract the lengths of the complete routes you have confirmed. Count the cells still unassigned and compare the totals. Then check their positions too: equal counts alone do not establish a connected path or the correct spelling.
This board has five Ns and four copies each of A, E, and O. Matching a letter can leave several possible cells to consider. Check the next connection and the rest of the spelling before committing to that particular cell.