Wend No. 159 · Hints and answers

LinkedIn Wend Answer — November 14, 2026

Check your November 14, 2026 board against Wend No. 159. This LinkedIn Wend answer page starts with board checks and spoiler-free guidance. Open the walkthrough for all five words and their exact paths, covering all 40 open cells.

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Forty letters across a seven-by-seven board

Count the playable squares across each row: seven, six, five, four, five, six, seven. Those totals give this board a balanced outline, with the fewest open cells in the fourth row and full first and last rows. There are nine blocked cells among the 49 squares. Check those counts against your open board.

Columns alternate between seven and four open cells: seven, four, seven, four, seven, four, seven. Check this alternating pattern without revealing a word. Sixteen open cells have at most two open orthogonal neighbors, meaning open cells directly above, below, left, or right. This is a count of neighbors on the board itself; use it to notice where fewer immediate steps are available.

Letter choice deserves attention here. I and R occur five times each; C, E, and S appear four times each. A, P, and T each occur three times, while L, N, and O each appear twice. A matching letter alone cannot confirm a selection. The five answer lengths are six, seven, eight, nine, and ten, adding up to the board's 40 open cells.

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Match the length, then check the next letter

Begin with the six-letter slot and continue through seven, eight, nine, and ten letters, following the supplied hint order. Count each candidate's cells. With exactly one slot of each size, a plausible spelling still needs the correct number of cells. Check that count before searching for another placement of a repeated letter.

Pause at repeated letters and look at the next required letter before continuing. With five Is and five Rs, confirm which copy your candidate needs. Trace one step at a time between directly adjacent cells. A word that looks right as text still needs a continuous path on this particular board.

Keep the LinkedIn Wend answer walkthrough closed while you work from these checks. The ascending lengths account for every playable square, so track both completed letters and cells left to use. If a candidate leaves your count out of line with the remaining lengths, revisit its placement. Reveal an explanation to compare your spelling and steps.

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Five words, with every step shown

The LinkedIn Wend answer for Wend No. 159 is COPIER, SCRATCH, LIKENESS, RAINDROPS, and TRIPLICATE, in that order. Read each route from its first letter to its last. The running totals below show how each completed word contributes to covering the 40 open cells.

Open answer 1 route analysis

COPIER — six letters across the top

Find C at row 2, column 4 to begin COPIER. Move up to O at row 1, column 4, then right to P at row 1, column 5. Continue right to I at row 1, column 6 and E at row 1, column 7. Finish by moving down to R at row 2, column 7. Read the six selections back as C, O, P, I, E, R.

Picture the route as a rise, a three-step run to the right, and a drop. Its five moves make two turns and three straight segments, spanning two rows and four columns. Keep the opening upward move and closing downward move separate from the horizontal spelling through O, P, I, and E. Completing this first entry uses six distinct cells and leaves 34 for the four longer words.

Open answer 2 route analysis

SCRATCH — a short zigzag before the climb

Start SCRATCH with S at row 7, column 3. Go right to C at row 7, column 4, up to R at row 6, column 4, and right to A at row 6, column 5. Now follow three upward steps: T at row 5, column 5, C at row 4, column 5, and H at row 3, column 5. That spells S, C, R, A, T, C, H.

Hold the two Cs apart in your check: the first follows S, and the second follows T. The opening right, up, right sequence leads into the uninterrupted upward finish. Across six moves, this route turns three times and spans five rows and three columns. Once its seven cells join the first entry, you have assigned 13 cells altogether, with 27 still available for the eight-, nine-, and ten-letter entries.

Open answer 3 route analysis

LIKENESS — alternate across two columns

Select L at row 7, column 2 for LIKENESS, then move left to I at row 7, column 1. Go up to K at row 6, column 1 and right to E at row 6, column 2. Continue up to N at row 5, column 2, left to E at row 5, column 1, up to S at row 4, column 1, and up again to S at row 3, column 1.

Watch the two Es and the doubled S ending separately. The Es sit on either side of N in the spelling, while the final two selections climb in the same column. This eight-letter path stays within two columns across five rows, changing direction five times. Its seven moves are left, up, right, up, left, up, up. After all eight cells are counted, the first three entries occupy 21 cells and leave 19.

Open answer 4 route analysis

RAINDROPS — climb first, then wrap around

Begin RAINDROPS at R in row 6, column 3. Trace upward through A at row 5, column 3, I at row 4, column 3, N at row 3, column 3, D at row 2, column 3, and R at row 1, column 3. Turn left to O at row 1, column 2, left again to P at row 1, column 1, then down to S at row 2, column 1.

Separate the long opening climb from the ending O, P, S. Five upward moves carry the spelling from its first R to its second R; two leftward moves and one downward move complete it. There are only two turns across eight moves, with the route spanning six rows and three columns. Adding these nine cells brings the total to 30, leaving exactly ten cells for the final entry.

Open answer 5 route analysis

TRIPLICATE — follow the edge, then turn inward

Take T at row 7, column 5 to start TRIPLICATE. Move right to R at row 7, column 6 and I at row 7, column 7. Climb through P at row 6, column 7, L at row 5, column 7, I at row 4, column 7, and C at row 3, column 7. Go left to A at row 3, column 6, up to T at row 2, column 6, then left to E at row 2, column 5.

Check the ending C, A, T, E as three separate moves: left, up, left. That finish follows two rightward moves and four upward moves. The full route has four turns and visits seven edge cells. Distinguish both Is and both Ts by their place in the spelling. These ten cells complete the total of 40; no open cells remain when all five supplied paths are followed.

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Checked for the November 14 edition

Official and independent sources were checked for November 14, 2026, Wend No. 159. The five word lengths, letter sequences, and cell paths were checked against this board, including their coverage of all 40 open cells.

Wendtoday is an unofficial Wend helper and is not affiliated with LinkedIn. Match both the date and puzzle number to your open board before following the answer.

Player questions

Help with Wend No. 159

Can I get help for November 14 without seeing the words?

Yes. Read the snapshot and approach first. They cover this board's layout, repeated letters, and six- through ten-letter slots without revealing the answer words.

Does my board match No. 159?

Check for seven rows, seven columns, 40 open cells, and nine blocked cells. The row totals are seven, six, five, four, five, six, seven.

Why does a matching I or R need another look?

Each appears five times on this board. Check the next letter and its position before committing to that copy.

How can I compare my word with the full answer?

Open the LinkedIn Wend answer walkthrough and compare the entry of the same length. Each explanation gives its spelling and every selected cell in order.

What should be left after the fifth word?

Zero open cells. The five paths use 40 distinct cells altogether. If any remain, compare your selections with the disclosed routes.

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