LinkedIn Wend #138 Answer (October 24, 2026)

5 words · 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 letters · Oct 24, 2026

Difficulty: Hard — the hardest of the 6 Wend puzzles from #133 to #138, going by how much the words bend. 41 letters; the words bend 15 times in all. Wend by day of the week →

Hints and all the words for the LinkedIn Wend puzzle of October 24, 2026.

Hints All words How to play

Wend #138, redrawn. Link touching letters into words; every letter is used once.

Letters, row by row: EOREORE / HITLS / TCAPC / STELXEO / ARGIR / CONSE / EROFSEL

Hints for Wend #138

Hint 1First letters

There are 5 words. They start with I, E, F, S and T.

Hint 2Where each word starts

Word 1: 6 letters, starts on the circled I.
Word 2: 7 letters, starts on the circled E.
Word 3: 8 letters, starts on the circled F.
Word 4: 9 letters, starts on the circled S.
Word 5: 11 letters, starts on the circled T.

Hint 3Half of each word

IGN··· EXP···· FORE···· SCOR····· THEOR······

Hint 4One letter at a time

Open one more letter of any word, as many as you need.

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Wend #138 answer

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IGNORE
EXPLORE
FORECAST
SCORELESS
THEORETICAL

✓ Checked Oct 24, 12:01 AM Pacific: every word was checked to spell out on the board, and together they use every letter once. How we check

Inside Wend #138

What our solver found when it checked this puzzle.

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Safe first words. IGNORE, EXPLORE, SCORELESS and THEORETICAL can each be traced only one way, so they are safe to lock in first.
The tricky one. FORECAST can be traced 2 ways. Leave it for last: once the other words are in, only one route is left.
Bendiest word. THEORETICAL turns 6 times, the hardest to spot.