LinkedIn Wend #146 Answer (November 1, 2026)
Difficulty: Hard — tied for the hardest of the 14 Wend puzzles from #133 to #146, going by how much the words bend. 45 letters; the words bend 19 times in all. Wend by day of the week →
Hints and all the words for the LinkedIn Wend puzzle of November 1, 2026.
Letters, row by row: NOVNVON / NAOER / IVTIRSU / LONOVUT / CNOLEPE / AISAR / NOVIVON
Hints for Wend #146
Hint 1First letters
There are 6 words. They start with N, V, V, T, S and I.
Hint 2Where each word starts
- Word 1: 5 letters, starts on the circled N.
- Word 2: 6 letters, starts on the circled V.
- Word 3: 7 letters, starts on the circled V.
- Word 4: 8 letters, starts on the circled T.
- Word 5: 9 letters, starts on the circled S.
- Word 6: 10 letters, starts on the circled I.
Hint 3Half of each word
NO··· VIS··· VOL···· TURN···· SUPE····· INNOV·····
Hint 4One letter at a time
Open one more letter of any word, as many as you need.
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Wend #146 answer
Show all 6 words
- NOVEL
- VISION
- VOLCANO
- TURNOVER
- SUPERNOVA
- INNOVATION
✓ Checked Nov 1, 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 #146
What our solver found when it checked this puzzle.
Show it (names the words)
- Safe first words. NOVEL, VOLCANO, TURNOVER and SUPERNOVA can each be traced only one way, so they are safe to lock in first.
- The tricky ones. VISION can be traced 4 ways; INNOVATION can be traced 2 ways. Leave them for last: once the other words are in, only one route is left.
- Bendiest words. VISION, SUPERNOVA and INNOVATION turn 4 times each, the hardest to spot.
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