Trailblaze answers for August 18, 2026

The Tuesday, August 18, 2026 board had 339 distinct words in it. Here's the best line through it, plus the finds worth knowing about.

Longest word: DOLOROUS
Best score found
44
Par
Cells covered
34 / 49
Longest word
dolorous

Highest-scoring words on this board

Findable somewhere on the grid — not necessarily all in the same chain, since each word consumes its cells.

  • dolorous 18
  • savoured 18
  • odorous 17
  • samovar 17
  • savored 17

The best chain we found

7 words for 44 points. Each word starts adjacent to where the last one ended, so the order matters as much as the words.

  1. 1.dolorous 18 pts

  2. 2.udder 5 pts

  3. 3.jib 3 pts

  4. 4.arvo 4 pts

  5. 5.avos 4 pts

  6. 6.amirs 5 pts

  7. 7.titan 5 pts