Trailblaze answers for August 23, 2026

The Sunday, August 23, 2026 board had 385 distinct words in it. Here's the best line through it, plus the finds worth knowing about.

Longest word: BAILSMAN
Best score found
54
Par
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Cells covered
34 / 49
Longest word
bailsman

Highest-scoring words on this board

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

  • bailsman 18
  • headsman 18
  • isolated 18
  • mandated 18
  • mutinies 18

The best chain we found

7 words for 54 points. Each word starts adjacent to where the last one ended, so the order matters as much as the words.

  1. 1.headsman 18 pts

  2. 2.etch 4 pts

  3. 3.bailout 17 pts

  4. 4.nine 4 pts

  5. 5.orgy 4 pts

  6. 6.hoes 4 pts

  7. 7.ute 3 pts