Trailblaze answers for September 3, 2026

Highest-scoring words on this board

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

• novitiates 20
• novitiate 19
• obviates 18
• vitiates 18
• abetted 17

The best chain we found

6 words for 38 points. Each word starts adjacent to where the last one ended, so the order matters as much as the words.

1. 1.novitiate 19 pts

   I J P O N 1W T U K U D O 2I I 4P O H H D V 3T 5A V S T T B I 6D P E B T 8A 7O N D A E 9O Y U T H S K H E Y

2. 2.ethos 5 pts

   I J P O N W T U K U D O I I P O 4H 3H D V T A V S 5T 2T B I D P E 1B T A O N D A E O Y U T H S K H E Y

3. 3.bask 4 pts

   I J P O N W T U K U D O I I P O H H D V T A V S T T B I D P E B 1T A O N D A 2E O Y U T H S 3K 4H E Y

4. 4.hey 3 pts

   I J P O N W T U K U D O I I P O H H D V T A V S T T B I D P E B T A O N D A E O Y U T H S K H 1E 2Y 3

5. 5.yob 3 pts

   I J P O N W T U K U D O I I P O H H D V T A V S T T B 3I D P E B T A O 2N D A E O Y 1U T H S K H E Y

6. 6.thud 4 pts

   I J P O N W T U K U 3D 4O I I P O H H 2D V T A V S T T 1B I D P E B T A O N D A E O Y U T H S K H E Y