Trailblaze answers for September 17, 2026

The Thursday, September 17, 2026 board had 685 distinct words in it. Here's the best line through it, plus the finds worth knowing about.

Longest word: CARTILAGES
Best score found
51
Par
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Cells covered
31 / 49
Longest word
cartilages

Highest-scoring words on this board

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

  • cartilages 20
  • detriments 20
  • autocrats 19
  • cartilage 19
  • derogated 19

The best chain we found

6 words for 51 points. Each word starts adjacent to where the last one ended, so the order matters as much as the words.

  1. 1.detriments 20 pts

  2. 2.goad 4 pts

  3. 3.orgasms 17 pts

  4. 4.slip 4 pts

  5. 5.tee 3 pts

  6. 6.ugh 3 pts