Trailblaze answers for September 18, 2026

The Friday, September 18, 2026 board had 263 distinct words in it. Here's the best line through it, plus the finds worth knowing about.

Longest word: THWARTING
Best score found
40
Par
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Cells covered
30 / 49
Longest word
thwarting

Highest-scoring words on this board

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

  • thwarting 19
  • convenes 18
  • scooting 18
  • bonitos 17
  • coating 17

The best chain we found

7 words for 40 points. Each word starts adjacent to where the last one ended, so the order matters as much as the words.

  1. 1.scooting 18 pts

  2. 2.jean 4 pts

  3. 3.eves 4 pts

  4. 4.nob 3 pts

  5. 5.deny 4 pts

  6. 6.fray 4 pts

  7. 7.gad 3 pts