Trailblaze answers for October 2, 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.

• genuinely 19
• playlists 19
• assaying 18
• creasing 18
• elegiacs 18

The best chain we found

7 words for 56 points. Each word starts adjacent to where the last one ended, so the order matters as much as the words.

1. 1.helipads 18 pts

   H 1L 3Y W Y D 7S 8F E 2I 4P 5A 6F E E T G N L U E L E B I A C E P N L Y S A R U E Y M S T A N I W I L D I

2. 2.flaying 17 pts

   H L Y W Y D S F E I P A F 1E E T G 7N 6L 2U E L E B I 5A 3C E P N L Y 4S A R U E Y M S T A N I W I L D I

3. 3.betel 5 pts

   H L Y W Y D S F E I P A F E E 4T 3G N L U E L 5E 2B 1I A C E P N L Y S A R U E Y M S T A N I W I L D I

4. 4.pen 3 pts

   H L Y W Y D S F E I P A F E E T G N L U E L E B I A C E P 1N 3L Y S A R U E 2Y M S T A N I W I L D I

5. 5.uni 3 pts

   H L Y W Y D S F E I P A F E E T G N L U E L E B I A C E P N L Y S A R U 1E Y M S T A N 2I 3W I L D I

6. 6.wilts 5 pts

   H L Y W Y D S F E I P A F E E T G N L U E L E B I A C E P N L Y S 5A R U E Y M S T 4A N I W 1I 2L 3D I

7. 7.sacra 5 pts

   H L Y W Y D S F E I P A F E E T G N L U E L E B I A C 3E P N L Y S A 2R 4U E Y M S 1T A 5N I W I L D I