Trailblaze answers for October 5, 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.

• studentship 21
• potentials 20
• alienists 19
• potential 19
• slantwise 19

The best chain we found

9 words for 50 points. Each word starts adjacent to where the last one ended, so the order matters as much as the words.

1. 1.studentship 21 pts

   I P 11N I N E S I 10H 9S 8I M A L A E W T 7N 6I H I G B S 1T 2E 5O R O D U 3D 4T D O M T U N P O W C I I T U I

2. 2.nines 5 pts

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

3. 3.ail 3 pts

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

4. 4.hot 3 pts

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

5. 5.nudge 5 pts

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

6. 6.boor 4 pts

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

7. 7.mic 3 pts

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

8. 8.tit 3 pts

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

9. 9.pod 3 pts

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