Trailblaze answers for October 8, 2026

The Thursday, October 8, 2026 board had 373 distinct words in it. Here's the best line through it, plus the finds worth knowing about.

Longest word: AUTOMATA
Best score found
59
Par
38
Cells covered
39 / 49
Longest word
automata

Highest-scoring words on this board

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

  • automata 18
  • saleroom 18
  • sallower 18
  • telltale 18
  • undulant 18

The best chain we found

8 words for 59 points. Each word starts adjacent to where the last one ended, so the order matters as much as the words.

  1. 1.sallower 18 pts

  2. 2.wetter 6 pts

  3. 3.ottoman 17 pts

  4. 4.undue 5 pts

  5. 5.lam 3 pts

  6. 6.heel 4 pts

  7. 7.fen 3 pts

  8. 8.bet 3 pts