Trailblaze answers for October 9, 2026

The Friday, October 9, 2026 board had 407 distinct words in it. Here's the best line through it, plus the finds worth knowing about.

Longest word: BETRAYERS
Best score found
55
Par
42
Cells covered
35 / 49
Longest word
betrayers

Highest-scoring words on this board

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

  • betrayers 19
  • baronies 18
  • betrayer 18
  • bustiers 18
  • reasoner 18

The best chain we found

8 words for 55 points. Each word starts adjacent to where the last one ended, so the order matters as much as the words.

  1. 1.bustiers 18 pts

  2. 2.encores 17 pts

  3. 3.ayah 4 pts

  4. 4.eon 3 pts

  5. 5.oft 3 pts

  6. 6.edgy 4 pts

  7. 7.ope 3 pts

  8. 8.ire 3 pts