Word Salad Classic hints for December 5, 2024 · #280

ANSWER follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

1. A: row 4, column 2
2. N: row 3, column 3
3. S: row 2, column 3
4. W: row 3, column 4
5. E: row 2, column 4
6. R: row 1, column 4

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.

CLOSE follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

1. C: row 3, column 2
2. L: row 2, column 1
3. O: row 2, column 2
4. S: row 2, column 3
5. E: row 2, column 4

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.

HOLD follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

1. H: row 1, column 2
2. O: row 2, column 2
3. L: row 2, column 1
4. D: row 1, column 1

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.

KICK IN follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

1. K: row 3, column 1
2. I: row 4, column 1
3. C: row 3, column 2
4. K: row 4, column 3
5. I: row 4, column 4
6. N: row 3, column 3

The letter path spells KICKIN; accents, spaces and punctuation in the displayed answer do not require extra tiles.

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.

KNOCK follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

1. K: row 4, column 3
2. N: row 3, column 3
3. O: row 2, column 2
4. C: row 3, column 2
5. K: row 3, column 1

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.

LOCK follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

1. L: row 2, column 1
2. O: row 2, column 2
3. C: row 3, column 2
4. K: row 3, column 1

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.

OPEN follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

1. O: row 2, column 2
2. P: row 1, column 3
3. E: row 2, column 4
4. N: row 3, column 3

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.