Word Salad Classic hints for July 14, 2025 · #501

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

1. C: row 2, column 1
2. A: row 2, column 2
3. F: row 2, column 3
4. E: row 3, column 2

The letter path spells CAFE; 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.

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

1. C: row 2, column 1
2. H: row 3, column 1
3. E: row 3, column 2
4. F: row 2, 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.

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

1. C: row 2, column 1
2. H: row 3, column 1
3. I: row 4, column 1
4. C: row 4, column 2

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.

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

1. C: row 4, column 2
2. R: row 4, column 3
3. O: row 3, column 4
4. I: row 2, column 4
5. S: row 1, column 4
6. S: row 1, column 3
7. A: row 2, column 2
8. N: row 3, column 3
9. T: row 4, 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.

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

1. C: row 2, column 1
2. U: row 1, column 1
3. I: row 1, column 2
4. S: row 1, column 3
5. I: row 2, column 4
6. N: row 3, column 3
7. E: row 3, column 2

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.

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

1. F: row 2, column 3
2. I: row 1, column 2
3. A: row 2, column 2
4. N: row 3, column 3
5. C: row 4, column 2
6. E: row 3, column 2

The letter path spells FIANCE; 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.