Word Salad Classic hints for August 20, 2026 · #903

CHIME 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. H: row 4, column 3
3. I: row 3, column 3
4. M: row 4, column 2
5. E: row 4, 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.

CLANG 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 3
3. A: row 1, column 3
4. N: row 2, column 4
5. G: 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.

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

1. J: row 4, column 4
2. I: row 3, column 3
3. N: row 2, column 4
4. G: row 1, column 4
5. L: row 2, column 3
6. E: row 2, 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.

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

1. P: row 3, column 1
2. E: row 2, column 2
3. A: row 1, column 3
4. L: row 1, 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.

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

1. R: row 3, column 4
2. I: row 3, column 3
3. N: row 2, column 4
4. G: 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.

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

1. T: row 2, column 1
2. O: row 1, column 1
3. L: row 1, column 2
4. L: 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.