Word Salad Classic hints for September 4, 2026 · #918

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

1. B: row 3, column 3
2. A: row 2, column 2
3. L: row 2, column 1
4. L: 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.

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

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

COLLAR 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. O: row 4, column 3
3. L: row 3, column 2
4. L: row 2, column 1
5. A: row 2, column 2
6. R: 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.

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

1. G: row 3, column 4
2. O: row 2, column 4
3. O: row 1, column 4
4. D: row 2, column 3
5. B: row 3, column 3
6. O: row 4, column 3
7. Y: row 4, column 4

The letter path spells GOODBOY; 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.

LEAD 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. E: row 1, column 2
3. A: row 2, column 2
4. D: 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.

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

1. W: row 3, column 1
2. A: row 2, column 2
3. L: row 3, column 2
4. K: 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.