Word Salad Classic hints for September 26, 2026 · #940

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

1. M: row 2, column 1
2. I: row 3, column 2
3. M: row 4, column 2
4. E: 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.

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

1. M: row 2, column 1
2. O: row 1, column 2
3. U: row 1, column 1
4. T: row 2, column 2
5. H: 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.

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

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

TEXT 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 2
2. E: row 3, column 3
3. X: row 2, column 4
4. T: 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.

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

1. W: row 4, column 1
2. H: row 3, column 1
3. I: row 3, column 2
4. S: row 4, column 3
5. P: row 3, column 4
6. E: row 3, column 3
7. R: 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.

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

1. W: row 4, column 1
2. I: row 3, column 2
3. N: row 2, column 3
4. K: row 1, 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.