Wend answer. #157

Solved wend board for puzzle 157. The complete text solution follows below.

Words and paths

5 words

Rows and columns below start at 1, from the top left.

  1. CALICO: row 2, column 2 → row 2, column 1 → row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2 → row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 4.
  2. CHANCE: row 3, column 4 → row 3, column 3 → row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 4 → row 4, column 5 → row 4, column 6.
  3. CIRCUS: row 6, column 6 → row 5, column 6 → row 5, column 5 → row 6, column 5 → row 6, column 4 → row 6, column 3.
  4. CLENCH: row 3, column 5 → row 2, column 5 → row 1, column 5 → row 1, column 6 → row 2, column 6 → row 3, column 6.
  5. CONCUR: row 5, column 2 → row 6, column 2 → row 6, column 1 → row 5, column 1 → row 4, column 1 → row 3, column 1.

Why it works

The official word paths use every letter once and move only between cells that share an edge.

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