LinkedIn Wend #10 Answer & Analysis

Begin by marking the two 4-cell hole bands on the board: row 2 columns 2-5 and row 5 columns 2-5. That leaves narrow corridors along the left and right sides, which makes the word paths much easier to trace.

The yellow path forms ARTWORK. Starting from A at cell 13, you can move to R at 12, then up to T at 6, W at 0, O at 1, R at 2, and K at 3. The path is forced by adjacency and the hole block above it.

The purple path spells QUICKLY. Start at Q on cell 4, move to U on 5, drop to I on 11, then continue through C at 17, K at 16, L at 15, and finish at Y on 21. This word uses the top-right side and the middle row together.

The red path is ISOLATE. Start at I on 31, go to S on 30, move up to O on 24 and L on 18, then continue right to A on 19 and T on 20, and finally move up to E on 14. The left column and center row make this one very direct.

The blue path spells GEOLOGY. It runs from G at 22 to E at 23, then down to O at 29, across to L at 35, then left to O at 34, G at 33, and Y at 32. The right-side lane and bottom row make this word easy to confirm once the colors appear.

Check the final board against the solved color groups: ARTWORK is yellow, QUICKLY is purple, GEOLOGY is blue, and ISOLATE is red. Together they use all 28 non-hole tiles exactly once and never enter a blocked cell.