Sweep Word for July 17, 2026: Squaring

In Crossplay, you get 40 extra bonus points for using all 7 of your rack tiles, called a Sweep. So we've curated some of the highest-scoring 8-letter words you can play to get a bonus in Crossplay.

For today, the Sweep word of the day is SQUARING.

Score Stats

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This is a 61-point word when combined with the 40 bonus points. Squaring could get up to 122 points on a 2W space or 183 points on a 3W space!

Base Letters: 21 points
Sweep Bonus: 61 points

Letter Probability

There are 100 tiles in Crossplay. The most common letters in Crossplay for SQUARING are A, I, R, N, and S. This can be helpful to connect it to other words or to see the chances of getting all the tiles.

Common Letters: 5
Rare Letters: 0
Very Rare Letters: 1
Overall Letter Difficulty: Medium

Definition of Squaring

verb

Present participle of square.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Check out the Sweep for yesterday, July 16, 2026.