Sweep Word for August 16, 2026: Evolving

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 EVOLVING.

Score Stats

E¹V⁶O¹L²V⁶I¹N¹G⁴

This is a 62-point word when combined with the 40 bonus points. Evolving could get up to 124 points on a 2W space or 186 points on a 3W space!

Base Letters: 22 points
Sweep Bonus: 62 points

Letter Probability

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

Common Letters: 4
Rare Letters: 2
Very Rare Letters: 0
Overall Letter Difficulty: Medium

Definition of Evolving

verb

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

Check out the Sweep for yesterday, August 15, 2026, or go to the next day, August 17, 2026.