Sweep Word for August 23, 2026: Bestowed

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 BESTOWED.

Score Stats

B⁴E¹S¹T¹O¹W⁵E¹D²

This is a 56-point word when combined with the 40 bonus points. Bestowed could get up to 112 points on a 2W space or 168 points on a 3W space!

Base Letters: 16 points
Sweep Bonus: 56 points

Letter Probability

There are 100 tiles in Crossplay. The most common letters in Crossplay for BESTOWED are E, O, T, 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: 2
Very Rare Letters: 0
Overall Letter Difficulty: Easy

Definition of Bestowed

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of bestow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Check out the Sweep for yesterday, August 22, 2026, or go to the next day, August 24, 2026.