Sweep Word for March 7, 2026: Downpour

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 DOWNPOUR.

Score Stats

D²O¹W⁵N¹P³O¹U²R¹

This is a 56-point word when combined with the 40 bonus points. Downpour 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 DOWNPOUR are O, R, 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: Hard

Definition of Downpour

noun

A heavy rain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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Check out the Sweep for yesterday, March 6, 2026, or go to the next day, March 8, 2026.