Sweep Word for April 17, 2026: Vagaries

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 VAGARIES.

Score Stats

V⁶A¹G⁴A¹R¹I¹E¹S¹

This is a 56-point word when combined with the 40 bonus points. Vagaries 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 VAGARIES are E, A, I, R, and S. This can be helpful to connect it to other words or to see the chances of getting all the tiles.

Common Letters: 6
Rare Letters: 1
Very Rare Letters: 0
Overall Letter Difficulty: Easy

Definition of Vagaries

noun

Plural form of vagary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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