Sweep Word for April 19, 2026: Watchman

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 WATCHMAN.

Score Stats

W⁵A¹T¹C³H³M³A¹N¹

This is a 58-point word when combined with the 40 bonus points. Watchman could get up to 116 points on a 2W space or 174 points on a 3W space!

Base Letters: 18 points
Sweep Bonus: 58 points

Letter Probability

There are 100 tiles in Crossplay. The most common letters in Crossplay for WATCHMAN are A, T, 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: 3
Very Rare Letters: 0
Overall Letter Difficulty: Hard

Definition of Watchman

noun

A guard who keeps watch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Check out the Sweep for yesterday, April 18, 2026, or go to the next day, April 20, 2026.