Sweep Word for May 17, 2026: Glancing
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 GLANCING.
Score Stats
G4L2A1N1C3I1N1G4
This is a 57-point word when combined with the 40 bonus points. Glancing could get up to 114 points on a 2W space or 171 points on a 3W space!
- Base Letters: 17 points
- Sweep Bonus: 57 points
Letter Probability
There are 100 tiles in Crossplay. The most common letters in Crossplay for GLANCING are A, I, 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: 1
- Very Rare Letters: 0
- Overall Letter Difficulty: Hard
Definition of Glancing
verb
Present participle of glance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Check out the Sweep for yesterday, May 16, 2026, or go to the next day, May 18, 2026.