Sweep Word for August 5, 2026: Clanking

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 CLANKING.

Score Stats

C³L²A¹N¹K⁶I¹N¹G⁴

This is a 59-point word when combined with the 40 bonus points. Clanking could get up to 118 points on a 2W space or 177 points on a 3W space!

Base Letters: 19 points
Sweep Bonus: 59 points

Letter Probability

There are 100 tiles in Crossplay. The most common letters in Crossplay for CLANKING 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: 1
Overall Letter Difficulty: Hard

Definition of Clanking

verb

Present participle of clank.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Check out the Sweep for yesterday, August 4, 2026, or go to the next day, August 6, 2026.