Sweep Word for September 2, 2026: Obviates

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 OBVIATES.

Score Stats

O¹B⁴V⁶I¹A¹T¹E¹S¹

This is a 56-point word when combined with the 40 bonus points. Obviates 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 OBVIATES are E, A, I, O, T, 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: 2
Very Rare Letters: 0
Overall Letter Difficulty: Easy

Definition of Obviates

verb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obviate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Check out the Sweep for yesterday, September 1, 2026.