Sweep Word for October 9, 2026: Hardwood
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 HARDWOOD.
Score Stats
H3A1R1D2W5O1O1D2
This is a 56-point word when combined with the 40 bonus points. Hardwood 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 HARDWOOD are A, O, and R. 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: Medium
Definition of Hardwood
noun
(mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Check out the Sweep for yesterday, October 8, 2026.