Daily Rack · day 6

Tuesday 18 August 2026

Every player in the world opened Tuesday 18 August 2026 with the same seven tiles: O, U, I, P, A, S, N. The rack is derived from the date itself, so it is identical on every device and nobody gets an easier deal.

The highest-scoring opening word available on this rack is PIANOS, worth 20 points. It plays down, starting 4 squares before the centre star. In all, 100 different words can be played from these letters as an opening move.

Opening words are scored on an empty 13×13 board whose bonus squares are laid out in a four-fold pinwheel. The first word must cross the centre star, which is itself a double-word square, so every opening play is doubled before any letter bonuses underneath it are counted.

This day has closed, but the rack behind it is fixed forever — you can work the same seven tiles out on paper. Today's rack is always open on the home page.

The best word: PIANOS for 20

P2I1A1N1O1S120

Other strong words

  1. NIPAS 18
  2. PAINS 18
  3. PIANO 18
  4. PIANS 18
  5. PINAS 18

The best word at each length

The rack opens with words of 2 to 6 letters. This is the highest-scoring one at each length.

Highest-scoring opening word by word length, 18 August 2026
LettersWordScore
2OP6
3ASP12
4NAPS14
5NIPAS18
6PIANOS20

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