Daily Rack · day 15

Thursday 27 August 2026

Every player in the world opened Thursday 27 August 2026 with the same seven tiles: T, A, I, B, W, D, U. 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 BAWD, worth 22 points. It plays across, starting on the centre star. In all, 55 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: BAWD for 22

B2A1W3D222

Other strong words

  1. TABID 22
  2. DAWT 20
  3. WADI 20
  4. AUDIT 18
  5. DAW 18

The best word at each length

The rack opens with words of 2 to 5 letters. This is the highest-scoring one at each length.

Highest-scoring opening word by word length, 27 August 2026
LettersWordScore
2AW8
3DAW18
4BAWD22
5TABID22

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