Daily Rack · day 26

Monday 7 September 2026

Every player in the world opened Monday 7 September 2026 with the same seven tiles: I, I, V, blank, S, E, 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 DIVINES, worth 129 points. It plays down, starting 6 squares before the centre star. It uses all seven tiles, so it also collects the full-kiln bonus. In all, 515 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: DIVINES for 129

I1V4I1N1E1S1129

Other strong words

  1. INVITES 123
  2. SIEVING 111
  3. VINIEST 111
  4. VISEING 111
  5. CIVIES 26

The best word at each length

The rack opens with words of 2 to 7 letters. This is the highest-scoring one at each length.

Highest-scoring opening word by word length, 7 September 2026
LettersWordScore
2EN4
3VIE20
4NEVI22
5VEINS26
6CIVIES26
7DIVINES129

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