Crossplay Seven-Letter Words
Using every tile on your rack in one move earns a +40 sweep bonus. Type your seven letters and find out whether one is hiding there.
Need the board too? The full solver places these words on real squares and scores the premiums.
Highest-scoring seven-letter words
Ranked by face value of the tiles alone, before premium squares and the sweep bonus. These are the ones worth recognising on sight.
- ZYZZYVA45
- PIZAZZY39
- JAZZILY38
- JAZZING37
- BUZZWIG36
- JAZZMAN36
- JAZZMEN36
- QUIZZED36
- ZIZZLED36
- QUIZZER35
- QUIZZES35
- ZIZZLES35
- JAZZERS34
- JAZZIER34
- FUZZILY33
- MUZJIKS33
- BUZZING32
- FRIZZLY32
- FUZZING32
- GRIZZLY32
- JUKEBOX32
- MUZZILY32
- SCHIZZY32
- WHIZZED32
- FIZZING31
- GUZZLED31
- SKYJACK31
- WHIZZER31
- WHIZZES31
- ZIGZAGS31
- BUZZARD30
- DIZZILY30
- DRIZZLY30
- FIZZLED30
- GUZZLER30
- GUZZLES30
- HUZZAHS30
- JUJUBES30
- JUMBUCK30
- KOLKOZY30
- MEZUZAH30
- MUZZLED30
- PUZZLED30
- SWIZZLE30
- BEZIQUE29
- BUZZERS29
- CHAZZAN29
- CHAZZEN29
- FIZZLES29
- FRAZZLE29
- FRIZZED29
- FRIZZLE29
- FUZZIER29
- GIZZARD29
- GRIZZLE29
- HUZZAED29
- JAYWALK29
- JEJUNUM29
- JEZEBEL29
- JIMJAMS29
The arithmetic of a sweep
Seven one-point tiles spell a word worth 7. Put it on a double word square and it is 14. Add the sweep bonus and it is 54. That is why an unremarkable word made of cheap letters routinely beats a clever short play with a J in it — the bonus dwarfs the tiles.
It also means you should sometimes decline a decent play. If you hold six tiles that look one letter away from a sweep, scoring 18 now and breaking the rack can cost you 60 next turn. Play four points and keep the shape.
Rack management that produces sweeps
- Balance. Four consonants, three vowels. Racks that drift to five vowels or six consonants almost never make a word.
- Dump duplicates. Two of the same letter kills more sweeps than any single bad tile.
- Keep the good letters. S, E, R, A, T, I, N combine with almost anything. Spend the V, W, and K.
- Learn the stems. Six-letter combinations like SATIRE and RETINA make a word with a large fraction of the alphabet — see the sweep words page.
Related
- Sweep WordsThe six-letter stems that turn into sweeps.
- Word FinderType your letters, see every word you can make.
- Strategy GuideTen ideas that add points to every game.
- Crossplay SolverEnter your board and rack, get every legal move ranked by score.
- Scoring RulesHow a play is scored, worked through step by step.
- Post-Game CoachScore your move and see the points you left behind.
Common questions
What is a sweep worth?
Playing all 7 tiles in one move adds 40 points on top of whatever the word scores. On a double word square a modest seven-letter word clears 70 points.
Why does the list not show all seven-letter words?
There are 23,109 of them, which is far too many to read. The tool above answers the only question that matters — whether the tiles you are actually holding make one — and the list below covers the highest-scoring ones worth recognising.
How do I get more sweeps?
Keep a balanced rack. Roughly four consonants and three vowels, no duplicates, and avoid holding two of the same awkward letter. Learning the common six-letter stems is the other half of it.