This was the shared normal board for 2026-07-28. The figures below come from 5 recorded official scores.
Board
Difficulty: Normal
Rounds: 10
Letter sequences: BOD · RAS · UIT · AOE · SET · OLI · CRZ · PIL · TRI · EIS
Final score summary
Players: 5
Average: 19,257
Median: 18,186
Winning score: 25,354
Final leaderboard
#1Lolly ★25,354 ×10 combo · 12 letters
#2Pop ★21,279 ×10 combo · 9 letters
#3L1ttl3.M0thC4t ★18,186 ×8 combo · 12 letters
#4bailey ★15,755 ×3 combo · 13 letters
#5Rinocarm ★15,711 ×6 combo · 9 letters
Puzzle notes
The board moved through ten independently generated patterns. These notes describe the letter structure, not player submissions; WordSQD did not store the submitted words for these early Daily scores.
Round 1, BOD: BOD mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
Round 2, RAS: RAS mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
Round 3, UIT: UIT includes multiple vowels. The order rule still matters because a familiar word can contain the right letters in the wrong sequence.
Round 4, AOE: AOE includes multiple vowels. The order rule still matters because a familiar word can contain the right letters in the wrong sequence.
Round 5, SET: SET mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
Round 6, OLI: OLI includes multiple vowels. The order rule still matters because a familiar word can contain the right letters in the wrong sequence.
Round 7, CRZ: CRZ is consonant-heavy. Players had to supply vowel bridges while preserving all three positions.
Round 8, PIL: PIL mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
Round 9, TRI: TRI mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
Round 10, EIS: EIS includes multiple vowels. The order rule still matters because a familiar word can contain the right letters in the wrong sequence.
Strategy for a board like this
Take a safe valid word when a pattern stalls you, then protect the combo on the next round. For consonant-heavy sequences, place the required letters on paper or in your head with spaces between them and test vowel bridges. For repeated letters, count each required occurrence before submitting.