Completed Daily Challenge

August 2, 2026

This was the shared normal board for 2026-08-02. The figures below come from 1 recorded official score.

Final leaderboard

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, VIY: VIY mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
• Round 2, JUR: JUR mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
• Round 3, TAA: TAA repeats a required letter, so an answer needs separate appearances in the correct order.
• Round 4, NOE: NOE includes multiple vowels. The order rule still matters because a familiar word can contain the right letters in the wrong sequence.
• Round 5, DIM: DIM mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
• Round 6, ROE: ROE includes multiple vowels. The order rule still matters because a familiar word can contain the right letters in the wrong sequence.
• Round 7, OND: OND mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
• Round 8, DPI: DPI mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
• Round 9, EDO: EDO includes multiple vowels. The order rule still matters because a familiar word can contain the right letters in the wrong sequence.
• Round 10, EEC: EEC repeats a required letter, so an answer needs separate appearances in the correct order.

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.

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