Board
Difficulty: Normal
Rounds: 10
Letter sequences: CMN · IRT · SPE · IYA · EAS · CLE · NEY · HEE · FRA · OPA
Completed Daily Challenge
August 3, 2026
This was the shared normal board for 2026-08-03. The figures below come from 1 recorded official score.
Final score summary
Players: 1
Average: 10,916
Median: 10,916
Winning score: 10,916
Final leaderboard
#1Pop ★10,916
×3 combo · 9 letters
×3 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, CMN: CMN is consonant-heavy. Players had to supply vowel bridges while preserving all three positions.
- Round 2, IRT: IRT mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
- Round 3, SPE: SPE mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
- Round 4, IYA: IYA includes multiple vowels. The order rule still matters because a familiar word can contain the right letters in the wrong sequence.
- Round 5, EAS: EAS includes multiple vowels. The order rule still matters because a familiar word can contain the right letters in the wrong sequence.
- Round 6, CLE: CLE mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
- Round 7, NEY: NEY mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
- Round 8, HEE: HEE repeats a required letter, so an answer needs separate appearances in the correct order.
- Round 9, FRA: FRA mixes one vowel with two consonants, leaving several possible gaps for prefixes, suffixes, and longer stems.
- Round 10, OPA: OPA 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.
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