Daily challenge: Saturday, March 7, 2026

The complete record of this day's puzzles: each grid, every word it contained, and the players who scored highest. Words are validated against Popple's 172,727-word dictionary; minimum length is 3 letters on 4×4, 4 on 5×5, and 5 on 6×6.

4x4 grid (132 possible words, minimum 3 letters)

O	K	C	N
B	U	R	O
N	I	S	O
E	E	E	I

All 132 words in this grid

8-letter words (1)

BURNOOSE

6-letter words (16)

BOURSE, BURIES, COOEES, COSINE, CRUISE, CURIES, EOSINE, KOUROI, KOUROS, KRUBIS, ORISON, RUBIES, RUSINE, UNISON, URINES, URSINE

5-letter words (33)

BINES, BIRSE, BISON, BOURN, BOUSE, BUCKO, BURIN, BURSE, COOEE, CORSE, COSIE, CRIES, CROON, CRUSE, CURIE, CURSE, EOSIN, INURN, KROON, KRUBI, NISEI, NOOSE, NORIS, NURSE, OORIE, OURIE, RISEN, ROOSE, ROSIN, RUNES, SEINE, SOCKO, URINE

4-letter words (38)

BINE, BIRK, BISE, BUCK, BURN, BURS, COOS, CORK, CORN, CRIB, CRIS, CRUS, CURN, CURS, IRON, KRIS, NISI, NOCK, NORI, NOSE, OBIS, OURS, RISE, ROCK, ROES, ROSE, RUCK, RUIN, RUNE, RUSE, SEEN, SENE, SINE, SOCK, SOON, SORI, SORN, SUCK

3-letter words (44)

BIN, BIS, BUN, BUR, BUS, CON, COO, COR, COS, CUB, CUR, IRK, KOB, NEE, NIB, NOO, NOR, NOS, NUB, NUS, OBI, OES, ORC, ORS, OSE, OUR, RIB, RIN, ROC, ROE, RUB, RUN, SEE, SEI, SEN, SIB, SIN, SIR, SON, SRI, SUB, SUN, URN, USE

5x5 grid (70 possible words, minimum 4 letters)

T	D	E	E	T
O	H	U	O	O
N	M	R	Q	N
T	O	C	L	R
H	D	F	R	S

All 70 words in this grid

7-letter words (2)

CROQUET, TORQUED

6-letter words (7)

CROTON, ROQUET, THORON, THURLS, TOMCOD, TOROTH, TORQUE

5-letter words (23)

CROON, CRUDE, CRUET, DONOR, DUROC, FORUM, HONOR, HUMOR, HURLS, MOHUR, MONTH, MORON, ODEON, ODEUM, QUOTE, RHEUM, ROQUE, THORO, THROE, THRUM, THURL, TOQUE, TOROT

4-letter words (38)

CORM, CRUD, DEET, DORM, DOTH, DUET, DURO, EURO, FONT, FORM, HOMO, HUED, HURL, MODE, MONO, MOTH, MUON, NODE, NORM, NOTE, OHED, ONTO, ROOT, ROTE, ROTO, ROUE, RUDE, RUED, TEED, THEE, THRO, THRU, THUD, TOED, TOON, TORC, TORO, TOUR

6x6 grid (38 possible words, minimum 5 letters)

E	N	R	N	H	L
R	M	L	E	U	I
M	H	G	W	I	E
L	N	O	T	W	Z
M	C	N	W	N	K
A	A	I	E	W	M

All 38 words in this grid

8-letter words (1)

WINNOWER

7-letter words (2)

ANCIENT, TONGMEN

6-letter words (14)

CANNOT, CANTON, CONGER, COWIER, GERMEN, HOGTIE, HOWLER, INTOWN, LEGMEN, NEWTON, TONGER, TOWNIE, UNHELM, WINNOW

5-letter words (21)

AMAIN, ANCON, ANENT, CANON, CANTO, CONGE, COWER, GONIA, INCOG, MACON, MANIC, NEWIE, OGLER, REWON, TONIC, TONNE, TOWEL, TOWER, TOWIE, TWIER, TWINE