Daily challenge: Tuesday, March 24, 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 (126 possible words, minimum 3 letters)

U	N	Y	G
N	W	D	A
A	E	S	H
A	M	W	T

All 126 words in this grid

7-letter words (1)

UNNAMED

6-letter words (5)

DESMAN, GASMAN, GASMEN, SEAMAN, UNAWED

5-letter words (22)

AWNED, DEWAN, HADES, HADST, MANED, MANES, MAWED, NAMED, NAMES, NEWTS, SEDGY, SEWAN, SHADE, SHADY, TSADE, UNWED, WAMES, WANED, WANES, WEDGY, WENNY, WYNDS

4-letter words (53)

AMEN, ANES, ANEW, ASEA, AWED, AWES, AWNY, DAHS, DASH, DEAN, DEWS, DEWY, EDGY, EDHS, GADS, GASH, GAST, HADE, HAST, MAES, MANE, MAWN, MAWS, MEAN, MENU, MESA, MESH, MEWS, NAME, NEMA, NEST, NEWS, NEWT, SADE, SAGY, SEAM, SEWN, SHAD, SHAG, SHAY, SMEW, SWAM, SWAN, UNDE, UNDY, WAES, WAME, WANE, WEAN, WEDS, WEST, WYND, WYNN

3-letter words (45)

ADS, AMA, ANE, ASH, AWE, AWN, DAG, DAH, DAY, DEN, DEW, EDH, EMS, GAD, GAS, GAY, HAD, HAG, HAS, HAY, MAE, MAN, MAW, MED, MEN, MEW, NAE, NAM, NAW, NEW, NUN, SAD, SAG, SAY, SEA, SEN, SEW, SHA, WAE, WAN, WED, WEN, WHA, WYN, YAH

5x5 grid (55 possible words, minimum 4 letters)

H	L	H	R	D
R	W	H	O	T
O	A	S	R	F
F	N	H	L	R
F	H	R	H	B

All 55 words in this grid

6-letter words (2)

ROWANS, WHORLS

5-letter words (10)

DORSA, FROSH, ROANS, ROWAN, SHAWL, SHORL, SHORT, SNARL, WHORL, WHORT

4-letter words (43)

DORR, DORS, FANO, FANS, FARL, FARO, FASH, FONS, FORA, FORD, FORT, FOWL, HAHS, HARL, HASH, HAWS, HWAN, NOWS, OSAR, RAFF, RASH, RAWS, RHOS, ROAN, ROWS, SHAH, SHAW, SHOD, SHOT, SNAW, SNOW, SOFT, SORD, SORT, SWAN, TORR, TORS, TOSH, TROD, WAFF, WANS, WASH, WONS

6x6 grid (139 possible words, minimum 5 letters)

S	T	M	F	A	S
N	I	S	S	A	H
R	H	T	W	E	P
H	B	E	S	N	J
E	G	E	O	D	R
H	G	E	C	T	I

All 139 words in this grid

8-letter words (3)

HESSITES, MISSENDS, MISSENSE

7-letter words (6)

BRISSES, HESSITE, MISSEND, PESEWAS, SECONDI, SWASHES

6-letter words (36)

ASSIST, BEGETS, BESETS, BESTIR, COSETS, EGESTS, FASHES, GEESTS, HASTES, HAWSES, HISSES, MISSES, NEWEST, ONSETS, PASHAS, PASHES, PASSIM, PASTES, PASTIS, PENSEE, PESEWA, PEWEES, PHASES, SASHES, SECOND, SHAPEN, SHAPES, SHEAFS, SHENDS, SMITES, SMITHS, STINTS, THESES, TITHES, WASHES, WASTES

5-letter words (94)

ASHEN, ASHES, ASTIR, BEETS, BEGET, BESET, BESOT, BESTS, BETHS, BRIMS, BRINS, BRITS, CESTI, CONES, COSES, COSET, COSTS, DOEST, DOETH, DOSES, EASTS, EGEST, EPHAS, FASTS, FAWNS, GEESE, GEEST, GESTE, GESTS, HAAFS, HASTE, HAWSE, HEBES, HESTS, HINTS, HISTS, JESTS, MINTS, MISTS, MITES, NESTS, NEWTS, NITES, NOSES, ONSET, PASES, PASHA, PASTE, PASTS, PAWNS, PENDS, PESTS, PEWEE, PHASE, RITES, SENDS, SENSE, SHAPE, SHAWN, SHAWS, SHEAF, SHEAS, SHEND, SHEWN, SHEWS, SHIMS, SHINS, SHIST, SHITS, SHRIS, SINHS, SITES, SMITE, SMITH, SNEAP, SNITS, SONES, STEWS, STINT, SWASH, THEBE, THESE, THEWS, THINS, TINTS, TITHE, TONDI, TONES, TWAES, WASTE, WASTS, WEEST, WENDS, WESTS