Daily challenge: Friday, April 3, 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 (70 possible words, minimum 3 letters)

I	I	E	F
L	R	C	X
A	T	W	H
N	H	F	B

All 70 words in this grid

6-letter words (2)

RECTAL, RICTAL

5-letter words (14)

ANTRE, AREIC, CRWTH, FERAL, HATCH, LARCH, LATCH, NARIC, NATCH, RATCH, RECTA, TRICE, WRATH, XERIC

4-letter words (28)

ARCH, ARIL, CEIL, CIRE, HALT, HANT, HARE, HARL, HART, LARI, LATH, LICE, LICH, LIEF, LIER, LIRA, LIRE, LIRI, NARC, RANT, RATH, RICE, RICH, TALI, TARE, THAN, TREF, WHAT

3-letter words (26)

ALT, ANT, ARC, ARE, ART, ERA, FER, HAT, ICE, ICH, IRE, LAR, LAT, LIE, NAH, NTH, RAH, RAN, RAT, REC, REF, REI, REX, TAN, TAR, WHA

5x5 grid (147 possible words, minimum 4 letters)

E	S	A	F	N
A	Y	N	N	R
E	U	I	W	U
K	N	O	A	O
E	T	S	R	U

All 147 words in this grid

7-letter words (2)

AROINTS, FANIONS

6-letter words (18)

ANIONS, AROINT, FANION, INTOWN, KETONE, KNOWNS, RAWINS, ROUENS, SAUNAS, STONEY, TENIAS, TENORS, TENSOR, UNEASE, UNEASY, UNIONS, UNSAWN, UNSOWN

5-letter words (41)

ANION, ANSAE, ARSON, AUNTS, AYINS, FANNY, INURN, KENOS, KNOTS, KNOWN, NINNY, NOUNS, RAINS, RAINY, RAWIN, ROAST, ROUEN, RUNNY, SAINS, SAINT, SAUNA, SOWAR, STENO, STOAI, STONE, TENIA, TENOR, TONEY, TORAS, TOWNS, TOWNY, UNION, UNSAY, UNWON, WAINS, WASTE, WINEY, WINOS, WONTS, WORST, YENTE

4-letter words (86)

AINS, ANSA, ASEA, AUNT, AWNS, AWNY, AYES, AYIN, EASE, EASY, ENOW, EYAS, EYEN, EYES, FANS, FAYS, INNS, INTO, IONS, KEAS, KENO, KENS, KENT, KETO, KEYS, KNOT, KNOW, NANS, NAYS, NETS, NEUK, NINE, NOTE, NOUN, NUKE, NUNS, OARS, OAST, OINK, OSAR, OURS, OWNS, RAIN, ROTE, ROTS, ROUE, SAIN, SAWN, SNOT, SNOW, SNYE, SOAR, SONE, SORA, SOUK, SOWN, STOA, STOW, TENS, TONE, TONS, TORA, TORO, TORS, TOWN, TSAR, UNTO, URSA, WAIN, WARS, WAST, WAUR, WINE, WINK, WINO, WINS, WINY, WONK, WONS, WONT, WOST, WOTS, YEAS, YENS, YEUK, YINS

6x6 grid (120 possible words, minimum 5 letters)

H	T	O	I	S	S
E	H	E	E	S	I
S	G	E	O	E	H
S	I	U	N	O	E
R	B	O	D	I	E
O	N	R	H	B	E

All 120 words in this grid

9-letter words (1)

IRONBOUND

7-letter words (17)

BROUGHT, DORBUGS, DROUGHT, DUENESS, ENOUGHS, ETHENES, GENESES, GENESIS, GENOISE, HISSIES, IODINES, ORDINES, ROUGHEN, SEETHES, SHEENIE, SOUBISE, TOESHOE

6-letter words (37)

BOUGHS, BOUGHT, BOUGIE, BRIGHT, DHOBIS, DONEES, DONORS, DORBUG, DOUGHS, DOUGHT, DRONES, EIGHTH, ENOSIS, ENOUGH, ETHENE, GUENON, HEISHI, HISSES, HOISES, HONORS, IODINE, ISSEIS, NEIGHS, NOESIS, NOOSES, NOUGHT, RHINOS, RIGHTO, ROUGES, ROUGHS, SEETHE, SIEGES, SOUGHS, SOUGHT, THEIRS, THESIS, UNDOES

5-letter words (65)

BIGHT, BINES, BONES, BOUGH, BOUND, BRIGS, DHOBI, DINES, DOBIE, DONEE, DONOR, DOUGH, DRONE, DUNES, EIGHT, ENDUE, GEESE, GENES, GENIE, GHEES, GIRON, GUIRO, GUISE, HEIRS, HETHS, HOISE, HONES, HONOR, HOUND, INDUE, IODIN, ISSEI, NEIGH, NOIRS, NOISE, NONES, NOOSE, NORIS, NOSES, NUDIE, OUGHT, RHINO, RIGHT, RONDO, ROUEN, ROUGE, ROUGH, ROUND, SEGUE, SEISE, SENOR, SHEEN, SHEET, SHEND, SHOES, SHONE, SHOON, SHOTE, SIEGE, SIGHS, SIGHT, SISES, SOUGH, SOUND, THEIR