Daily challenge: Saturday, July 18, 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)

H	A	O	Qu
I	H	B	N
I	E	I	F
D	E	L	I

All 70 words in this grid

6-letter words (4)

BELIED, HABILE, HEILED, HONIED

5-letter words (7)

ABELE, BEDEL, BELIE, ELFIN, FILED, FLIED, OBELI

4-letter words (23)

ABED, BILE, DEIL, DELE, DELF, DELI, DIEL, EBON, EIDE, FILE, FINO, FLED, FLEE, HEED, HEEL, HEIL, HIDE, HIED, HILI, LIED, LINO, OHED, OHIA

3-letter words (36)

ABO, BAH, BED, BEE, BEL, BIN, BOA, DEB, DEE, DEL, DIE, EEL, ELF, FIB, FIE, FIL, FIN, HAH, HAO, HID, HIE, HIN, HOB, HON, LED, LEE, LEI, LIB, LIE, LIN, NIB, NIL, NOB, NOH, OBE, OBI

5x5 grid (146 possible words, minimum 4 letters)

I	O	R	S	S
H	I	O	E	R
T	C	S	E	E
N	T	I	E	I
I	H	H	H	H

All 146 words in this grid

9-letter words (1)

ISOCHORES

8-letter words (7)

CHITTIES, CHOOSERS, CHOOSIER, INCISORS, ISOCHORE, ISOCHORS, RESCORES

7-letter words (11)

CHOOSER, CHOOSES, ERISTIC, INCISES, INCISOR, ISOCHOR, RESCORE, ROOSERS, SCORERS, SEERESS, SOIREES

6-letter words (28)

CHIROS, CHOIRS, CHOOSE, CHORES, CORERS, CORSES, COSIER, HIRERS, HOISES, HORSES, ICHORS, ICIEST, INCISE, OSIERS, RERISE, REROSE, RISERS, ROOSER, ROOSES, ROSIER, SCORER, SCORES, SEREST, SOIREE, SOREST, THESES, THORIC, TSORES

5-letter words (47)

CHIRO, CHOIR, CHORE, CIRES, COIRS, CORER, CORES, CORSE, COSES, COSIE, EROSE, ERSES, HEIST, HINTS, HIRER, HIRES, HITCH, HOISE, HOIST, HORSE, ICHOR, ICIER, INTIS, OSIER, REEST, RESEE, RISER, RISES, ROOSE, ROOST, ROSES, SCORE, SEERS, SERER, SERES, SIREE, SIRES, SORER, SORES, STICH, STINT, THESE, THORO, TIERS, TINCT, TIRES, TIROS

4-letter words (52)

CHIS, CHIT, CIRE, CIST, COIR, CORE, COSS, COST, EROS, ESES, HEST, HIES, HINT, HIRE, HIST, HITS, INCH, INTI, IRES, ITCH, NITS, ORES, OSES, REES, REIS, REST, RICH, RISE, ROCS, ROES, ROSE, SEER, SEES, SERE, SERS, SIRE, SIRS, SITH, SORE, SORI, SRIS, THEE, THIN, THIO, THIR, THIS, TICS, TIER, TIES, TINT, TIRE, TIRO

6x6 grid (87 possible words, minimum 5 letters)

H	H	T	D	R	F
R	E	U	H	E	E
G	W	S	W	E	A
S	L	L	U	E	M
S	U	A	T	A	C
O	E	A	M	E	V

All 87 words in this grid

8-letter words (2)

THRESHED, THRESHER

7-letter words (7)

ACETALS, HEMATAL, REGLUES, RESLATE, REWEAVE, SHEERED, ULULATE

6-letter words (20)

ACETAL, CAUSER, EMEUTE, HUSHED, LUSHED, LUSHER, MALGRE, MEATAL, MEATUS, METALS, REGLUE, RESULT, SHEWED, SHEWER, TAMALS, THRESH, TUSHED, USUALS, WETHER, WUTHER

5-letter words (58)

ACETA, AMEER, CAULS, CAUSE, DEFER, DREAM, EMEER, EMEUS, ETHER, ETUDE, FREED, GLUES, HETHS, HEWED, HEWER, LLAMA, LUAUS, LULUS, LUTEA, MALLS, MAULS, METAL, MEWED, MEWLS, REFED, REHEM, REWET, SEALS, SHEER, SHEET, SHERD, SHRED, SHREW, SHUTE, SLATE, SLUES, SOULS, SUAVE, SULUS, SWEAT, SWEER, SWEET, TALUS, TAMAL, TESLA, TEWED, THEME, THERE, THEWS, THREE, THREW, ULAMA, USHER, USUAL, VATUS, VAULT, WEAVE, WHERE