Daily challenge: Monday, September 14, 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 (101 possible words, minimum 3 letters)

O	A	H	L
A	P	W	T
U	F	E	O
C	N	L	R

All 101 words in this grid

6-letter words (6)

FLORET, FLOWER, REFLOW, THAWER, UPFLOW, WOLFER

5-letter words (11)

CUPEL, FETOR, LOWER, NEROL, PAWER, ROWEL, ROWEN, ROWTH, TOWEL, TOWER, UNLET

4-letter words (29)

APER, AWOL, EPHA, FAUN, FLEW, FLOE, FLOW, HAAF, LORE, LOTH, LOWE, NEWT, OPAH, OPEN, ORLE, PAWL, PELF, REPO, ROLE, ROLF, ROTE, ROTL, TEPA, THAW, TOLE, TORE, WHAP, WOLF, WORE

3-letter words (55)

AAH, APE, AWE, AWL, CUP, ELF, ETH, FEN, FER, FET, FEW, FUN, HAO, HAP, HAW, LET, LOT, LOW, NET, NEW, OAF, OLE, OPE, ORE, OWE, OWL, PAH, PAW, PEN, PER, PET, PEW, PHT, PUN, REF, REP, RET, ROE, ROT, ROW, TEL, TEN, TEW, TOE, TOR, TOW, TWA, TWO, UPO, WAP, WEN, WET, WHA, WOE, WOT

5x5 grid (104 possible words, minimum 4 letters)

T	A	D	T	E
E	T	I	U	E
E	C	W	Q	H
R	A	F	E	R
G	G	R	E	E

All 104 words in this grid

8-letter words (2)

FACETIAE, REQUITER

7-letter words (5)

ACETATE, DICTATE, REFRACT, REQUITE, TECTITE

6-letter words (9)

CAREER, FACETE, FRACTI, REARER, RECITE, REEFER, REFACE, TEARER, TERCET

5-letter words (41)

ACETA, AECIA, AGREE, ARETE, ATTIC, CARER, CARET, CITER, DATER, DICER, DICTA, EAGRE, EATER, EQUID, ETWEE, FACER, FACET, FACIA, FARCE, FARCI, FARER, FREER, FRERE, GRACE, GREET, QUITE, RACER, RARER, RAWER, REACT, RECTA, RECTI, REFER, RETIA, TATER, TECTA, TERCE, TERGA, TITER, TWICE, WAFER

4-letter words (47)

ACID, ACRE, ACTA, ADIT, AWEE, CAFE, CARE, CETE, CITE, CRAG, CRAW, DATE, DICE, DITA, DITE, DUET, DUIT, ETIC, ETUI, FACE, FACT, FARE, FERE, FRAE, FRAG, FREE, GREE, GREW, HERE, HUIC, QUID, QUIT, RACE, RARE, REAR, REEF, RETE, TATE, TEAR, TEAT, TWAE, TWEE, TWIT, WARE, WEER, WERE, WITE

6x6 grid (131 possible words, minimum 5 letters)

S	A	H	E	B	W
V	O	T	G	D	T
S	O	P	R	T	N
E	A	E	E	B	U
R	I	E	H	M	I
H	U	L	P	A	N

All 131 words in this grid

9-letter words (1)

DEGREASER

8-letter words (3)

DEGREASE, DREARIES, SAPREMIA

7-letter words (16)

APHELIA, BERTHAS, BERTHED, GREASER, HEPTOSE, IMPLIES, LEARIER, PEMBINA, PLEASER, PLEURAE, PLEURAS, REPOSER, SAPOTAS, SOOTHED, TERBIUM, ULPANIM

6-letter words (43)

AERIER, AMBEER, BERTHA, BUNTER, DEGREE, EELIER, EPHEBI, ERBIUM, GREASE, HOOPER, HOOTED, IMPHEE, LEAPER, LEASER, MERGED, NUMBER, NUMINA, PAREOS, PARIES, PEEPER, PEREIA, PLEASE, PLEURA, POOHED, PREMAN, REAPER, REHEAR, REHEEL, REMAIN, REPAIR, REPOSE, RESAIL, RULIER, SAPOTA, SAPOTE, SERAIL, SERAPE, SOAPER, SOOTED, SOOTHE, TEMPEH, TEMPLE, TERBIA

5-letter words (68)

AERIE, AIMER, AMBER, AMEER, AMPLE, ANIME, ARIEL, BERTH, BETAS, BIMAH, BUMPH, BUNDT, DREAR, EGRET, ETHOS, GETAS, GREET, HATED, HEMIN, HIRES, HOPER, IMPEL, LEAPT, LEASE, LIRAS, LURES, MAPLE, MERDE, MERGE, METRE, MUTER, NAMER, NUBIA, OOHED, OPTED, OVATE, PAREO, PARES, PASEO, PEASE, PEREA, PLEAS, PLIER, PLIES, POSER, RAPER, REBUT, REHEM, REMAN, REMAP, REPOS, REPOT, SATED, SERAI, SOOTH, TEPAS, TEPEE, THOSE, TOPEE, TOPER, TOPOS, TUBER, ULPAN, UMBER, URAEI, URASE, UREAS, VOTED