Word of the Week — the hard 7-letter puzzle

A word puzzle for people who find daily puzzles too easy

The Word of the Week uses the same color rules as the Word of the Day — green, yellow and gray tiles — but the words are longer and harder. Expect rare letters like J, K, Q, X and Z, double letters, and patterns that don't give themselves away (think JUKEBOX, KUMQUAT or RHUBARB).

• 7 letters, 10 guesses — more room, but every guess still counts.
• One puzzle per week, the same for every player; it changes every Monday.
• No time limit. Take a guess, think it over, come back tomorrow — your progress is saved.
• Bigger reward: solving it pays more coins than the daily puzzle, and fewer guesses pay even more.

Strategy for 7-letter words

1. Spend the first two guesses on coverage. Two words with 14 different letters reveal most of the alphabet's common letters.
2. Think in chunks. Long words are built from familiar pieces: -ING, -ED, -ER, QU-, -OX. Once you see a yellow Q, the U is almost certainly next to it.
3. Hunt rare letters deliberately. If the common letters are mostly gray, try a word with Z, X, J or K — one green rare letter often unlocks the whole word.
4. Count the vowels. Most 7-letter words have two or three; if you've found only one, keep looking.

Previous weeks

Answers to past weekly puzzles. This week's answer is never shown here.

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