Spelling Bee hint for August 7, 2026

Hints, from totals to every answer

1. Hint 1Words, points and pangramsShowHide

   There are 50 words worth 314 points in all, including 1 pangram.

2. Hint 2How many words of each lengthShowHide

   • 4 letters: 4
   • 5 letters: 5
   • 6 letters: 18
   • 7 letters: 17
   • 8 letters: 3
   • 9 letters: 3
3. Hint 3First-letter gridShowHide

   Words by first letter (rows) and length (columns).

   Letter	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
   d	1	1	2	5	1	2	12
   e	1	2	4	-	-	1	8
   g	1	2	2	2	-	-	7
   i	-	-	1	-	2	-	3
   n	-	-	1	2	-	-	3
   p	1	-	8	8	-	-	17

4. Hint 4Two-letter startsShowHide

   • de-6
   • di-6
   • ed-3
   • eg-2
   • en-2
   • ex-1
   • ge-3
   • gi-4
   • in-3
   • ne-1
   • ni-2
   • pe-7
   • pi-10
5. SpoilerReveal the pangramShowHide

   expending

6. SpoilerReveal every answerShowHide

   9 letters

   deepening, depending, expending

   8 letters

   deigning, indexing, indigene

   7 letters

   deeding, deigned, digging, dinging, dipping, gigging, ginning, needing, nipping, peeping, pegging, pending, penning, pepping, pigging, pinging, pinning

   6 letters

   dinged, dining, edging, egging, ending, engine, gigged, ginned, inning, nixing, peeing, pegged, pidgin, pigged, pigpen, pinged, pining, piping

   5 letters

   deign, edged, egged, genie, genii

   4 letters

   ding, edge, gene, ping

   Pangrams are in bold.