Spelling Bee hint for August 31, 2026

Hints, from totals to every answer

1. Hint 1Words, points and pangramsShowHide

   There are 60 words worth 276 points in all, including 2 pangrams (1 of them is a perfect pangram, using each letter exactly once).

2. Hint 2How many words of each lengthShowHide

   • 4 letters: 19
   • 5 letters: 18
   • 6 letters: 12
   • 7 letters: 7
   • 8 letters: 4
3. Hint 3First-letter gridShowHide

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

   Letter	4	5	6	7	8	Total
   a	2	2	-	-	1	5
   b	8	2	6	3	2	21
   d	1	6	4	-	-	11
   l	6	5	1	1	1	14
   o	1	1	1	1	-	4
   r	1	2	-	2	-	5

4. Hint 4Two-letter startsShowHide

   • ab-1
   • ad-1
   • al-3
   • ba-8
   • bl-6
   • bo-6
   • br-1
   • da-1
   • do-4
   • dr-6
   • la-3
   • lo-11
   • od-2
   • or-2
   • ra-1
   • ro-4
5. SpoilerReveal the pangramsShowHide

   adorably, broadly

6. SpoilerReveal every answerShowHide

   8 letters

   adorably, balladry, ballyard, loblolly

   7 letters

   ballboy, bollard, broadly, loyally, oddball, rollbar, royally

   6 letters

   baldly, ballad, blabby, blobby, bloody, boldly, dollar, drably, drolly, drooly, lordly, orally

   5 letters

   allay, alloy, badly, blood, dally, dolly, dolor, droll, drool, dryly, labor, lobby, lordy, lorry, loyal, oddly, rally, royal

   4 letters

   ably, ally, bald, ball, blab, blob, bola, bold, boll, bolo, doll, lady, lard, load, lobo, loll, lord, oral, roll

   Pangrams are in bold.