Spelling Bee hint for October 16, 2026
The puzzle for Friday, October 16, 2026. Every hint is hidden until you open it, so take only the nudge you need.
Hints, from totals to every answer
Hint 1Words, points and pangramsShowHide
There are 56 words worth 339 points in all, including 2 pangrams (1 of them is a perfect pangram, using each letter exactly once).
Hint 2How many words of each lengthShowHide
- 4 letters: 11
- 5 letters: 3
- 6 letters: 7
- 7 letters: 27
- 8 letters: 5
- 9 letters: 2
- 10 letters: 1
Hint 3First-letter gridShowHide
Words by first letter (rows) and length (columns). Letter 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total b 3 1 - 7 1 - - 12 g 4 - 1 4 3 - - 12 i - - 1 1 1 - - 3 n - - 1 1 - - - 2 p 2 - 2 7 - - - 11 r 2 1 - 7 - - - 10 u - 1 2 - - 2 1 6 Hint 4Two-letter startsShowHide
- bi-2
- br-5
- bu-5
- gi-3
- gr-7
- gu-2
- in-3
- ni-2
- pi-6
- pr-2
- pu-3
- ri-5
- ru-5
- un-3
- up-2
- ur-1
SpoilerReveal the pangramsShowHide
upbringing, burping
SpoilerReveal every answerShowHide
10 letters
upbringing
9 letters
unpinning, unrigging
8 letters
bringing, grinning, gripping, grubbing, inurning
7 letters
binging, binning, bribing, brining, bugging, burning, burping, gigging, ginning, griping, gunning, inuring, nipping, pigging, pinging, pinning, pruning, punning, purging, purring, ribbing, rigging, ringing, ripping, rubbing, ruining, running
6 letters
gibing, inning, nigiri, pining, piping, upping, urging
5 letters
bring, ruing, unrig
4 letters
brig, bung, burg, grin, grip, grub, guru, ping, prig, ring, rung
Pangrams are in bold.