Issue #16 Sat 16 May
Spelling Bee hints — May 16, 2026
A fresh seven-letter hive — work the centre letter through every word.
Hive 64 words · 286 pts · 3 pangrams
Today's hive
A E H N O P T
64 words · 286 points · 3 pangrams.
Words by first letter and length.
↓ / → 4 5 6 7 8 9 Σ A 4 2 · 2 2 · 10 E · 1 1 · · · 2 H 4 3 1 2 · · 10 N 5 1 3 1 · · 10 O 1 1 · · · · 2 P 7 2 3 4 2 2 20 T 5 2 3 · · · 10 Σ 26 12 11 9 4 2 64 Words by their first two letters.
- A AE-1AN-6AP-1AT-2
- E EA-1ET-1
- H HA-4HE-6
- N NA-4NE-5NO-1
- O OA-2
- P PA-10PE-4PH-3PO-3
- T TA-3TE-3TH-4
3 pangrams. Lengths and first letters revealed below.
- Pangram #1 — starts with P, 8 letters.
- Pangram #2 — starts with P, 7 letters.
- Pangram #3 — starts with P, 7 letters.
Full word list.
A
- AEON
- ANON
- ANTE
- ATOP
- APNEA
- ATONE
- ANNATTO
- ANTENNA
- ANNOTATE
- ANTENNAE
E
- EATEN
- ETHANE
H
- HATE
- HATH
- HEAP
- HEAT
- HATHA
- HEATH
- HENNA
- HAPPEN
- HEATHEN
- HEPTANE
N
- NAAN
- NANA
- NAPE
- NEAP
- NEAT
- NEATH
- NATANT
- NEATEN
- NOTATE
- NEONATE
O
- OATH
- OATEN
P
- PANE
- PANT
- PAPA
- PATE
- PATH
- PEAT
- PHAT
- PAEAN
- POPPA
- PATENT
- PEAHEN
- POTATO
- PENNANT
- PENTANE
- PHAETON · pangram
- PHONATE · pangram
- PANTHEON · pangram
- PATENTEE
- PANETTONE
- POTENTATE
T
- TAPA
- TAPE
- TEAT
- THAN
- THAT
- THANE
- THETA
- TATTOO
- TEAPOT
- TENANT