Spelling Bee · Hints and answers
Spelling Bee hints and answers for Saturday, January 3, 2026
A Saturday Bee built around the center letter C: 43 words, 207 points in total and Genius at 144, with two pangrams, COUNCILOR and UNICOLOR at the top of the list. The CO- family alone contributes 15 of the 43 words.
I
L
N
C
O
R
U
43Accepted words
207Max score
144Genius at
2Pangrams
Hints, in order
Hint 0 of 3Tap to show one hint at a time.
Hint 1 of 3
Every word must contain the center letter C. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There are 2 pangrams today, running 9, 8 letters - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on CO- (COCCI, COCOON, COIL, COIN) do much of the heavy work today.
The two pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: I, L, N, O, R, U, C.
COUNCILOR
UNICOLOR
All 43 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
cirri
clinic
cocci
cocoon
coil
coin
coir
colic
colon
colonic
color
concur
conic
cool
corn
council
councilor
croc
croci
croon
cull
curio
curl
icon
iconic
incur
ionic
ironic
loci
loco
nuncio
occur
oculi
ricin
rococo
runic
uncoil
uncool
uncurl
unicolor
unicorn
unironic
uric
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