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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Sunday, January 4, 2026
A Sunday Bee built around the center letter F: 42 words, 201 points in total and Genius at 140, with a single 10-letter pangram, FAMILIARLY at the top of the list. The FA- family alone contributes 10 of the 42 words.
A
I
L
F
M
R
Y
42Accepted words
201Max score
140Genius at
1Pangram
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 F. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangram
There is one pangram today: a 10-letter word that starts with F and uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on FA- (FAIL, FAIR, FAIRLY, FAIRY) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangram
It uses all seven letters: A, I, L, M, R, Y, F.
FAMILIARLY
All 42 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
afar
affair
affirm
affray
alfalfa
fail
fair
fairly
fairy
fall
familial
familiar
familiarly
family
farm
filial
filially
fill
filly
film
filmy
firm
firmly
flail
flair
flay
flimflam
frail
frailly
fray
friar
friary
frill
frilly
iffy
mafia
mayfly
miff
raffia
ramify
riff
riffraff
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