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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Wednesday, January 7, 2026
A Wednesday Bee built around the center letter P: 56 words, 269 points in total and Genius at 188, with a single 8-letter pangram, PENDULUM at the top of the list. The PE- family alone contributes 16 of the 56 words.
D
E
L
P
M
N
U
56Accepted words
269Max score
188Genius 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 P. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangram
There is one pangram today: a 8-letter word that starts with P and uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on PE- (PEDDLE, PEDDLED, PEED, PEEL) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangram
It uses all seven letters: D, E, L, M, N, U, P.
PENDULUM
All 56 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
deep
deepen
deepened
depend
depended
dump
dumped
dupe
duped
duple
epee
lump
lumped
peddle
peddled
peed
peel
peeled
peen
peep
peeped
pend
pended
pendulum
penmen
penne
penned
peplum
pepped
pled
plenum
plum
plume
plumed
plump
plumped
puddle
puddled
pule
puled
pull
pulled
pulp
pulped
pummel
pummeled
pump
pumped
punned
umped
unpeeled
unpen
unpenned
upend
upended
upped
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