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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Sunday, January 18, 2026
A Sunday Bee built around the center letter C: 50 words, 324 points in total and Genius at 226, with 3 pangrams: ADDICTING, DICTATING and INDICATING at the top of the list. The CA- family alone contributes 12 of the 50 words.
A
D
G
C
I
N
T
50Accepted words
324Max score
226Genius at
3Pangrams
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 3 pangrams today, running 9, 9, 10 letters - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on CA- (CACTI, CADGING, CAGING, CANCAN) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: A, D, G, I, N, T, C.
ADDICTING
DICTATING
INDICATING
All 50 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
acacia
acai
acid
acidic
acing
acting
addict
addicting
antacid
antic
attic
cacti
cadging
caging
cancan
candid
canid
caning
canna
canning
cant
cantata
cantina
cicada
citing
dancing
dicing
dicta
dictating
didact
didactic
gigantic
icing
incant
incanting
inciting
indica
indicating
indicia
indict
indicting
intact
niacin
tacit
tact
tactic
tactician
tannic
tinct
titanic
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