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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Friday, January 23, 2026
A Friday Bee built around the center letter K: 38 words, 173 points in total and Genius at 121, with a single 7-letter pangram, BLOCKED at the top of the list. The CO- family alone contributes 9 of the 38 words.
B
C
D
K
E
L
O
38Accepted words
173Max score
121Genius 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 K. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangram
There is one pangram today: a 7-letter word that starts with B and uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on CO- (COCK, COCKED, COCKLE, COKE) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangram
It uses all seven letters: B, C, D, E, L, O, K.
BLOCKED
All 38 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
beck
bedeck
bedecked
block
blocked
bloke
bock
book
booked
cellblock
clock
clocked
cock
cocked
cockle
coke
coldcock
coldcocked
cook
cookbook
cooked
deck
decked
deckle
deke
deked
dock
docked
eked
keel
keeled
kook
leek
lock
locked
look
lookbook
looked
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