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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Sunday, March 22, 2026

Center letter A (required in every word) · Outer letters: D, G, H, I, L, N

A Sunday Bee built around the center letter A: 69 words, 362 points in total and Genius at 253, with three pangrams, GLADHANDING, HANDLING and HIGHLAND at the top of the list. The GA- family alone contributes 14 of the 69 words, more than any other family on the board. The words themselves run from 4 to 11 letters in length, and every single one of them is listed below in full.

D
G
H
A
I
L
N
69Accepted words
362Max score
253Genius at
3Pangrams

Hints, in order

Hint 0 of 3

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Hint 1 of 3

Every word must contain the center letter A. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.

Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams

There are three pangrams today, they run 8 to 11 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.

Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?

Look for word families: words built on GA- (GADDING, GAGA, GAGGING, GAIN) do much of the heavy work today.

The three pangrams

Each uses all seven letters: A, D, G, H, I, L, N.

GLADHANDING
HANDLING
HIGHLAND

All 69 words

The complete accepted word list for the day.

adding
addling
again
aging
aiding
ailing
alga
algal
align
aligning
anal
angina
angling
annal
dahlia
dandling
dang
dangling
dial
dialing
gadding
gaga
gagging
gain
gaining
gala
galangal
gall
galling
gang
ganging
gangland
ganglia
gangling
glad
gladhand
gladhanding
gland
glia
haggling
hail
hailing
halal
hall
hand
handing
handling
hang
hanging
hangnail
highland
inhaling
inlaid
inland
lading
ladling
lagging
laid
lain
lanai
land
landing
naan
nada
nagging
naiad
nail
nailing
nana
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