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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Monday, March 23, 2026

Center letter U (required in every word) · Outer letters: C, D, E, H, L, N

A Monday Bee built around the center letter U: 52 words, 265 points in total and Genius at 185, with two pangrams, LUNCHED and UNCLENCHED at the top of the list. The DU- family alone contributes 8 of the 52 words, more than any other family on the board. The words on this board run from 4 to 10 letters in length, and every one of them is listed below.

C
D
E
U
H
L
N
52Accepted words
265Max score
185Genius at
2Pangrams

Hints, in order

Hint 0 of 3

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Hint 1 of 3

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

Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams

There are two pangrams today, they run 7 to 10 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.

Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?

Look for word families: words built on DU- (DUDE, DUEL, DUELED, DULL) do much of the heavy work today.

The two pangrams

Each uses all seven letters: C, D, E, H, L, N, U.

LUNCHED
UNCLENCHED

All 52 words

The complete accepted word list for the day.

cellule
clue
clued
cuddle
cuddled
cued
cull
culled
deduce
deduced
delude
deluded
denude
denuded
deuce
dude
duel
dueled
dull
dulled
dunce
dune
dunned
educe
educed
elude
eluded
endue
endued
eunuch
huddle
huddled
hued
hull
hulled
hunch
hunched
lull
lulled
lulu
lunch
lunched
lune
nude
null
unceded
uncle
unclench
unclenched
undue
unheeded
unneeded
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