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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Friday, April 3, 2026

Center letter K (required in every word) · Outer letters: A, D, E, F, L, N

A Friday Bee built around the center letter K: 34 words, 143 points in total and Genius at 100, with one pangram, FLANKED at the top of the list. The KN- family alone contributes 8 of the 34 words, more than any other family on the board. The words on this board run from 4 to 8 letters in length, and every one of them is listed below.

A
D
E
K
F
L
N
34Accepted words
143Max score
100Genius at
1Pangrams

Hints, in order

Hint 0 of 3

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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 - Pangrams

There is one pangram today, it is 7 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.

Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?

Look for word families: words built on KN- (KNEAD, KNEADED, KNEE, KNEED) do much of the heavy work today.

The pangram

Each uses all seven letters: A, D, E, F, K, L, N.

FLANKED

All 34 words

The complete accepted word list for the day.

ankle
dank
deke
deked
eked
fake
faked
flak
flake
flaked
flank
flanked
kale
keel
keeled
keen
keened
kennel
kenneled
knead
kneaded
knee
kneed
kneel
kneeled
knell
knelled
lake
lank
leak
leaked
leek
naked
nankeen
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