Spelling Bee hints and answers for Friday, April 17, 2026
A Friday Bee built around the center letter R: 50 words, 215 points in total and Genius at 150, with one pangram, MIDBRAIN at the top of the list. The RA- family alone contributes 10 of the 50 words, more than any other family on the board. The words on this board run from 4 to 9 letters in length, and every one of them is listed below.
Hints, in order
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Every word must contain the center letter R. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
There is one pangram today, it is 8 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Look for word families: words built on RA- (RABBI, RABID, RADAR, RADIAN) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangram
Each uses all seven letters: A, B, D, I, M, N, R.
All 50 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.