Spelling Bee · Hints and answers

Spelling Bee hints and answers for Saturday, May 9, 2026

Center letter T (required in every word) · Outer letters: A, E, G, H, I, M

A Saturday Bee built around the center letter T: 53 words, 205 points in total and Genius at 143, with one pangram, MEGAHIT at the top of the list. The TE- family alone contributes 7 of the 53 words, more than any other family on the board. Word lengths run from 4 to 9 letters.

53Accepted words

205Max score

143Genius at

1Pangrams

Hints, in order

Hint 0 of 3

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Hint 1 of 3

Every word must contain the center letter T. 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 TE- (TEAM, TEAMMATE, TEAT, TEATIME) do much of the heavy work today.

The pangram

Each uses all seven letters: A, E, G, H, I, M, T.

MEGAHIT

All 53 words

The complete accepted word list for the day.

agate

agita

agitate

eight

eighth

eightieth

emit

gait

gamete

gate

hamate

hate

hath

hatha

heat

heath

height

hematite

imitate

item

mahatma

mate

math

matte

meat

meet

megahit