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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Tuesday, May 12, 2026
A Tuesday Bee built around the center letter C: 38 words, 201 points in total and Genius at 140, with two pangrams, COMBATANT and NONCOMBATANT at the top of the list. The CO- family alone contributes 15 of the 38 words, more than any other family on the board. Word lengths run from 4 to 12 letters.
A
B
M
C
N
O
T
38Accepted words
201Max score
140Genius at
2Pangrams
Hints, in order
Hint 0 of 3Tap to show one hint at a time.
Hint 1 of 3
Every word must contain the center letter C. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There are two pangrams today, they run 9 to 12 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on CO- (COAT, COCA, COCOA, COCOON) do much of the heavy work today.
The two pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: A, B, C, M, N, O, T.
COMBATANT
NONCOMBATANT
All 38 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
bacon
banc
bobcat
cabana
cacao
camo
cancan
canna
cannon
cannot
canon
cant
cantata
canton
catacomb
coat
coca
cocoa
cocoon
coma
comb
combat
combatant
combo
comma
common
concoct
contact
coot
cotton
noncom
noncombatant
octant
taco
tact
tobacco
toccata
tomcat
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