Spelling Bee · Hints and answers
Spelling Bee hints and answers for Wednesday, June 17, 2026
A Wednesday Bee built around the center letter R: 42 words, 170 points in total and Genius at 118, with one pangram, ROLLBACK at the top of the list. The RO- family alone contributes 8 of the 42 words, more than any other family on the board. Word lengths run from 4 to 8 letters.
A
B
C
R
K
L
O
42Accepted words
170Max score
118Genius at
1Pangrams
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 R. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There is one pangram today, it is 8 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on RO- (ROAR, ROBOCALL, ROCK, ROCOCO) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangram
Each uses all seven letters: A, B, C, K, L, O, R.
ROLLBACK
All 42 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
arbor
arco
barb
barback
barbacoa
bark
barrack
boar
bookrack
boor
brook
carb
carob
carol
cobra
collar
color
coral
cork
corolla
corral
crab
crack
croak
croc
crock
crook
labor
lark
oarlock
okra
oral
orca
rack
roar
robocall
rock
rococo
roll
rollback
rollbar
rook
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