Spelling Bee · Hints and answers

Spelling Bee hints and answers for Thursday, June 18, 2026

Center letter T (required in every word) · Outer letters: D, E, F, I, O, X

A Thursday Bee built around the center letter T: 40 words, 168 points in total and Genius at 117, with two pangrams, DETOXIFIED and TOXIFIED at the top of the list. The TO- family alone contributes 7 of the 40 words, more than any other family on the board. Word lengths run from 4 to 10 letters.

40Accepted words

168Max score

117Genius at

2Pangrams

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 are two pangrams today, they run 8 to 10 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.

Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?

Look for word families: words built on TO- (TOED, TOFFEE, TOOT, TOOTED) do much of the heavy work today.

The two pangrams

Each uses all seven letters: D, E, F, I, O, T, X.

DETOXIFIED

TOXIFIED

All 40 words

The complete accepted word list for the day.

deft

detox

detoxed

detoxified

diet

dieted

ditto

dote

doted

dotted

edit

edited

effete

exit

exited

feet

fete

feted

fetid

fitted

foot

footed

footie

idiot

teed

teff

text

texted

tide

tided

tidied

tied

tiff

toed

toffee

toot

tooted

tote

toted

toxified

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