Spelling Bee · Hints and answers
Spelling Bee hints and answers for Friday, July 3, 2026
A Friday Bee built around the center letter A: 63 words, 235 points in total and Genius at 164, with two pangrams, DOORNAIL and ORDINAL at the top of the list. The RA- family alone contributes 13 of the 63 words.
D
I
L
A
N
O
R
63Accepted words
235Max score
164Genius 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 A. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There are 2 pangrams today, running 8, 7 letters - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on RA- (RADAR, RADIAL, RADIAN, RADII) do much of the heavy work today.
The two pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: D, I, L, N, O, R, A.
DOORNAIL
ORDINAL
All 63 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
adorn
aioli
anal
andiron
android
anion
annal
anon
ardor
aria
arid
aril
darn
dial
dinar
dollar
doodad
doornail
dorado
drain
inlaid
inland
inroad
laid
lain
lair
lanai
land
landlord
lanolin
lard
liar
lira
llano
load
loan
naan
nada
nadir
naiad
nail
nana
nodal
oral
ordain
ordinal
radar
radial
radian
radii
radio
radon
raid
rail
railroad
rain
rand
rando
rani
rial
road
roan
roar
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