Spelling Bee · Hints and answers
Spelling Bee hints and answers for Sunday, July 12, 2026
A Sunday Bee built around the center letter K: 33 words, 163 points in total and Genius at 114, with three pangrams, AWAKENING, WAKENING and WEAKENING at the top of the list. The KI- family alone contributes 5 of the 33 words, more than any other family on the board. Word lengths run from 4 to 9 letters.
A
E
G
K
I
N
W
33Accepted words
163Max score
114Genius at
3Pangrams
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 K. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There are three pangrams today, they run 8 to 9 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on KI- (KING, KINGING, KINK, KINKING) do much of the heavy work today.
The three pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: A, E, G, I, K, N, W.
AWAKENING
WAKENING
WEAKENING
All 33 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
akin
awake
awaken
awakening
awaking
eking
gawk
gawking
geek
geeking
inking
keen
keening
king
kinging
kink
kinking
kiwi
knee
kneeing
knew
nankeen
wake
waken
wakening
waking
weak
weaken
weakening
week
wiki
wink
winking
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