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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Thursday, July 16, 2026
A Thursday Bee built around the center letter D: 66 words, 306 points in total and Genius at 214, with two pangrams, ACRIDITY and CARYATID at the top of the list. The DI- family alone contributes 13 of the 66 words, more than any other family on the board.
A
C
I
D
R
T
Y
66Accepted words
306Max score
214Genius 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 D. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There are 2 pangrams today, both of them 8 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on DI- (DIACRITIC, DIARY, DICTA, DIRT) do much of the heavy work today.
The two pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: A, C, D, I, R, T, Y.
ACRIDITY
CARYATID
All 66 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
acarid
accidia
acid
acidic
acidity
acidy
acrid
acridity
addict
adit
adyta
arcadia
arid
aridity
caddy
cadi
caid
caird
card
cardia
cardiac
carditic
caryatid
cicada
cycad
dada
daddy
dairy
daric
dart
data
datary
diacid
diacidic
diacritic
diary
dicta
dicty
didact
didactic
didy
dirt
dirty
dita
ditty
drat
dray
dryad
dryadic
dyad
dyadic
irid
iridic
radar
radii
raid
ritard
tardy
tidy
trad
triacid
triad
triadic
yaird
yard
yird
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