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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Sunday, July 19, 2026
A Sunday Bee built around the center letter V: 29 words, 206 points in total and Genius at 144, with 3 pangrams: GALLIVANT, GALLIVANTING and VIGILANT at the top of the list. The VA- family alone contributes 7 of the 29 words.
A
G
I
V
L
N
T
29Accepted words
206Max score
144Genius 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 V. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There are 3 pangrams today, running 9, 12, 8 letters - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on VA- (VAGAL, VAGINA, VAGINAL, VAIN) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: A, G, I, L, N, T, V.
GALLIVANT
GALLIVANTING
VIGILANT
All 29 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
anvil
avail
availing
avian
aviating
gallivant
gallivanting
giving
inviting
lava
laving
living
naval
navigating
titivating
vagal
vagina
vaginal
vain
valiant
vanilla
vanillin
vial
vigil
vigilant
villa
villain
vital
vitiating
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