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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Sunday, August 2, 2026
A Sunday Bee built around the center letter N: 74 words, 406 points in total and Genius at 284, with two pangrams, CHANNELED and DANCEHALL at the top of the list. The CA- family alone contributes 12 of the 74 words.
A
C
D
N
E
H
L
74Accepted words
406Max score
284Genius 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 N. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There are 2 pangrams today, running 9, 9 letters - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on CA- (CADENCE, CANAL, CANCAN, CANCEL) do much of the heavy work today.
The two pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: A, C, D, E, H, L, N.
CHANNELED
DANCEHALL
All 74 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
acne
addend
addenda
anal
annal
anneal
annealed
cadence
canal
cancan
cancel
canceled
cancelled
candela
candle
cane
caned
canna
canned
chance
chanced
chancel
channel
channeled
clan
clean
cleaned
clench
clenched
dance
danced
dancehall
dandle
dandled
deaden
deadened
dean
decadence
elan
eland
ended
enhance
enhanced
enlace
enlaced
ennead
hand
handed
handheld
handle
handled
headland
hence
henna
hennaed
laden
lance
lanced
land
landed
lane
leaden
lean
leaned
lend
naan
nacelle
nada
nana
need
needed
needle
needled
nene
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