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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Sunday, August 16, 2026
A Sunday Bee built around the center letter C: 52 words, 257 points in total and Genius at 179, with two pangrams, BECLOUD and BECLOUDED at the top of the list. The CO- family alone contributes 15 of the 52 words.
B
D
E
C
L
O
U
52Accepted words
257Max score
179Genius 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 C. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There are 2 pangrams today, running 7, 9 letters - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on CO- (COBBLE, COBBLED, CODDLE, CODDLED) do much of the heavy work today.
The two pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: B, D, E, L, O, U, C.
BECLOUD
BECLOUDED
All 52 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
becloud
beclouded
bloc
bocce
boucle
cede
ceded
celeb
cell
celled
cello
cellule
clod
cloud
clouded
club
clubbed
clue
clued
cobble
cobbled
coddle
coddled
code
coded
coed
cold
collude
colluded
cooed
cool
cooled
could
coulee
cube
cubed
cuddle
cuddled
cued
cull
culled
deco
decode
decoded
deduce
deduced
deuce
educe
educed
loco
occlude
occluded
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