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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Friday, September 11, 2026
A Friday Bee built around the center letter K: 26 words, 100 points in total and Genius at 70, with a single 9-letter pangram, CHICKADEE at the top of the list. The CH- family alone contributes 5 of the 26 words.
A
C
D
K
E
H
I
26Accepted words
100Max score
70Genius at
1Pangram
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 - Pangram
There is one pangram today: a 9-letter word that starts with C and uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on CH- (CHECK, CHECKED, CHEEK, CHICK) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangram
It uses all seven letters: A, C, D, E, H, I, K.
CHICKADEE
All 26 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
cake
caked
check
checked
cheek
chick
chickadee
deck
decked
deke
deked
dike
eked
hack
hacked
haka
hake
heck
hick
hike
hiked
khaki
kick
kicked
kidded
kiddie
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