Spelling Bee hints and answers for Thursday, October 8, 2026
A Thursday Bee with a generous board: 60 words, 289 points in total and Genius at 202, built around the letter N with two pangrams, a machine and the person who fixes one. The CAN- and MAN- openings do much of the early work, and the pair HENCHMAN and HENCHMEN rewards anyone who tries both endings.
Hints, in order
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Every word must contain the center letter N. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
There are two pangrams today: a seven-letter noun for a device that does work, and the eight-letter name for the person who repairs such devices.
Look for word families: the CAN- run (cane, canine, cancan, canna), the MAN- run (mane, mania, maniac, manna), CHAIN and CINCH, and the pair HENCHMAN and HENCHMEN.
The pangrams
Two words use all seven letters: A, C, E, H, I, M, N.
All 60 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.