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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Sunday, October 11, 2026
A Sunday Bee with a playful board: 51 words, 187 points in total and Genius at 130, with a single pangram borrowed from chemistry. The BALL and BOO families run deep here, BANANA and BAOBAB show off the repeated letters, and three UN- verbs sit near the end.
A
L
N
B
O
T
U
51Accepted words
187Max score
130Genius 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 B. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangram
There is one pangram today: a seven-letter noun for a simple alcohol used as a solvent and a fuel additive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: BALL, BALLOON and BALLOT, BOOB and BOOBOO, BONBON and BONOBO, and the closing run UNBAN, UNBOLT and UNBUTTON.
The pangram
It uses all seven letters: A, B, L, N, O, T, U.
BUTANOL
All 51 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
abbot
about
abut
baba
baboon
ball
balloon
ballot
banal
banana
baobab
baton
blab
blat
blatant
bloat
blob
blot
blotto
blunt
boat
boba
bola
boll
bolo
bolt
bonbon
bonobo
boob
booboo
boon
boot
bout
bubba
bulb
bull
bunt
butanol
butt
button
lobo
nabob
nanobot
noob
tabla
taboo
tuba
tubal
unban
unbolt
unbutton
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