Spelling Bee hints and answers for Tuesday, October 20, 2026
A Tuesday Bee with a small, punchy hive: just 18 words, 79 points on the board and Genius at 55. The pangram is a nine-letter word for the little citizens of Oz - and a short-legged cat breed - and in a hive this size it does heavy lifting.
Hints, in order
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Every word must contain the center letter H. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
There is one pangram today. It names the very small people of Oz in a famous children's book, and also a breed of short-legged cat.
Look for word families: the CH- run (chic, chick, chin, chuck, chum, chunk and cinch), the -UNCH verbs (hunch and munch, plus their weaponized cousin), and short bankers like HICK, INCH and MUCH.
The pangram
It uses all seven letters: C, H, I, K, M, N, U.
All 18 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.