Spelling Bee · Hints and answers
Spelling Bee hints and answers for Wednesday, October 21, 2026
A Wednesday Bee with two pangrams and a deep bench: 56 words, 244 points on the board and Genius at 170, so the long -LY words do a lot of the work.
A
D
I
L
P
R
Y
56Accepted words
244Max score
170Genius 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 L. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There are two pangrams today. One names the craft of cutting and polishing gemstones. The other is a plain adverb meaning quickly.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: a big -LY run (daily, dally, dryly, pallidly, papally and radially), the LILY and DILL clusters, and short bankers like ARIL, LAID, LIAR, PAIL and RAIL.
The two pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: A, D, I, L, P, R, Y.
LAPIDARY
RAPIDLY
All 56 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
airily
airplay
allay
ally
appall
apply
aril
daily
dally
daylily
dial
diddly
dill
dilly
dillydally
drill
dryly
idly
idyl
idyll
illy
lady
laid
lair
lapidary
lard
liar
lily
lipid
lippy
lira
pail
palapa
pall
pallid
pallidly
palp
papal
papally
papilla
papillary
parlay
piddly
pill
pillar
plaid
play
radial
radially
rail
rally
rapidly
rial
rill
ripply
riyal
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