Spelling Bee · Hints and answers
Spelling Bee hints and answers for Monday, October 26, 2026
A single-pangram Bee today, and the pangram hides inside a big cluster of LIGHT- and NIGHT- words. 43 words on the board, and Genius is at 171 points.
G
H
I
L
N
T
Y
43Accepted words
245Max score
171Genius 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 L. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangram
There is one pangram today: a common adverb built from the word for the time after dark.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: a big LIGHT- cluster (light, lightning, highlight and nightlight among them), a run of -ING and -LY endings, and short L words like GILL, HILL, LILT and LILY to bank quick points.
The pangram
It uses all seven letters: G, H, I, L, N, T, Y.
NIGHTLY
All 43 words
The complete accepted word list for today.
nightly
giggling
giggly
gill
gilling
gilt
glint
glinting
highlight
highlighting
highly
hill
hilling
hilly
hilt
illy
light
lighting
lightly
lightning
lilt
lilting
lily
lining
lint
linty
lying
niggling
niggly
nightlight
ninthly
thinly
tightly
tiling
till
tilling
tilt
tilth
tilting
tingling
tingly
tinily
titling
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