Spelling Bee · Hints and answers
Spelling Bee hints and answers for Tuesday, October 27, 2026
A single-pangram Bee today, with a small board and many repeated letters. PAPAYA alone uses the center letter three times. 29 words, and Genius is at 81 points.
E
H
N
A
O
P
Y
29Accepted words
116Max score
81Genius 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 A. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangram
There is one pangram today: a public telephone you pay to use, the kind that used to stand on city street corners.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: a big PAP- cluster (papa, papaya and pappy among them), a happy set of -APPY words (happy, pappy and yappy), and short A words like AEON, AHOY, ANON and YEAH to bank quick points.
The pangram
It uses all seven letters: A, E, H, N, O, P, Y.
PAYPHONE
All 29 words
The complete accepted word list for today.
payphone
aeon
ahoy
annoy
anon
anyhoo
anyone
apnea
happen
happy
heap
henna
hyena
naan
nana
nanny
nape
neap
paean
pane
papa
papaya
pappy
payee
peahen
poppa
yahoo
yappy
yeah
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