Spelling Bee · Hints and answers
Spelling Bee hints and answers for Sunday, November 8, 2026
A Sunday Bee today, with a single pangram and Genius set at 81 points. The board holds 37 words in all, and the longest of them runs to nine letters.
A
C
E
P
J
K
L
37Accepted words
117Max 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 P. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangram
There is one pangram today: the strong apple brandy made by distilling hard cider, a frontier-era American spirit.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: a PA- set (pace, pack, palace, pale and papal), a PE- set (peace, peak, peal, peck, peek and peel), an AP- set (apace, appall, appeal and apple) for steady points, and short words like CAPE, CLAP, JEEP and KELP to bank quick points.
The pangram
It uses all seven letters: P, A, C, E, J, K, L.
APPLEJACK
All 37 words
The complete accepted word list for today.
applejack
alpaca
apace
appall
appeal
appellee
apple
cape
clap
epee
jape
jeep
kappa
keep
kelp
lapel
leap
pace
pack
paella
palace
palapa
pale
pall
palp
papa
papal
peace
peak
peal
peck
peek
peel
peep
peke
place
plea
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