Sunday, October 18, 2026
- 59 words
- 300 points
- 1 pangram (perfect)
- Genius at 210
Hints
No answers here yet: how many words start with each letter, at each length, and with each pair of letters.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 16 |
| E | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| I | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| J | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| N | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| O | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| T | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Σ | 15 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 59 |
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Bingo: every letter starts at least one word. The longest word has 11 letters.
Pangrams
The words that use all seven letters, worth 7 extra points each. Tap a tile for the next letter, or reveal the word.
Answers for October 18, 2026
All 59 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.
Points for each rank
300 points in all. The ranks are shares of that total, so they move with the puzzle.
- Beginner0
- Good Start6
- Moving Up15
- Good24
- Solid45
- Nice75
- Great120
- Amazing150
- Genius210
- Queen Bee300
Words the Bee left out
58 words on the Scrabble list (NWL2023) fit these letters but are not in the answers: the Bee keeps to common words and leaves out obscure, offensive and proper ones.
Show all 58
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