Hints for HIVE #6
Spoiler-safe hints for the HIVE puzzle of September 23, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.
Hint 1
Today has 47 words (1 of them pangrams), worth 209 points in total.
Hint 2
Words per first letter: E 3 · I 2 · M 24 · S 11 · T 7
Hint 3
Words per first two letters: EM 2 · ES 1 · IT 2 · ME 12 · MI 10 · MY 2 · SE 4 · SI 2 · ST 2 · SY 3 · TE 3 · TI 3 · TR 1
The answer
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M · E I R S T Y
emery · emir · esteem · item · items · meet · meets · mere · merit · merits · merrier · merry · mess · messes · messy · meter · meters · mime · miser · misery · miss · misses · mist · mister · mistress · misty · mitt · mysteries · mystery · seem · seems · semester · semi · simmer · sims · stem · stems · symmetry · system · systems · term · termites · terms · time · timer · times · trim
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HIVE
Seven letters, one in the centre. Make as many words as you can — every word must use the centre letter. Find them all for a perfect score.