Hints for HIVE #7

Difficulty: Gentle

Spoiler-safe hints for the HIVE puzzle of September 24, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.

Hint 1

Today has 29 words (1 of them pangrams), worth 131 points in total.

Hint 2

Words per first letter: C 10 · E 5 · M 8 · N 2 · O 2 · R 2

Hint 3

Words per first two letters: CE 1 · CO 8 · CR 1 · EC 1 · EM 1 · EN 2 · ER 1 · ME 6 · MO 2 · NE 1 · NO 1 · OM 1 · ON 1 · RE 1 · RO 1

The answer

Contains the answer. Open only if you are stuck.

E · C M N O R Y

ceremony · come · commence · commerce · concern · cone · core · corner · coroner · creme · economy · emery · encore · enemy · error · memo · memory · mercer · mercy · mere · merry · money · more · neon · none · omen · once · recon · romeo

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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.