Hints for HIVE #8
Spoiler-safe hints for the HIVE puzzle of September 25, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.
Hint 1
Today has 35 words (1 of them pangrams), worth 110 points in total.
Hint 2
Words per first letter: E 1 · H 7 · L 3 · N 4 · O 2 · P 10 · T 8
Hint 3
Words per first two letters: EL 1 · HE 4 · HO 3 · LE 1 · LO 2 · NE 1 · NO 3 · OP 2 · PE 4 · PH 1 · PO 5 · TE 6 · TH 1 · TO 1
The answer
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E · H L N O P T
elope · heel · hellhole · hello · help · hole · hope · hotel · lent · lone · loophole · neon · noel · none · note · open · opponent · peel · peep · pelt · people · phone · poet · pole · pollen · pope · potent · teen · teeth · telephone · tell · tent · tenth · then · tone
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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.