Hints for HIVE #13

Difficulty: Hard

Spoiler-safe hints for the HIVE puzzle of September 30, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.

Hint 1

Today has 44 words (1 of them pangrams), worth 181 points in total.

Hint 2

Words per first letter: A 2 · D 2 · H 24 · L 3 · S 13

Hint 3

Words per first two letters: AH 1 · AS 1 · DA 2 · HA 11 · HE 13 · LA 2 · LE 1 · SA 1 · SH 10 · SL 2

The answer

Contains the answer. Open only if you are stuck.

H · A D E L N S

ahead · ashes · dash · dashed · hale · hall · halls · hand · handed · handle · handled · handles · hands · hash · hassle · head · headed · headless · heads · heal · healed · heals · heed · heel · heels · held · henna · hens · lash · lashes · leash · sash · shade · shades · shah · shall · shed · sheds · sheen · shell · shells · shes · slash · slashed

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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.