Hints for HIVE #22
Spoiler-safe hints for the HIVE puzzle of October 9, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.
Hint 1
Today has 32 words (1 of them pangrams), worth 121 points in total.
Hint 2
Words per first letter: A 5 · D 2 · E 2 · H 5 · K 3 · N 3 · T 12
Hint 3
Words per first two letters: AN 2 · AT 3 · DE 2 · EA 1 · EN 1 · HA 3 · HE 2 · KE 1 · KH 1 · KN 1 · NE 3 · TA 2 · TE 6 · TH 4
The answer
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N · A D E H K T
ante · antenna · attend · attendant · attended · dean · dent · eaten · ended · hand · handed · hank · heathen · henna · keen · khan · knee · neat · need · needed · taken · tank · teen · tenant · tend · tended · tent · tenth · than · thank · thanked · then
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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.