Hints for HIVE #24
Spoiler-safe hints for the HIVE puzzle of October 11, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.
Hint 1
Today has 33 words (1 of them pangrams), worth 116 points in total.
Hint 2
Words per first letter: C 8 · E 2 · H 7 · L 3 · N 3 · O 2 · P 8
Hint 3
Words per first two letters: CE 3 · CL 1 · CO 4 · EC 1 · EL 1 · HE 5 · HO 2 · LE 1 · LO 2 · NE 1 · NO 2 · ON 1 · OP 1 · PE 4 · PH 1 · PO 3
The answer
Contains the answer. Open only if you are stuck.
E · C H L N O P
cell · cello · cellphone · clone · colleen · colonel · cone · cope · echo · elope · heel · hellhole · hello · help · hence · hole · hope · leech · lone · loophole · neon · noel · none · once · open · peel · peep · pence · people · phone · pole · pollen · pope
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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.