Hints for HIVE #27

Difficulty: Medium

Spoiler-safe hints for the HIVE puzzle of October 14, 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 99 points in total.

Hint 2

Words per first letter: E 1 · K 1 · N 5 · O 2 · R 4 · T 17 · W 3

Hint 3

Words per first two letters: EN 1 · KN 1 · NE 3 · NO 2 · ON 1 · OT 1 · RE 2 · RO 2 · TE 4 · TO 8 · TR 4 · TW 1 · WE 1 · WO 1 · WR 1

The answer

Contains the answer. Open only if you are stuck.

T · E K N O R W

enter · knot · network · newt · newton · note · nowt · onto · otter · rent · retro · root · rotten · teen · tenner · tenor · tent · token · tone · took · toot · tore · torn · tower · town · tree · trek · trot · trotter · tweet · went · wont · wrote

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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.