Hints for HIVE #33

Difficulty: Medium

Spoiler-safe hints for the HIVE puzzle of October 20, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.

Hint 1

Today has 31 words (1 of them pangrams), worth 167 points in total.

Hint 2

Words per first letter: B 11 · E 3 · G 10 · I 1 · L 4 · V 2

Hint 3

Words per first two letters: BE 7 · BI 3 · BL 1 · EL 1 · EN 1 · EV 1 · GE 2 · GI 6 · GL 2 · IN 1 · LI 4 · VE 1 · VI 1

The answer

Contains the answer. Open only if you are stuck.

G · B E I L N V

begging · begin · beginning · beige · being · believing · benign · biggie · billing · binge · bling · eligible · engine · evening · gene · genie · giggle · giggling · gill · give · given · giving · glee · glen · inning · liege · ling · lining · living · veggie · vigil

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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.