Hints for HIVE #35

Difficulty: Medium

Spoiler-safe hints for the HIVE puzzle of October 22, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.

Hint 1

Today has 31 words (2 of them pangrams), worth 147 points in total.

Hint 2

Words per first letter: A 2 · C 16 · I 1 · P 5 · S 3 · T 4

Hint 3

Words per first two letters: AC 1 · AT 1 · CA 8 · CL 8 · IL 1 · PA 2 · PI 1 · PL 2 · SC 2 · ST 1 · TA 4

The answer

Contains the answer. Open only if you are stuck.

C · A I L P S T

acts · attic · call · calls · capital · caps · capt · cast · casts · cats · clap · claps · class · classic · classical · classics · clip · clips · illicit · pact · pascal · pics · plastic · plastics · scalp · scat · static · tact · tactic · tactical · tactics

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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.