Hints for HIVE #42
Spoiler-safe hints for the HIVE puzzle of October 29, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.
Hint 1
Today has 35 words (1 of them pangrams), worth 172 points in total.
Hint 2
Words per first letter: G 2 · O 4 · P 16 · S 12 · U 1
Hint 3
Words per first two letters: GO 2 · OO 1 · OP 3 · PI 6 · PO 8 · PU 2 · SI 1 · SN 3 · SO 1 · SP 6 · SU 1 · UP 1
The answer
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P · G I N O S U
gossip · gossiping · oops · opinion · opinions · opposing · pigs · ping · pining · pins · pious · piping · poison · poisoning · poisonous · poisons · pong · popping · pops · posing · pups · puss · sipping · snip · snoop · snooping · soup · spin · spinning · spins · spoon · spoons · spun · supposing · upon
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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.