Hints for HIVE #43

Difficulty: Hard

Spoiler-safe hints for the HIVE puzzle of October 30, 2026. Each hint is hidden until you open it; the answer stays hidden until you ask for it.

Hint 1

Today has 46 words (2 of them pangrams), worth 228 points in total.

Hint 2

Words per first letter: E 4 · I 4 · M 9 · P 17 · R 5 · S 7

Hint 3

Words per first two letters: EE 1 · EM 3 · IM 3 · IR 1 · ME 3 · MI 6 · PI 8 · PR 9 · RI 5 · SE 2 · SI 4 · SP 1

The answer

Contains the answer. Open only if you are stuck.

I · E M O P R S

eerie · emir · empire · empires · impose · impress · improper · iris · memoirs · memories · merrier · mime · mirror · mirrors · miser · miss · misses · pier · piers · pies · pimps · pipe · piper · pipes · pisses · premier · premiere · premise · premises · prime · prior · priors · promise · promises · ripe · ripper · rips · rise · rises · semi · series · simmer · sims · sire · sirs · spies

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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.