Spelling Bee Hints

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Today's letters

R ADGNOP

53 words 227 points 2 pangrams

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  1. A 5-letter word: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

    Reveal answer ARDOR

  2. A 5-letter word: a shape that sags

    Reveal answer DROOP

  3. A 4-letter word: representation of the cross on which Jesus died

    Reveal answer ROOD

  4. A 6-letter word: the capital of Turkey

    Reveal answer ANGORA

  5. A 6-letter word: (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who…

    Reveal answer GORGON

  6. A 7-letter word: a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed…

    Reveal answer DRAGOON

  7. A 4-letter word: rum cut with water

    Reveal answer GROG

  8. An 8-letter word: the father of your father or mother

    Reveal answer GRANDDAD

  9. A 5-letter word: large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits

    Reveal answer ORANG

  10. A 5-letter word: 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel

    Reveal answer AGORA

  11. A 4-letter word: a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco

    Reveal answer ROAN

  12. A 5-letter word: a pointed projection

    Reveal answer PRONG

  13. A 5-letter word: a colorless and odorless inert gas

    Reveal answer ARGON

  14. A 5-letter word: a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium

    Reveal answer RADON

  15. A 7-letter word: the father of your father or mother

    Reveal answer GRANDAD

Common words are left out on purpose. They're all in the full list below.

The pangrams

  • An 8-letter pangram starting with G

    Reveal answer GRANDPOP

  • A 10-letter pangram starting with P: information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause

    Reveal answer PROPAGANDA

All 53 answers

Each word stays blurred until you reveal it. ★ marks a pangram.

10 letters

  • ★ PROPAGANDA

9 letters

  • GRANDPAPA

8 letters

  • GRANDDAD
  • ★ GRANDPOP
  • PARADROP

7 letters

  • DRAGOON
  • GRANDAD
  • GRANDPA
  • PARAGON

6 letters

  • ANGORA
  • DORADO
  • DRAGON
  • GORGON
  • GRAPPA
  • PARDON

5 letters

  • ADORN
  • AGORA
  • APRON
  • ARDOR
  • ARGON
  • DONOR
  • DROOP
  • GRAND
  • GROAN
  • ORANG
  • ORGAN
  • PORNO
  • PRONG
  • RADAR
  • RADON
  • RANDO
  • RONDO

4 letters

  • AGAR
  • DARN
  • DOOR
  • DRAG
  • DROP
  • GORP
  • GRAD
  • GRAN
  • GROG
  • ODOR
  • POOR
  • PORN
  • PROD
  • PROP
  • RAGA
  • RAND
  • RANG
  • ROAD
  • ROAN
  • ROAR
  • ROOD

Clues adapted from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. LexaCalc is not affiliated with The New York Times.