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Spelling Bee #25 (October 22, 2026): hints, ranks and answers
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Spelling Bee #25 has 39 required words worth 190 points, with 1 pangram and 23 rarer bonus words that score but don't count toward the maximum. 11 of the words are four letters long (1 point each), and the longest is CELLULOID at 9 letters. Words starting with C are the biggest group (14). Genius needs 133 points, which is 70% of the maximum; Queen Bee means every required word. Because the thresholds are shares of this hive's own total, they differ from day to day, so the table below is specific to #25.
Spelling Bee #25 in numbers
| Letters | U C D E I L O (centre U) |
| Required words | 39 |
| Maximum points | 190 |
| Pangrams | 1 |
| Bonus words | 23 |
| Word lengths | 11 of 4, 9 of 5, 10 of 6, 6 of 7, 2 of 8, 1 of 9 letters |
| Longest word | 9 letters |
| Bingo (every letter starts a word) | no |
Rank thresholds for #25
| Rank | Points |
|---|---|
| Beginner | 0 |
| Good Start | 4 |
| Moving Up | 10 |
| Good | 15 |
| Solid | 29 |
| Nice | 48 |
| Great | 76 |
| Amazing | 95 |
| Genius | 133 |
| Queen Bee | all 39 words |
Spelling Bee #25 hints
39 words · 190 points · 1 pangram. Genius at 133 points.
First letter × length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| D | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 11 |
| E | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 |
| L | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 8 |
| O | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Σ | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 39 |
Two-letter starts
- CE1
- CL4
- CO4
- CU5
- DE5
- DU6
- ED2
- EL2
- LI1
- LO2
- LU5
- OC2
Spelling Bee #25 answers
Show the answers (39 words)
Pangrams in bold. Tap a word for its definition.
- Celluloid
- Cloud
- Clouded
- Clue
- Clued
- Collude
- Colluded
- Could
- Coulee
- Cuddle
- Cuddled
- Cued
- Cull
- Culled
- Deduce
- Deduced
- Delude
- Deluded
- Deuce
- Dude
- Duded
- Duel
- Dueled
- Dull
- Dulled
- Educe
- Educed
- Elude
- Eluded
- Lieu
- Loud
- Louie
- Luce
- Lucid
- Lull
- Lulled
- Lulu
- Occlude
- Occluded
Bonus words (23)
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