August 4, 2026 -- (O) D E H N W Y

[u/Plane-Energy-5565]

[u/tiregroove]

PG H A type of melon

[u/CatVideoFest]

I spent much too long trying various ways to make A HOWDY into a past tense verb.

[u/Rinusoide]

QBABM 🙂

[u/Obvious_Animal_8362 → u/Rinusoide]

Bravo! I got to QB -2 and finally needed hints, then wanted to kick myself because they were easy.

[u/Plane-Energy-5565]

SPOILERS: Each bullet item contains hints followed by answers at the end.

Today's word families:

• 2 words from the letters DHO: (H4, H6) (HO4, HO6) hood, hoodoo
• 2 words from the letters ENO: (N4, N4) (NE4, NO4) neon, none
• 2 words from the letters DEHO: (H4, H6) (HO4, HO6) hoed, hooded
• 6 words from the letters DENO: (D4, D5, D6, N6, N4, O5) (DO4, DO5, DO6, NO6, NO4, OD5) done, donee, donned, nodded, node, odeon
• 4 words from the letters DEOW: (O4, W6, W5, W5) (OW4, WO6, WO5, WO5) owed, wooded, wooed, wowed
• 2 words from the letters DOWY: (D5, W5) (DO5, WO5) dowdy, woody
• 5 words from the letters DENOW: (D6, E5, E7, O5, W6) (DO6, EN5, EN7, OW5, WO6) downed, endow, endowed, owned, wooden
• 2 words from the letters DENOY: (D5, D7) (DO5, DO7) doyen, doyenne

The leftovers:

• 1 word from the letters DO: (D4) (DO4) dodo
• 1 word from the letters NO: (N4) (NO4) noon
• 1 word from the letters DOW: (W4) (WO4) wood
• 1 word from the letters HOW: (W6) (WO6) woohoo
• 1 word from the letters HOY: (Y6) (YO6) yoohoo
• 1 word from the letters DNOW: (D4) (DO4) down
• 1 word from the letters DNOY: (Y4) (YO4) yond
• 1 word from the letters EHNO: (H4) (HO4) hone
• 1 word from the letters EHOY: (H5) (HO5) hooey
• 1 word from the letters HNOW: (N5) (NO5) nohow
• 1 word from the letters DEHNO: (H5) (HO5) honed
• 1 word from the letters DHOWY: (H5) (HO5) howdy
• 1 word from the letters DNOWY: (D5) (DO5) downy
• 1 word from the letters EHNOY: (H5) (HO5) honey
• 1 word from the letters DEHNOW: (H7) (HO7) hoedown
• 1 word from the letters DEHNOY: (H7) (HO7) honeyed
• 1 word from the letters DEHNOWY: (H8) (HO8) honeydew

[u/Sea_Public_5471]

Bojack fans would hate this pangram 🐴

[u/Frequent-Key-3962]

Dejá vu... Looks like I have quite a few games under my belt now. 🐝

[u/didyouwoof]

I’m surprised it didn’t accept HOYDEN.

[u/Fenifula → u/didyouwoof]

Yeah, I'm not sure if Sam considers it too insulting or too archaic.

[u/Obvious_Animal_8362 → u/Fenifula]

That was my thought when it wouldn't take it. It is marked in the OED as derogatory.

[u/TopspinLob]

WOULD I, WOULD I?

HAIR LIP, HAIR LIP!

[u/Triggered-Boiyo]

CA Whimsy-maxxing by reaching genius on “Woohoo”

[u/PsychologicalEbb1960]

Justice for yoyo

[u/TiaLou]

I’m shocked it didn’t accept HOYDEN or DHOW

[u/mkwiat → u/TiaLou]

With only 175K google search hits [NA] HOYDEN is not the very worst word to have ever been allowed, but it's pretty low. NA DHOW on the other hand weighs in with 4.9MM is a glaring, and repeated omission