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Your Spelling Bee Companion for Tuesday, May 5, 2026

A field guide for the C A B D E N U hive: how many words you need, strategies for finding them, and (if you turn hint mode off) the full word lists you need to reach Genius and Queen Bee today.

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Today's Board

cabdenu

Verified Answers

34

Disputed Words

16

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

180

Genius estimate: 126 points

Verified Answers

34

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

16

In our dictionary but not the Spelling Bee list

Puzzle Snapshot

Solve The Hive Before The Spoilers

This page is currently in hint mode: you get the board, counts, estimated score targets, and strategy prompts without answer words. Reveal specific words only when you are ready to check your solve.

Today's Read

Moderate

The C-center hive has 34 verified answers, 1 pangram, and a 180-point Queen Bee ceiling. Start with the longer C words and pattern families before cleaning up the 7 four-letter answers.

Verified answers

34

Max score

180

Genius

126

1 pangram

Pangram Hunt

Start by forcing every letter into longer shapes before clearing short entries. Pangrams are the fastest way to move the score.

180 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 126 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

34 verified answers

Queen Bee Path

Use the word lists below to scoop up every point you need to reach Queen Bee.

Study mode

Definition Pass

Click unfamiliar words to reveal their definitions and cement them in your memory for next time.

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • Start with the biggest point swings: This board has 1 pangram, so the fastest route is to solve the all-letter shapes before sweeping short words. Examples: abundance, decadence, acceded, adduced, cadence.
  • Use long-word stems before cleanup: There are 8 verified answers with seven or more letters. Work their stems first, because each one can be worth several short words. Examples: abundance, decadence, acceded, adduced, cadence.
  • Group by recurring starts: The strongest two-letter openings give you a structured scan instead of a random search through the hive. Examples: cane, caned, canna, cabana, cabbed.
  • Save four-letter words for the last pass: 7 verified answers are four letters. They matter for Queen Bee, but they are low-value compared with pangrams and longer answers. Examples: aced, acne, banc, cane, cede.

Common Prefixes

  • CA- starts

    Several verified answers start with CA, making it a productive opening scan.

    Examples: caned, canna, cabana, cabbed, cancan

  • DE- starts

    Several verified answers start with DE, making it a productive opening scan.

    Examples: deuce, decade, deduce, deduced, decadence

  • AC- starts

    Several verified answers start with AC, making it a productive opening scan.

    Examples: accede, acceded

  • AD- starts

    Several verified answers start with AD, making it a productive opening scan.

    Examples: adduce, adduced

Common Suffixes

  • -NCE endings

    The NCE ending repeats across verified answers, so test it against the center letter and available stems.

    Examples: dance, dunce, nuance, cadence, abundance

  • -CED endings

    The CED ending repeats across verified answers, so test it against the center letter and available stems.

    Examples: danced, educed, adduced, deduced, nuanced

  • -UCE endings

    The UCE ending repeats across verified answers, so test it against the center letter and available stems.

    Examples: deuce, educe, adduce, deduce

  • -DED endings

    The DED ending repeats across verified answers, so test it against the center letter and available stems.

    Examples: ceded, acceded, unceded

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Pangram 1

Look for a 9-letter answer that uses every letter in the hive and keeps C in the word.

Reveal words: abundance

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • abundance

    ABUNDANCE is a pangram, so it uses all seven letters and earns the bonus on top of its 9-letter base score.

  • decadence

    DECADENCE is one of the board's long scoring answers; find this kind of shape before chasing one-point cleanup words.

  • acceded

    ACCEDED is worth checking because repeated letters are allowed and often unlock accepted answers that a strict tile mindset misses.

  • adduced

    ADDUCED is worth checking because repeated letters are allowed and often unlock accepted answers that a strict tile mindset misses.

  • cadence

    CADENCE is worth checking because repeated letters are allowed and often unlock accepted answers that a strict tile mindset misses.

  • deduced

    DEDUCED is worth checking because repeated letters are allowed and often unlock accepted answers that a strict tile mindset misses.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • abundance

    ABUNDANCE is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.

  • decadence

    DECADENCE is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.

  • acceded

    ACCEDED is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.

  • adduced

    ADDUCED is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.

  • cadence

    CADENCE is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.

  • deduced

    DEDUCED is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.

  • cede

    CEDE is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.

  • cube

    CUBE is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • accedence

    ACCEDENCE fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.

  • cadenced

    CADENCED fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.

  • abduced

    ABDUCED fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.

  • abduce

    ABDUCE fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.

  • caudad

    CAUDAD fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.

  • decane

    DECANE fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.

  • deuced

    DEUCED fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.

  • abaca

    ABACA fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.

Answer Vault

All The Words You Need And A Few You Don't.

Trusted words are those you'll need to solve the puzzle. Disputed words are the ones we found in our dictionary that don't appear in the Spelling Bee's curated list. But we thought you might like to see them anyway.