Your Spelling Bee Companion for Thursday, May 7, 2026
A field guide for the N D E I M U Z 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.
Today's Board
Verified Answers
47
Disputed Words
22
Pangrams
1
Score for Queen Bee
229
Genius estimate: 160 points
Verified Answers
47
Find every accepted word in today's source list
Pangrams
1
Use all seven letters
Disputed Words
22
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
Balanced
The N-center hive has 47 verified answers, 1 pangram, and a 229-point Queen Bee ceiling. Start with the longer N words and pattern families before cleaning up the 13 four-letter answers.
Verified answers
47
Max score
229
Genius
160
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.
229 possible points
Point Density
The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 160 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.
47 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: immunized, minimized, immunize, minimize, undimmed.
- Use long-word stems before cleanup: There are 10 verified answers with seven or more letters. Work their stems first, because each one can be worth several short words. Examples: immunized, minimized, immunize, minimize, undimmed.
- Group by recurring starts: The strongest two-letter openings give you a structured scan instead of a random search through the hive. Examples: mien, mind, mine, mini, mined.
- Save four-letter words for the last pass: 13 verified answers are four letters. They matter for Queen Bee, but they are low-value compared with pangrams and longer answers. Examples: dine, dune, mend, menu, mien.
Common Prefixes
MI- starts
Several verified answers start with MI, making it a productive opening scan.
Examples: mined, minim, minded, mizzen, minimum
DE- starts
Several verified answers start with DE, making it a productive opening scan.
Examples: denim, denied, denude, denizen, denuded
EN- starts
Several verified answers start with EN, making it a productive opening scan.
Examples: ended, endue, ennui, endued
IN- starts
Several verified answers start with IN, making it a productive opening scan.
Examples: indie, innie, indeed, indium
Common Suffixes
-DED endings
The DED ending repeats across verified answers, so test it against the center letter and available stems.
Examples: ended, mended, minded, needed, denuded
-NED endings
The NED ending repeats across verified answers, so test it against the center letter and available stems.
Examples: dined, mined, dunned
-DIE endings
The DIE ending repeats across verified answers, so test it against the center letter and available stems.
Examples: indie, nudie
-DUE endings
The DUE ending repeats across verified answers, so test it against the center letter and available stems.
Examples: endue, undue
Progressive Help
Pangram Hints
Pangram 1
Look for a 9-letter answer that uses every letter in the hive and keeps N in the word.
Reveal words: immunized
Spoiler Control
Notable Words
- immunizedPangram
- minimized9 pts
- immunize8 pts
- minimize8 pts
- undimmed8 pts
- unneeded8 pts
- denizen7 pts
- denuded7 pts
- emended7 pts
- minimum7 pts
Why these matter
- immunized
IMMUNIZED is a pangram, so it uses all seven letters and earns the bonus on top of its 9-letter base score.
- minimized
MINIMIZED is one of the board's long scoring answers; find this kind of shape before chasing one-point cleanup words.
- immunize
IMMUNIZE is one of the board's long scoring answers; find this kind of shape before chasing one-point cleanup words.
- minimize
MINIMIZE is one of the board's long scoring answers; find this kind of shape before chasing one-point cleanup words.
- undimmed
UNDIMMED is one of the board's long scoring answers; find this kind of shape before chasing one-point cleanup words.
- unneeded
UNNEEDED is one of the board's long scoring answers; find this kind of shape before chasing one-point cleanup words.
Hard Finds
Tricky Accepted Words
- immunized
IMMUNIZED is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.
- minimized
MINIMIZED is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.
- immunize
IMMUNIZE is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.
- minimize
MINIMIZE is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.
- undimmed
UNDIMMED is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.
- unneeded
UNNEEDED is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.
- nine
NINE is verified for this date; keep it on the list even if it feels less obvious than the cleaner pattern words.
- nude
NUDE 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
- undenied
UNDENIED fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.
- unmended
UNMENDED fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.
- dizened
DIZENED fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.
- minuend
MINUEND fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.
- muezzin
MUEZZIN fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.
- dinned
DINNED fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.
- dudeen
DUDEEN fits the letters and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it was not in the verified source answer list for this puzzle.
- duende
DUENDE 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.