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BuzzyWords

Your Spelling Bee Companion for Friday, May 8, 2026

A field guide for the C A G I L O Y 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

cagiloy

Verified Answers

48

Disputed Words

18

Pangrams

3

Score for Queen Bee

234

Genius estimate: 164 points

Verified Answers

48

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

3

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

18

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

Generous

The C-center hive has 48 verified answers, 3 pangrams, and a 234-point Queen Bee ceiling. Start with the longer C words and pattern families before cleaning up the 16 four-letter answers.

Verified answers

48

Max score

234

Genius

164

3 pangrams

Pangram Hunt

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

234 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 164 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

48 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 3 pangrams, so the fastest route is to solve the all-letter shapes before sweeping short words. Examples: illogically, glaciology, logically, cyclically, glacially.
  • Use long-word stems before cleanup: There are 13 verified answers with seven or more letters. Work their stems first, because each one can be worth several short words. Examples: illogically, cyclically, glaciology, glacially, illogical.
  • Group by recurring starts: The strongest two-letter openings give you a structured scan instead of a random search through the hive. Examples: coal, coca, coil, cola, cool.
  • Save four-letter words for the last pass: 16 verified answers are four letters. They matter for Queen Bee, but they are low-value compared with pangrams and longer answers. Examples: acai, cagy, call, ciao, clay.

Common Prefixes

  • CA- starts

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

    Examples: cacao, calla, cagily, calico, callaloo

  • CO- starts

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

    Examples: cocci, cocoa, colic, coyly, coolly

  • LO- starts

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

    Examples: local, logic, locally, logical, logically

  • IL- starts

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

    Examples: iliac, illogic, illogical, illogically

Common Suffixes

  • -LLY endings

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

    Examples: coolly, locally, glacially, logically, cyclically

  • -CAL endings

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

    Examples: local, laical, logical, cyclical, illogical

  • -LIC endings

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

    Examples: colic, cyclic, acyclic

  • -GIC endings

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

    Examples: logic, illogic

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Pangram 1

Look for a 10-letter answer that uses every letter in the hive and keeps C in the word.

Reveal words: glaciology

Pangram 2

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

Reveal words: logically

Pangram 3

Look for a 11-letter answer that uses every letter in the hive and keeps C in the word.

Reveal words: illogically

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • glaciology

    GLACIOLOGY is a pangram, so it uses all seven letters and earns the bonus on top of its 10-letter base score.

  • logically

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

  • illogically

    ILLOGICALLY is a pangram, so it uses all seven letters and earns the bonus on top of its 11-letter base score.

  • cyclically

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

  • glacially

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

  • illogical

    ILLOGICAL 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

  • glaciology

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

  • logically

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

  • illogically

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

  • cyclically

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

  • glacially

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

  • illogical

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

  • laic

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

  • loci

    LOCI 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

  • glaciological

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

  • alicyclic

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

  • oological

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

  • laically

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

  • oologic

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

  • alcaic

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

  • calcic

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

  • cicala

    CICALA 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.