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BuzzyWords

Your Spelling Bee Companion for Saturday, May 9, 2026

A field guide for the T A E G H I M 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

taeghim

Verified Answers

53

Disputed Words

20

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

205

Genius estimate: 144 points

Verified Answers

53

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

20

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 T-center hive has 53 verified answers, 1 pangram, and a 205-point Queen Bee ceiling. Start with the longer T words and pattern families before cleaning up the 24 four-letter answers.

Verified answers

53

Max score

205

Genius

144

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.

205 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 144 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

53 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: megahit, eightieth, hematite, mitigate, teammate.
  • Use long-word stems before cleanup: There are 9 verified answers with seven or more letters. Work their stems first, because each one can be worth several short words. Examples: eightieth, hematite, mitigate, teammate, agitate.
  • Group by recurring starts: The strongest two-letter openings give you a structured scan instead of a random search through the hive. Examples: team, teat, teem, teeth, teethe.
  • Save four-letter words for the last pass: 24 verified answers are four letters. They matter for Queen Bee, but they are low-value compared with pangrams and longer answers. Examples: emit, gait, gate, hate, hath.

Common Prefixes

  • TE- starts

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

    Examples: teeth, teethe, teatime, teammate

  • AG- starts

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

    Examples: agate, agita, agitate

  • EI- starts

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

    Examples: eight, eighth, eightieth

  • HE- starts

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

    Examples: heath, height, hematite

Common Suffixes

  • -ATE endings

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

    Examples: agate, hamate, agitate, imitate, mitigate

  • -GHT endings

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

    Examples: eight, might, tight, height

  • -ETH endings

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

    Examples: teeth, eightieth

  • -THE endings

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

    Examples: tithe, teethe

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Pangram 1

Look for a 7-letter answer that uses every letter in the hive and keeps T in the word.

Reveal words: megahit

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • megahit

    MEGAHIT is a pangram, so it uses all seven letters and earns the bonus on top of its 7-letter base score.

  • eightieth

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

  • hematite

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

  • mitigate

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

  • teammate

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

  • agitate

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

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • megahit

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

  • eightieth

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

  • hematite

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

  • mitigate

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

  • teammate

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

  • agitate

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

  • thee

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

  • them

    THEM 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

  • megagamete

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

  • agamete

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

  • gemmate

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

  • imamate

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

  • magmata

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

  • tagmeme

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

  • mammet

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

  • metage

    METAGE 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.