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BuzzyWords

Your Spelling Bee Companion for Sunday, May 10, 2026

A field guide for the L D F G I N O 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

ldfgino

Verified Answers

63

Disputed Words

17

Pangrams

3

Score for Queen Bee

326

Genius estimate: 228 points

Verified Answers

63

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

3

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

17

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 L-center hive has 63 verified answers, 3 pangrams, and a 326-point Queen Bee ceiling. Start with the longer L words and pattern families before cleaning up the 19 four-letter answers.

Verified answers

63

Max score

326

Genius

228

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.

326 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 228 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

63 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: flooding, fondling, folding, infilling, nonillion.
  • Use long-word stems before cleanup: There are 27 verified answers with seven or more letters. Work their stems first, because each one can be worth several short words. Examples: infilling, nonillion, diddling, doodling, fiddling.
  • Group by recurring starts: The strongest two-letter openings give you a structured scan instead of a random search through the hive. Examples: logo, loin, loll, long, loon.
  • Save four-letter words for the last pass: 19 verified answers are four letters. They matter for Queen Bee, but they are low-value compared with pangrams and longer answers. Examples: dill, doll, fill, flog, foil.

Common Prefixes

  • FL- starts

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

    Examples: fling, flood, flinging, flogging, flooding

  • FO- starts

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

    Examples: folio, foiling, folding, fooling, fondling

  • LO- starts

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

    Examples: login, lodging, logging, lolling, longing

  • GI- starts

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

    Examples: gigolo, gilding, gilling, giggling

Common Suffixes

  • -ING endings

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

    Examples: fling, doling, filing, idling, lining

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Pangram 1

Look for a 8-letter answer that uses every letter in the hive and keeps L in the word.

Reveal words: flooding

Pangram 2

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

Reveal words: folding

Pangram 3

Look for a 8-letter answer that uses every letter in the hive and keeps L in the word.

Reveal words: fondling

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • flooding

    FLOODING is a pangram, so it uses all seven letters and earns the bonus on top of its 8-letter base score.

  • folding

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

  • fondling

    FONDLING is a pangram, so it uses all seven letters and earns the bonus on top of its 8-letter base score.

  • infilling

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

  • nonillion

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

  • diddling

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

  • doodling

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

  • fiddling

    FIDDLING 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

  • flooding

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

  • folding

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

  • fondling

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

  • infilling

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

  • nonillion

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

  • diddling

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

  • doodling

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

  • fiddling

    FIDDLING 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

  • gingili

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

  • lignin

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

  • logion

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

  • logoff

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

  • flong

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

  • linin

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

  • logon

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

  • filo

    FILO 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.