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Your Spelling Bee Companion for Friday, May 15, 2026

A field guide for the M A C G I N P hive: how many words to look for, where the big points are hiding, and full answer lists only when you decide you are ready to reveal them.

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Today's Board

macginp

Verified Answers

50

Disputed Words

18

Pangrams

3

Score for Queen Bee

280

Genius estimate: 196 points

Verified Answers

50

Find every accepted word in today's puzzle

Pangrams

3

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

18

Real-looking words to treat with caution

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 M-center hive has 50 verified answers, 3 pangrams, and a 280-point Queen Bee ceiling. Start with the longer M words and pattern families before cleaning up the 11 four-letter answers.

Verified answers

50

Max score

280

Genius

196

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.

280 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 196 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

50 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.

Spoiler-Light Scan

Two-Letter Start Counts

Use these starts as a checklist without revealing full answers.

  • MA

    14

    words

  • MI

    8

    words

  • CA

    5

    words

  • GA

    3

    words

  • IM

    3

    words

  • PA

    2

    words

  • AI

    1

    word

  • AM

    1

    word

  • AN

    1

    word

  • NA

    1

    word

  • PI

    1

    word

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

Longer words carry more score. Clear them before the four-letter cleanup.

  • 4 letters

    1

    one-point cleanup

  • 5 letters

    13

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    11

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    8

    1 pangram

  • 8 letters

    4

    1 pangram

  • 9 letters

    2

    score-building row

  • 11 letters

    1

    1 pangram

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • M

    22

    answers

  • C

    5

    answers

  • A

    3

    answers

  • G

    3

    answers

  • I

    3

    answers

  • P

    3

    answers

  • N

    1

    answer

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.

  • Use long-word stems before cleanup

    There are 15 verified answers with seven or more letters. Work their stems first, because each one can be worth several short words.

  • Group by recurring starts

    The strongest two-letter openings give you a structured scan instead of a random search through the hive.

  • Save four-letter words for the last pass

    11 verified answers are four letters. They matter for Queen Bee, but they are low-value compared with pangrams and longer answers.

Common Prefixes

  • MA- starts

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

  • MI- starts

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

  • CA- starts

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

  • GA- starts

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

Common Suffixes

  • -ING endings

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

  • -IMA endings

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

  • -MMA endings

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

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Pangram 1

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

Reveal words: camping

Pangram 2

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

Reveal words: campaign

Pangram 3

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

Reveal words: campaigning

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • camping

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

  • campaign

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

  • campaigning

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

  • imagining

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

  • impinging

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

  • magician

    MAGICIAN 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

  • camping

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

  • campaign

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

  • campaigning

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

  • imagining

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

  • impinging

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

  • magician

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

  • mica

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

  • mini

    MINI 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

  • campagna

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

  • manganin

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

  • gimping

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

  • agamic

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

  • gagman

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

  • agama

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

  • amain

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

  • amiga

    AMIGA 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 your safest answer list. Disputed words are real-looking candidates that may not count in the curated puzzle, but they can still be useful for review.