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BuzzyWords

Your Spelling Bee Companion for Tuesday, May 19, 2026

A field guide for the U D E L O P T 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

udelopt

Verified Answers

62

Disputed Words

18

Pangrams

2

Score for Queen Bee

299

Genius estimate: 209 points

Verified Answers

62

Find every accepted word in today's puzzle

Pangrams

2

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 U-center hive has 62 verified answers, 2 pangrams, and a 299-point Queen Bee ceiling. Start with the longer U words and pattern families before cleaning up the 18 four-letter answers.

Verified answers

62

Max score

299

Genius

209

2 pangrams

Pangram Hunt

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

299 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 209 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

62 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.

  • PU

    9

    words

  • OU

    8

    words

  • DU

    5

    words

  • DE

    4

    words

  • PO

    4

    words

  • EL

    2

    words

  • TO

    2

    words

  • TU

    2

    words

  • ET

    1

    word

  • LE

    1

    word

  • LO

    1

    word

  • LU

    1

    word

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

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

  • 5 letters

    9

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    20

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    8

    score-building row

  • 8 letters

    1

    1 pangram

  • 9 letters

    2

    1 pangram

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • P

    13

    answers

  • D

    9

    answers

  • O

    8

    answers

  • T

    4

    answers

  • E

    3

    answers

  • L

    3

    answers

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • Start with the biggest point swings

    This board has 2 pangrams, so the fastest route is to solve the all-letter shapes before sweeping short words.

  • Use long-word stems before cleanup

    There are 11 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

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

Common Prefixes

  • PU- starts

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

  • OU- starts

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

  • DU- starts

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

  • DE- starts

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

Common Suffixes

  • -LED endings

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

  • -TED endings

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

  • -PED endings

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

  • -UDE endings

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

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Pangram 1

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

Reveal words: polluted

Pangram 2

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

Reveal words: outpolled

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • polluted

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

  • outpolled

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

  • outdueled

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

  • deluded

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

  • deputed

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

  • duetted

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

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • polluted

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

  • outpolled

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

  • outdueled

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

  • deluded

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

  • deputed

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

  • duetted

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

  • tout

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

  • tutu

    TUTU 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

  • outputted

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

  • eelpout

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

  • outpull

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

  • duello

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

  • duplet

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

  • eluted

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

  • peepul

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

  • pupped

    PUPPED 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.