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Your Spelling Bee Companion for Monday, May 25, 2026

A field guide for the T A I M N R V 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

taimnrv

Verified Answers

43

Disputed Words

35

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

227

Genius estimate: 159 points

Verified Answers

43

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

35

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

Medium with one pangram and a lot of repeat-letter pressure

Today's T-centered hive has 43 verified answers and only one pangram, so this board is more about spotting durable letter families than spamming short filler. Start by working the TA- lane and the long -ANT / -AIN endings, because those stems unlock many of the best point jumps. Repeated letters matter more than they first appear, especially once you move from the six-letter core into the longer scoring answers.

Verified answers

43

Max score

227

Genius

159

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.

227 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 159 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

43 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

  • TA- family: This hive gives you a dense TA- cluster that carries both cleanup words and several of the best mid-length scores. Examples: taint, tamari, tamarin, tannin, tantara, tantra.
  • -ANT and -AIN endings: Once you spot the board's closing patterns, long answers start chaining together instead of arriving one by one. Examples: arrant, natant, variant, attain, maintain, taint.
  • Repeat the T before you repeat outer letters: The board rewards doubled T more often than flashy outer-letter repetition, so test TT shapes aggressively. Examples: attain, attar, irritant, mitt, rattan, tart.
  • Save the V words for a scoring burst: There are only a few V-led answers, but they carry the pangram and some of the cleanest six- to seven-letter points on the board. Examples: variant, varmint, vitamin, avatar, trivia.
  • Long words grow from ordinary stems: Several of the board's biggest scores are just extended versions of common letter runs, so keep stretching valid middles before abandoning them. Examples: train, trimaran, invariant, maintain, irritant.

Common Prefixes

  • ta-

    The strongest opening on the board; it branches into both short keepers and longer reveal-worthy answers.

    Examples: taint, tamari, tamarin, tannin, tantara, tantra

  • tr-

    This start helps you move from one-point cleanup into better six- and eight-point words.

    Examples: train, trait, tram, trim, trimaran, trivia

  • ma-

    Useful when you want to convert common consonant frames into sturdy mid-length answers.

    Examples: maintain, manta, mantra, mart, martin, martini

  • va-

    A small family, but it contains the pangram and two high-value follow-ons.

    Examples: variant, varmint, vitamin

Common Suffixes

  • -ant

    One of the main scoring endings today, especially when you extend it into longer forms.

    Examples: arrant, natant, variant, irritant

  • -ain

    This ending turns several ordinary stems into reliable five- to eight-letter answers.

    Examples: attain, maintain, taint, train

  • -ara

    A less common but productive ending that explains why a few of the board's odd-looking words are still worth trying.

    Examples: tantara, tiara, tamari

  • -tan

    Short-to-mid answers keep circling this ending, so it is a good second-pass check after TA-.

    Examples: titan, rattan, tartan

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Pangram shape

There is one pangram, and it is an 7-letter animal word built around a V opening with T anchoring the back half.

Pangram nudge

If you see VAR- early, keep going until the word closes with a familiar small-creature ending.

Pangram reveal

Use the full V-A-R-M-I-N-T shape if you want the direct bonus path.

Reveal words: varmint

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • varmint

    VARMINT is the day's only pangram, so finding it early is the fastest route to a meaningful score jump.

  • invariant

    INVARIANT is the board's only nine-letter answer and proves how far the core -VARIANT shape can stretch.

  • irritant

    IRRITANT is a strong reminder that repeated I and repeated T are productive, not accidental, on this board.

  • maintain

    MAINTAIN is the cleanest example of how the -AIN lane keeps expanding once you trust it.

  • trimaran

    TRIMARAN rewards solvers who keep extending the TRI/TRIM frame instead of cashing out at four letters.

  • variant

    VARIANT is a useful bridge word because it points straight toward both the pangram and the other V-led scorer.

  • vitamin

    VITAMIN is a surprisingly natural seven-letter score that becomes much easier once you stop hoarding the V.

  • ratatat

    RATATAT looks playful enough to second-guess, which makes it one of the more valuable confirmation words on the page.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • varmint

    The only pangram is not visually obvious at first glance, so it is the best early bonus target once you see VAR-.

  • invariant

    This is the board's lone nine-letter answer and a big payoff for staying with an ordinary-looking stem.

  • irritant

    It pays off only if you trust repeated I and repeated T instead of treating duplicates as dead ends.

  • trimaran

    A high-value long word that grows out of a simple TRI/TRIM path many solvers stop too early.

  • ratatat

    Its comic-book rhythm makes it easy to dismiss, but it is a verified seven-letter scorer today.

  • tatami

    The repeated TA pattern feels almost too neat, which makes this one easier to skip than it should be.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • trinitarian

    TRINITARIAN fits the hive and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it is not in the verified source answer list for 2026-05-25.

  • trainman

    TRAINMAN fits the hive and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it is not in the verified source answer list for 2026-05-25.

  • amanita

    AMANITA fits the hive and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it is not in the verified source answer list for 2026-05-25.

  • attaint

    ATTAINT fits the hive and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it is not in the verified source answer list for 2026-05-25.

  • martian

    MARTIAN fits the hive and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it is not in the verified source answer list for 2026-05-25.

  • titania

    TITANIA fits the hive and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it is not in the verified source answer list for 2026-05-25.

  • titrant

    TITRANT fits the hive and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it is not in the verified source answer list for 2026-05-25.

  • vitrain

    VITRAIN fits the hive and BuzzyWords can generate it, but it is not in the verified source answer list for 2026-05-25.

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.

Daily Spelling Bee Summary for 2026-05-25 | BuzzyWords