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BuzzyWords

Your Spelling Bee Companion for Thursday, May 28, 2026

A field guide for the A G I J M N U 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

agijmnu

Verified Answers

47

Disputed Words

18

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

245

Genius estimate: 172 points

Verified Answers

47

Find every accepted word in today's puzzle

Pangrams

1

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

Medium board with a heavy repeated-letter payoff

With A locked in the center, this board opens up through repeated-letter families much more than obscure one-offs. Start by probing the dense -ING lane and the short MA-/GA- clusters, because they unlock most of the serious scoring without forcing an early full-word reveal. The list is only 47 answers, but the 245-point ceiling means the longer extensions matter far more than a sweep of four-letter crumbs.

Verified answers

47

Max score

245

Genius

172

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.

245 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 172 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

47 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

    13

    words

  • GA

    11

    words

  • NA

    4

    words

  • UN

    4

    words

  • IM

    3

    words

  • AG

    2

    words

  • AN

    2

    words

  • JA

    2

    words

  • AI

    1

    word

  • GU

    1

    word

  • IG

    1

    word

  • MI

    1

    word

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

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

  • 4 letters

    10

    one-point cleanup

  • 5 letters

    15

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    8

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    10

    score-building row

  • 8 letters

    1

    score-building row

  • 9 letters

    3

    1 pangram

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • M

    14

    answers

  • G

    12

    answers

  • A

    5

    answers

  • N

    5

    answers

  • U

    5

    answers

  • I

    4

    answers

  • J

    2

    answers

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • -ING extensions

    This is the main scoring engine: once you spot a base, it often stretches into a 6-, 7-, or 9-letter answer.

  • MA- cluster

    The MA lane keeps paying off, from four-letter starters to longer answers with repeated consonants.

  • GA- cluster

    GA- produces both easy openers and several strong upgrades, so it is worth sweeping early.

  • UN- ladder

    Only a few answers use UN-, but they chain neatly from short to long and include the pangram route.

  • Repeated doubles

    Double letters are not decoration on this board; many of the best scores depend on trusting them.

Common Prefixes

  • ga-

    A productive opening lane that ranges from simple four-letter entries to high-value extensions.

  • ma-

    This prefix family does a lot of work across the board and often pairs with repeated letters.

  • im-

    A smaller lane, but it contains one short answer and two of the better long-word payoffs.

  • un-

    The UN family is compact but strategically important because it leads directly to the pangram branch.

Common Suffixes

  • -ing

    The board keeps rewarding solvers who try one more extension after finding a base form.

  • -man

    This ending appears in both a short useful word and a higher-value extension chain.

  • -ima

    A smaller but real ending family that helps confirm some of the board's trickier vowel patterns.

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Shape of the pangram

The lone pangram is a 9-letter word that starts with UN- and leans on a doubled consonant in the middle.

Build from a short base

Find a 5-letter UN- starter first, then extend it into a verb ending to reach the full-board answer.

Reveal words: unjam

Full pangram reveal

If you want the complete all-seven-letter answer, reveal it here.

Reveal words: unjamming

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • unjamming

    The lone pangram is also one of the best scores on the page, so it changes the whole run once you find it.

  • imagining

    At nine letters, this is the other marquee scorer and a strong reward for extending a common base instead of settling early.

  • managing

    MANAGING shows how generous the board can be once you trust the MA lane and keep building.

  • gauging

    GAUGING is a high-value reminder that the board is friendlier to unusual vowel placement than it first appears.

  • jagging

    JAGGING gives the rare J immediate value and prevents that letter from becoming dead weight.

  • magnum

    MAGNUM is a sturdy mid-length score that helps bridge from the short MA entries into the better extensions.

  • umami

    UMAMI is one of the most distinctive five-letter finds, and spotting it early helps justify exploring the less common U branch.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • jagging

    Easy to miss because the J looks isolated until you trust the doubled G and the common -ING ending together.

  • umami

    A familiar food word, but its unusual vowel pattern can hide even after you see the letters.

  • minima

    The repeated I/A rhythm makes it look less natural than it really is on this board.

  • angina

    A high-value six that is easier to overlook if you focus only on friendlier everyday vocabulary.

  • imagining

    This long scorer is built from a very ordinary stem, but it only appears if you keep extending aggressively.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • amiga

    It fits the hive cleanly and looks like a plausible five-letter pickup, but today's verified source list does not include it.

  • amain

    The letter pattern is natural for this board, yet it is not part of the accepted answer set for May 28.

  • gagman

    The repeated-letter structure makes it feel believable beside GAGGING and GAMIN, but it is solver-only today.

  • numina

    It matches the board's vowel-heavy longer forms, but the verified source answers leave it out.

  • manganin

    This long technical-looking build is exactly the kind of solver candidate that feels possible but is not confirmed by the source.

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.