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Your Spelling Bee Companion for Saturday, May 30, 2026

A field guide for the O A I L N T 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

oailntv

Verified Answers

63

Disputed Words

14

Pangrams

4

Score for Queen Bee

350

Genius estimate: 245 points

Verified Answers

63

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

4

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

14

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 with four pangrams and a deep -TION payoff

This O-centered hive is unusually generous: 63 verified answers, four pangrams, and a thick band of long -TION words that can carry your score in a hurry. Start by testing O through the invitation, innovation, and violation lanes before you bother with four-letter cleanup. Repeated letters matter more than usual here, so keep double O, double T, and even double L alive instead of assuming the board wants cleaner shapes.

Verified answers

63

Max score

350

Genius

245

4 pangrams

Pangram Hunt

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

350 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 245 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

  • -TION ladder: The fastest scoring route is the deep -TION family, which branches from short bases into multiple eight- to twelve-letter answers. Examples: nation, notation, novation, violation, volition.
  • INVIT- and INNOV- builds: Once you see that both invitation and innovation families are live, the board opens into two separate long-word highways. Examples: invitation, invitational, innovation, innovational.
  • VIOL- to VOLI- pivot: Do not stop at VIOL or VIOLA; the same lane upgrades into pangram territory and another long premium word. Examples: viol, viola, violation, volition, volitional.
  • Repeated O cleanup: Double-O answers are everywhere, so save a deliberate late pass for the short repeated-vowel words after the long stems are banked. Examples: loon, loot, noon, tool, toon, toot.
  • Double-T confidence: Repeated T is not a novelty here; it is part of several verified answers and unlocks both niche and high-value words. Examples: allot, annatto, lotto, tattoo, titillation.
  • Short O-openers as cleanup: After the long routes, sweep the tiny O-led answers quickly because several four-letter stragglers hide there. Examples: olio, onto, oval, iota.

Common Prefixes

  • IN-

    IN- drives the biggest long-word family on the board and leads directly into the invitation or innovation clusters.

    Examples: into, initiation, innovation, innovational, invitation, invitational, intonation

  • NO-

    NO- branches from easy cleanup words into the notational family, so it is stronger than it first appears.

    Examples: noon, notation, notational, notion, notional, novation, nonillion

  • VI-

    VI- starts one pangram lane and one long instrumental side branch, making it worth a dedicated pass.

    Examples: viol, viola, violation, violin

  • VO-

    VO- is smaller but still productive because it grows from simple entries into the VOLI- payoff words.

    Examples: voila, volant, volition, volitional

Common Suffixes

  • -tion

    This is the backbone suffix for the whole board and should be tested against nearly every viable stem.

    Examples: nation, notation, novation, ovation, violation, volition, invitation, intonation

  • -tional

    The premium scores live here: once a base reaches -TION, check whether the board also supports the longer adjectival form.

    Examples: notational, volitional, innovational, invitational

  • -ion

    Several medium and long answers land here before extending farther, so it works as both a finish and a checkpoint.

    Examples: anion, lion, nation, notion, ovation, volition

  • -al

    A surprising number of shorter support words finish in -AL, which helps confirm when a stem is worth extending.

    Examples: alto, atonal, national, notional, oval, tonal, total, volant

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Pangram lane 1

Two pangrams live in the INVI or INNO neighborhood, so test the long -TIONAL endings before hunting isolated short words.

Reveal words: innovational, invitational

Pangram lane 2

The V branch is not just VIOLA and VIOLIN; it contains two all-letter answers if you push into abstract-noun territory.

Reveal words: violation, volitional

No-spoiler nudge

All four pangrams are at least nine letters long and lean on the same O-heavy long-word texture that dominates the board.

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • innovational

    One of the two 12-letter invitation or innovation payoffs, and a strong sign that this board rewards committing to the long -TIONAL lane early.

  • invitational

    Pairs with INNOVATIONAL to make the board feel unusually generous once you notice how much mileage the INVIT- stem has.

  • violation

    A pangram that turns the shorter VIOL branch into a serious scoring route instead of a decorative side lane.

  • volitional

    Another pangram and one of the best reminders that the VOLI- family is deeper than the simpler VIOL and VIOLA shapes suggest.

  • titillation

    A long non-pangram worth chasing because it proves repeated T and repeated I builds matter throughout this hive.

  • nonillion

    Easy to miss because it looks overly niche at first glance, but it cashes in on the board's comfort with repeated N and O.

  • aioli

    A good early confidence check that the vowel mix is workable and that culinary-looking entries are in play today.

  • llano

    Useful because it confirms doubled consonants and a less common LL opening before you spend too long second-guessing them.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • aioli

    This is a common miss because the vowel order feels unstable until you deliberately test A-I-O together.

  • llano

    The double-L opening and Spanish loanword feel both make this one easy to talk yourself out of.

  • annatto

    A doubled-N and doubled-T food word that only shows up if you stay open to repeated-letter chains.

  • lanolin

    This one is valuable because it extends the LA/LO animal-product lane farther than many solvers expect.

  • nonillion

    It looks extravagant, but today's board really does support a long number word.

  • titillation

    Long, repetitive, and easy to abandon too soon unless you trust the T-I-TI pattern.

  • volant

    Shorter than the big V words, but odd enough that it is a strong late-board catch.

  • olio

    A compact repeated-vowel answer that helps when you need to mop up overlooked four-letter points.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • anatto

    ANATTO fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • anoa

    ANOA fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • illation

    ILLATION fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • inanition

    INANITION fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • lilo

    LILO fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • lino

    LINO fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • lota

    LOTA fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • loti

    LOTI fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • natation

    NATATION fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • noil

    NOIL fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • otto

    OTTO fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • ovolo

    OVOLO fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • tanto

    TANTO fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • vino

    VINO fits the OAILNTV hive and BuzzyWords can currently build it, but it is not in today's verified source list.

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 2026-05-30 | BuzzyWords