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Your Spelling Bee Companion for Sunday, May 31, 2026

A field guide for the C D G H I L O 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

cdghilo

Verified Answers

25

Disputed Words

3

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

113

Genius estimate: 80 points

Verified Answers

25

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

3

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

Tight board with one pangram and heavy repeated-letter payoff

Today's hive puts C in the center and keeps the board compact, with only 25 verified answers and one true all-letter breakthrough. Start by testing CH- and CO- families, then stay alert for doubled letters that turn short stems into bigger scores. If the board feels stingy early, that is the point: the best progress comes from extending bases like CHILD, LOGIC, and COL-.

Verified answers

25

Max score

113

Genius

80

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.

113 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 80 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

25 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

  • CH- family first: The CH opening drives much of the board, from short cleanup words to the longest scorers, so it is the fastest way to uncover both volume and points. Examples: chic, child, chili, chill, chocoholic.
  • CO / COL extensions: Once you find CO- forms, keep pushing into COL- and doubled-letter versions because that is where several mid-value verified answers hide. Examples: coho, coil, cold, colic, colloid.
  • Repeated letters are mandatory: This puzzle rewards solvers who keep reusing C, L, O, and I instead of assuming a cleaner one-pass build. Examples: chichi, cocci, cool, colloid, illogic.
  • Build off real stems: Short verified bases grow into the best scores here, so use CHILD and LOGIC as launch points before sweeping isolated four-letter words. Examples: child, childhood, logic, illogic, godchild.
  • Save the four-letter sweep for last: Ten verified answers are only four letters, but they are low-value compared with the few long answers that define this board. Examples: chic, clod, clog, coho, loco.

Common Prefixes

  • ch

    CH is the dominant opening family and carries both the board's cleanup words and its longest answers.

    Examples: chic, child, chili, chill, chocoholic

  • co

    CO- keeps branching into stronger forms, so it is worth rechecking with each remaining outer letter.

    Examples: coho, coil, cold, colic, cool

  • col

    COL- is especially productive because it supports both a standard form and a doubled-letter extension.

    Examples: cold, colic, colloid

Common Suffixes

  • -ic

    The -IC ending appears across several verified answers and is one of the easiest productive endings to test against C today.

    Examples: chic, colic, logic, illogic

  • -ild

    The -ILD finish matters because it anchors the main family that expands into the pangram and another long scorer.

    Examples: child, godchild

  • -oid

    The -OID shape is limited but high-value on this board, so it is worth checking once COL- appears.

    Examples: colloid

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Start with the frame

The pangram is an 8-letter answer that joins a familiar three-letter opening with a common family word.

Middle build

After the opening, look for the CHILD pattern rather than chasing a pure science or cooking term.

Reveal

If you want the full check, the lone pangram is GODCHILD.

Reveal words: godchild

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • godchild

    GODCHILD is the lone pangram, so cracking its GOD- plus CHILD build opens the whole board and gives the biggest early point swing.

  • chocoholic

    CHOCOHOLIC is the board's longest answer and a good reminder to test stacked CH/CO chunks instead of abandoning repeated C patterns.

  • childhood

    CHILDHOOD pays off the CHILD base with a second H and doubled O, making it one of the easiest long words to miss if you stop at the shorter stem.

  • colloid

    COLLOID shows how valuable doubled letters are today: once COL- appears, the extra L and O turn a short stem into a higher-value verified answer.

  • codicil

    CODICIL is a strong late-board catch because it reuses the CODI- shape and asks you to trust an uncommon legal word that still fits the hive cleanly.

  • cichlid

    CICHLID is tricky because the repeated C/H/I sequence looks awkward at first glance, but it is a fully verified seven-letter score builder.

  • illogic

    ILLOGIC is another repeated-letter payoff: the doubled L and the LOGIC ending make it a useful pattern extension once you have LOGIC.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • coho

    COHO is easy to skip because it looks too short and specialized, but it is a verified four-letter answer.

  • loch

    LOCH is worth remembering because it was accepted by the source list even though the solver originally needed a backfill for it.

  • loci

    LOCI is a classic plural-style trap: it feels plausible but easy to overlook if you only test the singular pattern.

  • cocci

    COCCI asks you to trust repeated C usage twice, which makes it one of the stranger-looking verified words on the board.

  • codicil

    CODICIL is uncommon enough that many solvers will not test it without first spotting the CODI- frame.

  • cichlid

    CICHLID has an awkward letter rhythm, but it is one of the cleaner seven-letter scoring finds once you see it.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • choc

    CHOC fits the hive and follows the strong CH/CO pattern, but it was not verified in today's source answer list.

  • coco

    COCO looks natural on a board with so many repeated C/O shapes, but the verified source did not accept it today.

  • coll

    COLL feels like it should extend the COL family, yet it was not in the source-approved set for this puzzle.

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.