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Your Spelling Bee Companion for Tuesday, June 2, 2026

A field guide for the L D E I M N W 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

ldeimnw

Verified Answers

58

Disputed Words

3

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

258

Genius estimate: 181 points

Verified Answers

58

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

Medium with one pangram jackpot and heavy -led cleanup

Today's hive puts L in the center and spreads the rest across D, E, I, M, N, and W. The board is generous enough at 58 verified answers, but the biggest gains come from spotting the long -LED and -DLE families instead of burning time on the 22 four-letter cleanups. Start by probing WI-, MI-, and DW- builds, then sweep the short L-words once the major stems are locked in.

Verified answers

58

Max score

258

Genius

181

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.

258 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 181 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

58 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

  • -LED endings: This is the board's biggest multiplier. Once you find a valid stem, test the -LED extension immediately because 11 verified answers end that way. Examples: diddled, dwelled, dwindled, meddled, needled.
  • -DLE cores: Several of today's best stems sit inside the same wobbling -DLE shape, so checking one often unlocks another. Examples: diddle, dwindle, meddle, middle, needle.
  • WI- ladder: WI- is where the premium scoring path lives, running from short cleanup words up through the noun that feeds the pangram. Examples: wild, wile, will, wield, windmill.
  • MI- cluster: The MI- branch holds multiple medium and long answers, including a 9-letter score and the mildew pair. Examples: middle, middlemen, midline, mildew, mildewed.
  • DW- branch: There are only four DW- answers, but they split into two sturdy stems that both extend cleanly by one letter. Examples: dwell, dwelled, dwindle, dwindled.
  • Leave the 4-letter sweep for last: This puzzle has 22 four-letter answers. They matter for Queen Bee, but they are not where the scoring momentum comes from. Examples: deli, idle, meld, mild, will.

Common Prefixes

  • WI-

    This prefix carries both short cleanup and the longest scoring sequence on the board.

    Examples: wield, wielded, wild, will, windmill

  • MI-

    MI- keeps paying off once you move past the obvious 4-letter forms.

    Examples: middle, middlemen, midline, mildew, mildewed

  • LI-

    LI- is broad enough to support both quick cleanup and a few less obvious medium-length finds.

    Examples: limn, limned, linden, lined, linen

  • ME-

    ME- mixes ordinary stems with one oddly spelled vowel-heavy entry, so it is worth a deliberate pass.

    Examples: meddle, meddled, melded, melee, mewled

  • DW-

    A small prefix family, but every accepted word here is worth keeping because both stems extend.

    Examples: dwell, dwelled, dwindle, dwindled

Common Suffixes

  • -led

    The dominant ending today. If the stem is accepted, test the -LED version right away.

    Examples: diddled, dwelled, dwindled, mewled, windmilled

  • -dle

    This middle-heavy ending links several of the day's best scoring stems.

    Examples: diddle, dwindle, meddle, middle, needle

  • -ded

    A second productive ending that shows up once you push a few base forms one step further.

    Examples: elided, lidded, melded, welded, wielded

  • -men

    Plural human-form endings are rare today, but both accepted examples are worth chasing for points.

    Examples: linemen, middlemen

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

All-letter shape

The pangram is a 10-letter word with a doubled consonant, a mill-related core, and an -ED finish.

Base word first

Build the 8-letter noun that starts with WI- and then ask whether the board also accepts its past-tense extension.

Reveal words: windmill

Full reveal

Reveal the all-letter answer only if you want the direct save.

Reveal words: windmilled

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • windmilled

    The only pangram and the clear point jackpot: it uses all seven letters and jumps to 17 points.

  • middlemen

    The lone 9-letter non-pangram, making it the best long follow-up once you find MIDDLE.

  • windmill

    This 8-letter noun is worth chasing early because it directly unlocks the pangram extension.

  • dwindled

    A strong 8-letter scorer that rewards checking whether the DWINDLE stem stretches one more move.

  • mildewed

    A high-value extension from MILDEW and a good reminder that the board likes repeated -ED payoffs.

  • midline

    A clean 7-letter answer that is easy to miss while the eye keeps getting pulled toward MIDDLE.

  • linemen

    Confirms the useful -MEN ending and helps separate productive plural builds from fake ones.

  • melee

    One of the least obvious accepted words because the repeated vowels make it feel suspicious at first glance.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • melee

    The repeated E pattern makes this look overbuilt, but it is fully accepted today.

  • limn

    A compact uncommon word that is easy to skip because its vowel pattern feels too thin.

  • limned

    Once LIMN appears, the -ED extension is valid too, which is not obvious on first scan.

  • lede

    This newsroom term is a classic “looks wrong, counts anyway” four-letter save.

  • newel

    An architectural word that hides inside the letter set without sharing many obvious cousins.

  • linemen

    Useful because it confirms the -MEN lane and can point you toward a longer plural elsewhere.

  • middlemen

    Easy to stop at MIDDLE or MIDLINE and never test the full plural extension.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • dele

    It looks plausible next to DELI, DELL, and LEDE, but today's verified source list does not include it.

  • linn

    The short form fits the letters and the LI- family, but it is not a verified answer for this date.

  • wiled

    WILE makes WILED tempting, especially beside WILLED and WIELDED patterns, but the source does not accept it today.

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.