Your Spelling Bee Companion for Saturday, June 6, 2026
A field guide for the O E I L N T 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.
Today's Board
Verified Answers
57
Disputed Words
7
Pangrams
1
Score for Queen Bee
217
Genius estimate: 152 points
Verified Answers
57
Find every accepted word in today's source list
Pangrams
1
Use all seven letters
Disputed Words
7
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 O board with 57 answers, one pangram, and heavy double-letter pressure
This is an O-center board with a wide 57-word answer set, but many of the best finds hide behind doubled letters instead of exotic consonant clusters. Start with the big TO- family and the -ION ladder before you spend time on four-letter cleanup. If the board feels too open at first, look for ordinary words that can absorb OO, LL, NN, or TT without breaking the letter bank.
Verified answers
57
Max score
217
Genius
152
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.
217 possible points
Point Density
The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 152 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.
57 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.
TO
18
words
LO
8
words
NO
7
words
WO
5
words
IN
3
words
OL
3
words
ON
3
words
WI
3
words
LE
2
words
NE
2
words
LI
1
word
OW
1
word
Score Planning
Word-Length Grid
Longer rows carry more score. Clear them before the four-letter cleanup.
4 letters
27
one-point cleanup
5 letters
10
score-building row
6 letters
14
score-building row
7 letters
2
1 pangram
8 letters
1
score-building row
9 letters
3
score-building row
Progressive Hint
First-Letter Counts
T
19
answers
L
11
answers
N
9
answers
W
8
answers
O
7
answers
I
3
answers
Pattern Prompts
Work The Board Without Reveals
- TO- family sweep: The board's richest cluster starts with TO-. That family covers short cleanup words and several of the biggest scoring extensions, so it should be your first serious pass. Examples: toil, tool, toon, towel, toilet, towline, towelette.
- Double letters are not optional: A large share of today's verified words repeat a letter. If you avoid doubles, you will miss productive lanes all over the hive. Examples: loll, loon, noon, wool, lotto, winnow.
- -ION ladder: Once you spot one -ION answer, keep climbing. The board supports a full mini-family from medium words into long scoring targets. Examples: intention, lion, lotion, nonillion, notion.
- LO- and LOO- extensions: The L-side is stronger than it first appears. Short LO words lead into longer forms, especially once you allow repeated O and N combinations. Examples: loin, loon, loot, loonie, lotion.
- NO-/NON- branch: NO-based forms are a good mid-run cleanup strategy and can open the path to one of the board’s strangest long words. Examples: none, noon, note, nonet, nonillion.
Common Prefixes
to-
This is the main engine of the board, spanning everything from one-point words to the longest payoffs.
Examples: toil, toile, toilet, toilette, toll, tone, tonne, tool
lo-
LO starts give you a second deep cluster once the main TO lane slows down.
Examples: loin, loll, lone, loon, loonie, loot
no-/non-
NO-based entries create a tidy cleanup branch and support longer extensions.
Examples: noel, none, noon, note, nonet, nonillion
wi-/wo-
The W branch is smaller, but it carries several easy-to-overlook repeated-letter words.
Examples: wino, willow, winnow, wonton, woolen
Common Suffixes
-ion
This suffix is one of the clearest long-word ladders on the board.
Examples: intention, lion, lotion, nonillion, notion
-oon
A small but real cleanup family lives here, and it helps reinforce the board’s repeated-vowel habit.
Examples: loon, noon, toon
-let / -lette
If you see the shorter stem, keep testing whether the board supports a longer polish or diminutive ending.
Examples: owlet, toilet, toilette, towelette
Progressive Help
Pangram Hints
Pangram shape
The pangram is a 7-letter T-word that uses every letter exactly once and names something more like a cord or line than an action.
Ending nudge
If you already have TOWEL or TOWN in mind, keep steering toward a clean -LINE ending.
Full reveal
Use this only if you want the all-letter answer outright.
Reveal words: towline
Spoiler Control
Notable Words
- towlinePangram
- intention9 pts
- nonillion9 pts
- toilette8 pts
- towelette9 pts
- leonine7 pts
- winnow6 pts
- into1 pts
- intone6 pts
- loonie6 pts
Why these matter
- towline
TOWLINE is the only pangram, so it is the cleanest early shortcut to both coverage and bonus points.
- intention
INTENTION is a 9-point anchor that also teaches you to keep pushing past the shorter INTO and INTONE ladder.
- nonillion
NONILLION is easy to miss because it doubles both N and L; this board rewards players who stay open to repeated letters.
- toilette
TOILETTE is one of the best long-word payoffs and a reminder that the TOILET stem keeps extending farther than you expect.
- towelette
TOWELETTE looks like a stretch, but once TOWEL is in hand it becomes a realistic expansion target.
- leonine
LEONINE is a useful oddball: it is not the first L-word most solvers reach for, but it fits the board cleanly and scores well.
- winnow
WINNOW captures the double-letter theme perfectly and can unlock the wider W-side of the board.
Hard Finds
Tricky Accepted Words
- oleo
OLEO is short, legitimate, and easy to skip because it looks too repetitive.
- olio
OLIO is another short O-heavy word that rewards solvers who stop dismissing repeated-vowel shapes.
- toile
TOILE is a classic “looks wrong until you remember it” answer and a stem worth extending.
- toonie
TOONIE is easy to leave out if you only search conventional dictionary-core vocabulary.
- nonet
NONET is strategically useful because it nudges you toward the larger NON- / -ION branch.
- woot
WOOT is a modern-feeling entry that many solvers second-guess even when it fits the hive.
- leonine
LEONINE looks unfamiliar enough to miss on the first pass, but it is a clean scoring answer.
Disputed Candidates
Plausible Rejections
- leno
LENO fits the letter bank and appeared in BuzzyWords solver output, but it was not verified in today's source answer list.
- lilo
LILO fits the letter bank and appeared in BuzzyWords solver output, but it was not verified in today's source answer list.
- lino
LINO fits the letter bank and appeared in BuzzyWords solver output, but it was not verified in today's source answer list.
- loti
LOTI fits the letter bank and appeared in BuzzyWords solver output, but it was not verified in today's source answer list.
- niello
NIELLO fits the letter bank and appeared in BuzzyWords solver output, but it was not verified in today's source answer list.
- noil
NOIL fits the letter bank and appeared in BuzzyWords solver output, but it was not verified in today's source answer list.
- otto
OTTO fits the letter bank and appeared in BuzzyWords solver output, but it was not verified in today's source answer 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.