Your Spelling Bee Companion for Sunday, June 7, 2026
A field guide for the C A D I T U 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.
Today's Board
Verified Answers
20
Disputed Words
1
Pangrams
1
Score for Queen Bee
99
Genius estimate: 70 points
Verified Answers
20
Find every accepted word in today's source list
Pangrams
1
Use all seven letters
Disputed Words
1
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 C board with 20 answers, one perfect pangram, and almost no low-value filler
This C-centered hive is compact enough that every real hit matters, but it still hides one strong all-letter payoff. Start by testing AC-, AD-, and TA-/TACT shapes before you sweep the short cleanup words, because the board's scoring comes from a few sturdy six- and seven-letter builds rather than a huge answer pool.
Verified answers
20
Max score
99
Genius
70
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.
99 possible points
Point Density
The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 70 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.
20 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.
AC
4
words
DI
3
words
TA
3
words
AD
2
words
CA
2
words
CI
2
words
DU
2
words
AT
1
word
VI
1
word
Score Planning
Word-Length Grid
Longer rows carry more score. Clear them before the four-letter cleanup.
4 letters
5
one-point cleanup
5 letters
6
score-building row
6 letters
7
score-building row
7 letters
1
1 pangram
8 letters
1
score-building row
Progressive Hint
First-Letter Counts
A
7
answers
D
5
answers
C
4
answers
T
3
answers
V
1
answer
Pattern Prompts
Work The Board Without Reveals
- AC- family: The AC opening carries both quick four-letter progress and longer payoffs, so it is the cleanest first scan on this board. Examples: acai, acid, acacia, acidic.
- TACT stem: Once TACT appears, it grows in a straight line into stronger scores instead of stopping at the four-letter floor. Examples: tact, tacit, tactic.
- Double-D buildouts: The board allows repeated D cleanly, and those doubled consonants are what separate the better six-letter scores from the basic cleanup. Examples: addict, adduct, didact, didactic.
- -IC endings: Several of the best accepted words land on an -IC finish, so keep testing that ending after you spot a valid core stem. Examples: acidic, civic, didactic, tactic.
Common Prefixes
ac
AC is the most productive opening family and covers both short confirmation words and the board's best early ladders.
Examples: acai, acid, acacia, acidic
ad
AD turns into two different double-D builds, so it is worth extending instead of cashing out early.
Examples: addict, adduct
ta
TA is the fastest route into the tact/tacit/tactic scoring ladder.
Examples: tact, tacit, tactic
di
DI opens the dicta/didact branch, which is easy to miss if you only scan for common everyday forms.
Examples: dicta, didact, didactic
Common Suffixes
ic
The -IC finish repeats across multiple accepted answers and is a strong way to upgrade a valid stem.
Examples: acidic, civic, didactic, tactic
act
ACT-closing shapes help you test both short and upgraded forms from the same consonant core.
Examples: tact, didact, viaduct
a
Several accepted words finish with a simple A, which helps when the board starts to feel overly consonant-heavy.
Examples: acacia, cava, cicada, dicta
Progressive Help
Pangram Hints
All-letter route
The pangram is a 7-letter word that uses every tile exactly once, starts with V, and ends with T.
Meaning nudge
Think of a road or rail bridge carried over a valley; that image gives you the full-letter answer shape.
Pangram reveal
If you want the full all-letter answer, reveal it here.
Reveal words: viaduct
Spoiler Control
Notable Words
- viaductPangram
- didactic8 pts
- acacia6 pts
- addict6 pts
- adduct6 pts
- cicada6 pts
- tactic6 pts
- acidic6 pts
- didact6 pts
- attic5 pts
Why these matter
- viaduct
The only pangram, so it is the fastest way to lock all seven letters and grab the board's biggest single scoring swing.
- didactic
The longest accepted answer at eight letters, and a good reminder that DIDACT does not stop where your first instinct might.
- acacia
A repeated-vowel tree word that makes the AC opening far richer than the tiny answer count first suggests.
- addict
One of the cleanest double-D payoffs, showing that repeated consonants are essential on this board.
- adduct
A less obvious twin to ADDICT that rewards anyone who keeps pushing the AD stem instead of cashing out early.
- cicada
Memorable and pattern-rich, with the repeated C/A rhythm that defines much of this hive.
- tactic
The best endpoint of the TACT ladder and a reliable scoring checkpoint once the TA side starts to open up.
Hard Finds
Tricky Accepted Words
- acai
Easy to skip if you assume the board wants only classical-looking C words, but it is a valid four-letter starter here.
- cava
Short, vowel-heavy, and newly backfilled into the solver, so it is exactly the kind of legitimate answer people second-guess.
- didact
Looks like a fragment at first glance, but it is accepted and matters because it teaches the path into DIDACTIC.
- ducat
Not an everyday word for many solvers, yet it fits the letter bank cleanly and helps open the U side of the hive.
- dicta
A plural-style legal term that is easy to miss if you only test the more common DICT shape.
Disputed Candidates
Plausible Rejections
- cadi
BuzzyWords can still form CADI from the letters, but it is not in today's verified source list and should stay in the disputed bucket.
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.