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Your Spelling Bee Companion for Monday, June 8, 2026

A field guide for the E B C D J O T 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

ebcdjot

Verified Answers

47

Disputed Words

0

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

213

Genius estimate: 149 points

Verified Answers

47

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

0

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

Deep E board with 47 answers, one pangram, and relentless double-letter cleanup

The center letter is E, and this hive rewards solvers who notice how much of the board runs through DE- and doubled consonants instead of exotic letter mixes. Start by testing sturdy stems like DECO-, DE- + -ED, and OBJECT before sweeping the short four-letter cleanup, because the best scoring lane comes from stacking extensions rather than hunting isolated oddballs.

Verified answers

47

Max score

213

Genius

149

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.

213 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 149 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

47 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.

  • DE

    12

    words

  • BO

    7

    words

  • CO

    5

    words

  • TO

    4

    words

  • DO

    3

    words

  • OB

    3

    words

  • BE

    2

    words

  • CE

    2

    words

  • EJ

    2

    words

  • JE

    2

    words

  • JO

    2

    words

  • EB

    1

    word

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

Longer rows carry more score. Clear them before the four-letter cleanup.

  • 4 letters

    15

    one-point cleanup

  • 5 letters

    11

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    15

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    2

    score-building row

  • 8 letters

    4

    1 pangram

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • D

    15

    answers

  • B

    9

    answers

  • C

    7

    answers

  • T

    5

    answers

  • J

    4

    answers

  • O

    4

    answers

  • E

    3

    answers

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • DE- spine: The richest scoring lane starts with DE- and keeps extending into longer verified answers instead of stopping at one-point cleanup. Examples: decocted, decoded, dejected, detected, deeded.
  • Double-consonant pressure: This board keeps rewarding repeated letters, so do not prune words just because they double B, D, J, or T. Examples: bedded, bobbed, jetted, jotted, dotted.
  • -ED extensions: Past-tense endings are unusually productive here and often turn a decent base into a much better scoring answer. Examples: coded, doted, tooted, ejected, objected.
  • OBJECT lane: OBJECT is not just a standalone six; it is the cleanest on-ramp to the only pangram and one of the best point swings on the board. Examples: object, objected.
  • Short TO-/BO- cleanup: Once the long DE words are banked, the remaining value comes from compact families that reuse the same vowel frame with small consonant swaps. Examples: toed, tote, toted, bode, booed.

Common Prefixes

  • de-

    This is the main engine of the puzzle and covers both the longest answers and a big chunk of the mid-tier scores.

    Examples: decoct, decode, deject, detect, deeded

  • bo-

    The BO family mixes doubles and endings, so it is a useful second pass after the heavier DE lane.

    Examples: bocce, bode, boded, booed, booted

  • co-

    CO words stay shorter overall, but they connect several valid cleanup answers that are easy to collect once you see the frame.

    Examples: code, coded, coed, cooed, cote

  • ob-

    There are only a few OB entries, but one of them is the pangram route, so this prefix matters more than its raw count suggests.

    Examples: oboe, object, objected

Common Suffixes

  • -ed

    The board is loaded with accepted -ED finishes, especially once you start from DE- stems.

    Examples: coded, doted, ejected, objected, toted

  • -ted

    This ending keeps showing up in both short and longer answers, which makes it a dependable late-pass scan.

    Examples: jotted, jetted, tooted, toted, detected

  • -ect

    If you notice this cluster, it opens both clean six-letter scores and their longer upgrades.

    Examples: deject, detect, object

  • -ode

    This ending anchors a small but useful group that bridges easy four-letter words to stronger extensions.

    Examples: bode, code, decode

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

All seven letters

Look for an eight-letter past-tense verb that uses every letter and begins with OB-.

Build from a base

If you find OBJECT first, add the final letter that turns it into a full all-letter action word.

Reveal the pangram

Use this only if you want the full seven-letter check plus the bonus route.

Reveal words: objected

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • objected

    The only pangram, and the clearest reason to test OBJECT before you start sweeping short words.

  • decocted

    An eight-letter scorer that shows how valuable the DECO- stem becomes once you keep pushing it past the obvious stop points.

  • detected

    A long, high-return extension from DETECT that helps this board score bigger than its one-pangram setup first suggests.

  • dejected

    Another eight-letter DE build, useful as proof that the board keeps paying off once you trust the DE- family.

  • bootee

    A sneaky six-letter noun that rewards anyone who checks whether BOOT- can branch away from the expected past-tense route.

  • jete

    Short, specialized, and easy to miss, which makes it a good checkpoint for whether you have fully cleared the accepted set.

  • object

    The six-letter base is worth finding on its own because it points directly to the pangram upgrade.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • jete

    A ballet term that looks missable beside the thicker DE and BO lanes, but it is part of the verified source set for today.

  • bootee

    The extra E makes this one easy to stop short on BOOTED, even though the accepted noun is worth another point.

  • bocce

    The double C plus final E gives it an unusual shape compared with the more ordinary verb forms around it.

  • decocted

    This is one of the board's longest answers, but it is built from a less common cooking verb that many solvers will skip.

  • oboe

    A compact noun that is easy to overlook once you get focused on past-tense verbs and longer DE stems.

  • deeded

    Repeated E and D make it look suspicious at first glance, but the double-repeat pattern is absolutely live on this hive.

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.