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Your Spelling Bee Companion for Tuesday, June 9, 2026

A field guide for the O E F G I L N 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

oefgiln

Verified Answers

65

Disputed Words

13

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

282

Genius estimate: 197 points

Verified Answers

65

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

13

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

Big O board with 65 answers, one pangram, and heavy repeat-letter ladders

With O fixed in the center, this puzzle opens up when you lean into repeated vowels instead of racing through short fillers. Start by probing GOO-, LOG-, and LON-/LONG families, because many of today's best points come from extensions rather than isolated four-letter finds. There is only one pangram, but the board still scores like a big day once you trust the double-O and -ING lanes.

Verified answers

65

Max score

282

Genius

197

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.

282 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 197 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

65 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.

  • GO

    14

    words

  • LO

    12

    words

  • FO

    6

    words

  • NO

    6

    words

  • FL

    3

    words

  • LI

    3

    words

  • OG

    3

    words

  • OL

    3

    words

  • ON

    3

    words

  • LE

    2

    words

  • OF

    2

    words

  • EG

    1

    word

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

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

  • 4 letters

    26

    one-point cleanup

  • 5 letters

    8

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    14

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    12

    score-building row

  • 8 letters

    4

    1 pangram

  • 9 letters

    1

    score-building row

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • L

    17

    answers

  • G

    15

    answers

  • O

    13

    answers

  • F

    10

    answers

  • N

    7

    answers

  • I

    2

    answers

  • E

    1

    answer

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • GOO- family: Repeated O is productive immediately and keeps scaling into longer accepted words. Examples: goof, googol, google, googling.
  • LOG- ladder: A short base word branches into several clean medium scorers. Examples: loge, logo, login, logging.
  • -ING finishers: Once you find the short stems, the board pays off with a deep -ING lane. Examples: fogging, foiling, golfing, ongoing.
  • LON-/LONG expansions: The long side of the hive keeps extending past the obvious stop points. Examples: long, longing, loonie, lifelong.
  • Double-O pressure: Several of the best answers spend the center letter more than once, so repeated O is not a corner case. Examples: goon, noon, noogie, oolong.
  • Online/offline pair: Modern compound vocabulary is active here and gives two easy seven-point pickups. Examples: online, offline.

Common Prefixes

  • goo-

    This repeated-vowel start unlocks both short cleanup and premium extensions.

    Examples: goof, google, googling

  • log-

    Test the log- base in several directions once you find one hit.

    Examples: loge, logo, login, logging

  • on-

    The board supports a useful on- lane that ranges from common to high-value.

    Examples: onion, online, ongoing

Common Suffixes

  • -ing

    This is the cleanest scoring suffix on the board and shows up across multiple stems.

    Examples: foiling, golfing, googling, ongoing

  • -line

    A paired ending gives two easy longer answers once you notice it.

    Examples: online, offline

  • -oon

    Repeated O keeps returning in this family, and one branch stretches even farther.

    Examples: goon, loon, noon, loonie

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Shape of the pangram

There is only one pangram today. It is 8 letters long and starts with LI-.

Meaning nudge

Think of an adjective about lasting through an entire span; it finishes with the same ending as LONG.

Reveal the pangram

Open this only if you want the full seven-letter-board answer.

Reveal words: lifelong

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • lifelong

    The only pangram, so it is the fastest way to unlock both coverage and a double-digit score jump.

  • nonillion

    Today's lone 9-letter answer is a major late-board swing if you stay open to repeated letters.

  • googling

    A strong proof that the repeated-O lane is not just filler; it supports real high-value builds.

  • leonine

    This adjective is a classic extension target once LION is on your sheet.

  • noogie

    An oddball accepted word that rewards anyone willing to keep testing the double-OO lane.

  • offline

    One of the clearest long modern compounds on the board, and it has an accepted partner in ONLINE.

  • loonie

    A neat upgrade from LOON that helps reveal how generous the repeated-vowel family really is.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • noogie

    A slangy double-OO word that is easy to dismiss if you assume the board is staying formal.

  • nonillion

    The lone 9-letter answer, with repeated N and L, is one of the easiest big scores to miss.

  • leonine

    A good reminder to keep testing beyond LION instead of stopping at the obvious animal word.

  • loonie

    This extension feels niche until you realize the repeated-vowel lane is active all over the board.

  • ollie

    It can look name-like at first glance, but it is a real accepted skate term here.

  • eggnog

    The only accepted answer starting with E, and it hides two Gs in a board that likes repeats.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • enfeoff

    An archaic legal verb that fits the hive mechanically but is not verified in today's source list.

  • felloe

    A wheel-rim spelling variant that looks source-worthy but does not make the accepted set today.

  • feoffee

    Another feudal-law term the solver still surfaces even though the source pages do not accept it.

  • logoff

    A very plausible tech twin to ONLINE/OFFLINE, but it is not in today's verified answers.

  • logon

    It pairs neatly with LOGOFF and still fails the source check for this date.

  • niello

    A real decorative-arts term with Bee-friendly letters, but not one of today's accepted answers.

  • noil

    Short, clean, and dictionary-shaped, yet absent from the verified source list.

  • olefin

    The chemistry noun feels fair on paper, but the source answer set does not include 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.