Your Spelling Bee Companion for Wednesday, June 10, 2026
A field guide for the H C G I M N O 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
25
Disputed Words
1
Pangrams
1
Score for Queen Bee
133
Genius estimate: 93 points
Verified Answers
25
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 H board with 25 answers, one pangram, and heavy CH plus double-letter pressure
The H-center board is compact at 25 verified answers, but it is not a clean short-word sprint. Start with the CH family, then test the HOO and MOO shapes and every -ING extension you can build. Repeated letters matter all over this hive, so do not stop when a stem looks exhausted after one pass.
Verified answers
25
Max score
133
Genius
93
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.
133 possible points
Point Density
The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 93 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.
25 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.
CH
7
words
HO
5
words
MO
3
words
CI
2
words
CO
2
words
HI
2
words
IN
2
words
GN
1
word
NI
1
word
Score Planning
Word-Length Grid
Longer rows carry more score. Clear them before the four-letter cleanup.
4 letters
6
one-point cleanup
5 letters
6
score-building row
6 letters
4
score-building row
7 letters
6
score-building row
8 letters
3
1 pangram
Progressive Hint
First-Letter Counts
C
11
answers
H
7
answers
M
3
answers
I
2
answers
G
1
answer
N
1
answer
Pattern Prompts
Work The Board Without Reveals
- CH opening ladder: The board gets much easier once you stay inside the CH cluster instead of treating each answer as isolated. Examples: chic, chichi, chignon, chiming, chin.
- Repeated-letter payoffs: Double letters are not decoration here; they create several of the longest and most valuable verified answers. Examples: chichi, chignon, chiming, chinning, cinching.
- -ING finishers: Multiple accepted answers cash out once you spot the right stem and then extend it into -ING. Examples: chiming, chinning, cinching, hinging, hogging.
- HOO and MOO vowel stretch: Long OO vowels unlock both everyday and less obvious answers, so they are worth testing early. Examples: hooch, mooch, mooching.
- NCH and CHI endings: The endgame cleans up faster if you deliberately test the NCH and CHI sound families. Examples: chichi, cinch, conch, gnocchi, inch.
Common Prefixes
ch
CH is the main productive opening on this board and drives both short cleanup and long scoring words.
Examples: chic, chichi, chignon, chiming, chin
ho
HO builds several accepted answers and helps you branch into the longer H-heavy side of the hive.
Examples: hogging, homing, honcho, honing
mo
MO is the path into the pangram family and two of the most useful mid-board words.
Examples: mochi, mooch, mooching
in
IN is a small but valuable route that pays off when the obvious H starters dry up.
Examples: inch, inching
Common Suffixes
ing
The -ING ending is the biggest scoring suffix on the board and includes the pangram.
Examples: chiming, chinning, cinching, hinging, hogging
nch
NCH gives you a compact cluster of accepted words that are easy to miss if you stop at CHI forms.
Examples: cinch, conch, inch
chi
CHI appears as a real finishing sound, not just an internal cluster.
Examples: chichi, gnocchi, mochi
igh
IGH is a small but useful cleanup ending worth checking once the longer ladders are done.
Examples: high, nigh
Progressive Help
Pangram Hints
Pangram shape
There is only one pangram, and it is an 8-letter word that ends in -ING.
Opening sound
The pangram starts with a casual MOO- sound before it expands into the full seven-letter sweep.
Pangram reveal
Use this if you want the full bonus answer.
Reveal words: mooching
Spoiler Control
Notable Words
- moochingPangram
- gnocchi7 pts
- chignon7 pts
- cinching8 pts
- honcho6 pts
- mochi5 pts
- chichi6 pts
- chinning8 pts
- chiming7 pts
- hinging7 pts
Why these matter
- mooching
The only pangram, so it is the fastest way to lock every letter and bank the day's biggest single score jump.
- gnocchi
A high-value long word with an unusual opening, which makes it one of the best separation words on the board.
- chignon
This is one of the board's longest accepted answers and a strong reminder to stay with the CH ladder.
- cinching
A long extension that proves the NCH cluster matters well beyond short cleanup.
- honcho
A good mid-board checkpoint that rewards anyone who keeps pushing HO patterns.
- mochi
A short accepted food word that matters because it had to be backfilled into the solver before publish.
- chichi
Repeated syllables are a real pattern here, not a dead end.
Hard Finds
Tricky Accepted Words
- gnocchi
The silent-G Italian food word is easy to skip unless you deliberately test unusual openings.
- chignon
This hairstyle word looks improbable at first glance, but it is one of the board's key long answers.
- coho
Short fish names are classic cleanup traps, and this one hides in plain sight.
- mochi
It is a familiar food word, but the current BuzzyWords solver initially missed it and needed a source-backed backfill.
- honcho
The repeated H/O pattern makes this feel less natural than it really is.
- chichi
Repeated CHI syllables make it look playful enough to second-guess.
Disputed Candidates
Plausible Rejections
- choc
CHOC fits the hive and remains public in BuzzyWords, but it is not in today's verified 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.