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Your Spelling Bee Companion for Thursday, June 11, 2026

A field guide for the E G L M O T Y 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

eglmoty

Verified Answers

45

Disputed Words

5

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

177

Genius estimate: 124 points

Verified Answers

45

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

5

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

Mid-sized E board with 45 answers, one 9-letter pangram, and heavy double-letter cleanup.

This E-centered hive plays bigger once you notice how much of the board depends on doubled letters and long extensions. Start with compact ME, MO, and TO builds, then push them toward -GLE, -TLE, and especially -LOGY endings instead of chasing isolated oddballs. If the board feels stingy early, that usually means the long science-style lane is still hidden.

Verified answers

45

Max score

177

Genius

124

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.

177 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 124 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

45 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.

  • ME

    8

    words

  • MO

    6

    words

  • TO

    5

    words

  • GE

    4

    words

  • GO

    4

    words

  • TE

    3

    words

  • OG

    2

    words

  • OM

    2

    words

  • EE

    1

    word

  • EG

    1

    word

  • EL

    1

    word

  • EM

    1

    word

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

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

  • 4 letters

    20

    one-point cleanup

  • 5 letters

    11

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    9

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    1

    score-building row

  • 8 letters

    2

    score-building row

  • 9 letters

    2

    1 pangram

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • M

    14

    answers

  • G

    9

    answers

  • T

    8

    answers

  • E

    6

    answers

  • O

    5

    answers

  • L

    2

    answers

  • Y

    1

    answer

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • -LOGY chain: This is the highest-value family on the board and it contains the pangram plus two more long answers. Examples: etymology, geology, teleology, gemology.
  • Double-O builds: The OO lane is real and productive, giving both short setup words and longer extensions. Examples: gooey, google, goggle, tootle.
  • MOT- ladder: One of the cleanest scoring ladders starts from a four-letter base and branches into several sixes. Examples: mote, motel, motet, motley, mottle.
  • OMELET extension: A normal mid-board answer expands into the board's other eight-letter score chunk. Examples: omelet, omelette.
  • MEL- and MET- upgrades: Once you have the basic four- and five-letter M words, keep pushing for texture words and adjective endings. Examples: melt, melty, melee, mete, mettle.
  • TE- and TO- finishing words: Several late-board cleanups come from simple T openings that add one more doubled consonant or vowel. Examples: teem, tell, tote, totem, tootle.

Common Prefixes

  • me-

    The most crowded opening on the board, with both easy fours and higher-value extensions.

    Examples: meet, melee, melt, memo, mettle

  • mo-

    This opening drives several of the board's branching ladders.

    Examples: mole, mote, motel, motley, mottle

  • to-

    Useful for late cleanup because it reaches both short and medium-length answers.

    Examples: toggle, tome, tootle, tote, totem

  • go-

    The GO family is where the doubled-O cluster turns into real scoring.

    Examples: goggle, golem, gooey, google

Common Suffixes

  • -logy

    The board's signature ending and the best place to look for big points.

    Examples: etymology, geology, gemology, teleology

  • -gle

    Shorter-looking stems often stretch into this ending.

    Examples: goggle, ogle, toggle

  • -tle

    A strong cleanup ending that upgrades several ordinary-looking starts.

    Examples: mettle, mottle, tootle

  • -let

    This ending creates two useful medium-length extensions.

    Examples: eyelet, omelet

  • -ee

    Repeated E endings matter more here than a quick scan suggests.

    Examples: gelee, glee, melee, teem

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Shape of the big prize

The only pangram is a 9-letter academic noun ending in -LOGY.

Start the backbone

Build from a word-history idea, not a geology term; the opening sound points to language rather than rocks.

Reveal the pangram

If you want the full answer, reveal it here.

Reveal words: etymology

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • etymology

    The only pangram and the clearest sign that this board wants you thinking about language-study endings.

  • teleology

    A second 9-letter answer that turns the -LOGY lane from a hint into the puzzle's main scoring engine.

  • omelette

    One extra T transforms a routine six into one of the day's two 8-letter payoffs.

  • google

    A modern doubled-O answer that confirms the vowel-heavy lane produces real points, not just filler.

  • motley

    A strong mid-length score that helps unlock the broader MOT family.

  • mettle

    A classic repeated-consonant answer that pays off once you stop avoiding doubled letters.

  • gelee

    One of the trickiest accepted spellings on the board and a good reminder to test unusual repeated-E builds.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • gelee

    Easy to miss if you do not trust the triple-E look, but the board clearly rewards repeated vowels.

  • loge

    A theater word that feels plausible only after you fully commit to the compact GO and LO shapes.

  • ogee

    The architecture term is short, useful, and another reminder that doubled Es are not decoration today.

  • teleology

    This 9-letter non-pangram is a major score jump that hides behind the more obvious science-family words.

  • tootle

    Looks playful enough to skip, but it is a legitimate six that fits the board's double-letter bias.

  • melty

    An everyday-looking adjective that the solver missed at first, so it is exactly the kind of accepted word worth testing.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • emmet

    The ant term fits the letters and center E, but today's source list does not include it.

  • eyot

    A legitimate-looking river-islet word that matches the hive neatly but is not verified in the source answer set.

  • gley

    The soil term looks like a fair science-board play, yet it stays outside today's accepted list.

  • leet

    The doubled-E shape is tempting on this board, but the source list does not accept it today.

  • telly

    A familiar everyday noun that feels board-ready, though it is still outside the verified answer set.

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.